Episodes

  • TIH 649: Clay McLeod Chapman on Acquired Taste, the Beat Generation, and The Restoration at Grayson Manor

    TIH 649: Clay McLeod Chapman on Acquired Taste, the Beat Generation, and The Restoration at Grayson Manor
    Jan 24 2026
    In this podcast, Clay McLeod Chapman talks about Acquired Taste, the Beat Generation, The Restoration at Grayson Manor, and much more. About Clay McLeod Chapman Clay McLeod Chapman is the author of the novels What Kind of Mother, Ghost Eaters, Whisper Down the Lane, The Remaking, and Miss Corpus. Timestamps Thanks for Listening! Help out …

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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • TIH 648: Clay McLeod Chapman on Getting Drunk on Ideas, Writing with Confidence, and First Draft Optimism

    TIH 648: Clay McLeod Chapman on Getting Drunk on Ideas, Writing with Confidence, and First Draft Optimism
    Jan 19 2026
    In this podcast, Clay McLeod Chapman talks about getting drunk on ideas, writing and performing with confidence, getting through the first draft, and much more. About Clay McLeod Chapman Clay McLeod Chapman is the author of the novels What Kind of Mother, Ghost Eaters, Whisper Down the Lane, The Remaking, and Miss Corpus. Timestamps Thanks …

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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • TIH 647: Dean Koontz on The Friend of the Family, Carnival Lore, and Five Years to Become a Writer

    TIH 647: Dean Koontz on The Friend of the Family, Carnival Lore, and Five Years to Become a Writer
    Jan 13 2026
    In this podcast, Dean Koontz talks about his forthcoming book, The Friend of the Family, carnival lore, being given five years to become a writer, and much more. About Dean Koontz Acknowledged as “America’s most popular suspense novelist” (Rolling Stone) and as one of today’s most celebrated and successful writers, Dean Ray Koontz has earned …

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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • TIH 646: Bob Pastorella on The Small Hours, Vampire Fiction, and Writing Lessons

    TIH 646: Bob Pastorella on The Small Hours, Vampire Fiction, and Writing Lessons
    Jan 7 2026
    In this podcast, Bob Pastorella talks about his latest book, The Small Hours, vampire fiction, writing lessons, and much more. About Bob Pastorella Bob Pastorella is the co-host of the This Is Horror podcast. He is also the author of They’re Watching (with Michael David Wilson), with numerous tales in such publications as Lost Films, …

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    1 hr and 47 mins
  • TIH 645: Eric Larocca on Burnt Sparrow, We Are Always Tender with Our Dead, and Writing Transgressive Fiction

    TIH 645: Eric Larocca on Burnt Sparrow, We Are Always Tender with Our Dead, and Writing Transgressive Fiction
    Dec 31 2025
    In this podcast, Eric LaRocca talks about Burnt Sparrow, We Are Always Tender with Our Dead, writing messed up transgressive fiction, and much more. About Eric LaRocca Eric LaRocca is a 2x Bram Stoker Award finalist and Splatterpunk Award winner. Named by Esquire as one of the “Writers Shaping Horror’s Next Golden Age” and praised …

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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • TIH 644: Eric LaRocca on Burnt Sparrow Influences, Short Stories, and Repeated Choruses

    TIH 644: Eric LaRocca on Burnt Sparrow Influences, Short Stories, and Repeated Choruses
    Dec 27 2025
    In this podcast, Eric LaRocca talks about his influences for the Burnt Sparrow trilogy, short stories, repeated choruses, and much more. About Eric LaRocca Eric LaRocca is a 2x Bram Stoker Award finalist and Splatterpunk Award winner. Named by Esquire as one of the “Writers Shaping Horror’s Next Golden Age” and praised by Locus as …

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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • TIH 643: Joe Hill on King Sorrow, Writing Process, and Growing up in Maine

    TIH 643: Joe Hill on King Sorrow, Writing Process, and Growing up in Maine
    Dec 19 2025
    In this podcast, Joe Hill talks about King Sorrow, his writing process, growing up in Maine, and much more. About Joe Hill Joe Hill is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fireman, Heart-Shaped Box, and Strange Weather. Much of his work has been adapted for film and television. His second novel, Horns, …

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • TIH 642: Philip Fracassi on The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre, Boys in the Valley, and How to Make Readers Empathise with Characters

    TIH 642: Philip Fracassi on The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre, Boys in the Valley, and How to Make Readers Empathise with Characters
    Dec 16 2025
    In this podcast, Philip Fracassi talks about The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre, Boys in the Valley, how to make readers empathise with characters, and much more. About Philip Fracassi Philip Fracassi is the USA Today bestselling, Stoker and British Fantasy-nominated author of the novels Don’t Let Them Get You Down, A Child Alone with …

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    1 hr and 24 mins