Looking at Kalayna Price’s urban fantasy series starring a witch who solves crimes speaking to the dead. “I enjoy working in a world that is recognizable but with a magical overlay,” the author says. “I like the endless possibilities available to work with.”

“Most ghost stories are short stories,” the author says. “And I just wondered whether there was anything that could be revived in the ghost story to make it full length again…”

A panel discussion where authors Daniel Willcocks, Leanna Renee Hieber, and Andrea Janes talk about what makes horror fiction connect with readers. “You have to feel some kind of empathy for that character.”

Horror comedy novelist Grady Hendrix explains the weird origins of his retail horror comedy novel. “I never set out to write horror. I really only wanted to write stories about the world I see around me.”

Charlaine Harris soon returns to her version of America where magic is acknowledged but despised. It is the fifth title in her Gunnie Rose series, which follows a young gunslinger a on deadly mission across an alternate version of 1930s America. The author answers questions about the series, about writing, and how Anne Rice influenced her.

Horror writer John James Minster talks about his new short story collection, his pet peeves about horror fiction, and reveals the challenges of writing short fiction vs writing novels. “What drives me is to scare myself, first. If I do that, I’m pretty sure some other reader will feel the electric tingles intended.”

A look at the magical realism fiction that inspired the movie Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, which adapts the stories of magical realism author Haruki Murakami.

Find out all about Stephen King’s multiverse fantasy western series Dark Tower. “If you create an entirely new, fictional world, readers who participate in the creation of that world say, ‘Fine. Let it exist according to its own laws,’” King says. “That’s wonderful.”

We talk to horror author Johnny Compton about The Spite House, a terrifying Gothic thriller about grief and death and the depths of a father’s love. In our interview, Compton shares the angle that drove him to write it, explains his favorite things about horror fiction, and reveals how he hates it when people dismiss the genre.

The paranormal author talks about the broken love story that inspired her to write her own books. “What is wonderful about fantasy, science fiction, and paranormal novels is that the unknown, fantastical, and unmanageable can exist alongside the mundane and the familiar.”

Check out our interview with Stephanie M. Wytovich, editor of Writing Poetry in the Dark. She explains the biggest challenges in writing horror poetry. “Don’t hesitate to experiment.”

Author Tim Waggoner talks to Monster Complex about Writing in the Dark: The Workbook. “Characters need to have realistic responses moment to moment, even if they’re in an unrealistic situation.”

Lauretta Hignett talks to Monster Complex about her fun, fast-paced urban fantasy series Foils and Fury. “The odd-couple buddy comedy practically wrote itself.” Foils and Fury is a fun, fast-paced urban fantasy and paranormal cozy mystery series with a diverse cast including witches, shifters, vampires, sassy skeletons and, of course, vengeance demons.

We interview author Richard Thomas about his Bram Stoker Award-nominated horror fiction collection, Spontaneous Human Combustion. “I’m drawn to more psychological horror, how the layers of body, mind, and soul go deep into the storytelling to get you to turn the page, feel strong emotions, and then blow your mind, staying with you long after you put the book or story down.”

The horror comedy author explains what led to him adapting the cult classic disaster parody, reveals his goals for the novelization, and tells us why he didn’t include any George Clooney jokes.

In our interview, historical horror author Alma Katsu talks about how horror fiction helps readers, reveals the inspiration behind her brand of storytelling, and explains the inspiration behind her award-nominated book. “It’s surprising and a bit unsettling how the problems of the past continue to be problems to this day.”

The horror author talks about revisiting two of gothic literature’s forgotten female characters in her Bram Stoker Award-nominated novel RELUCTANT IMMORTALS. “I thought it would be so exciting to see what these two overlooked female characters would have to say in a world where they finally had a chance to tell their side of things.”

Hitting theaters soon, horror comedy RENFIELD focuses on the long-suffering servant of Dracula—as he deals with the complications. RENFIELD star Nicholas Hoult shares what attracted him to play the horror comedy movie’s title role.

A character-driven science fiction/horror blend, Jones’ BLACK TIDE is Stephen King’s THE MIST meets A QUIET PLACE. In our interview, Jones reveals what inspires his unique angle for horror stories, and shares his favorite things about horror fiction. “I love seeing characters respond to the unknown, the frightening, the should-be-impossible.”

Christi Nogle writes psychological and supernatural horror, dark science fiction, and weird fiction. Her novel Beulah has been nominated for a 2022 Bram Stoker Award. In our interview, Nogle explains what inspired Beulah, shares her favorite things about horror fiction, and reveals what led her down this path.