Recent interviews & podcasts
here’s proof of how much laughing we did: got to talk Scream 2022: Did an interview while I was in Dubai: And, this is from a while ago, but I might just now be seeing it? And, got featured in here:
Bram Stoker Award final ballot
My Heart is a Chainsaw makes it! And? I think I’m in two of the anthologies that are up as well:
Reaper fun
Don’t Fear the Reaper‘s not out for a year yet, but, while it was happening here in 2022:
Chainsaw avalanche, part the fifteenth
And maybe the last? Just because the ARCs for Don’t Fear the Reaper should be leaking out this week, and that feels like a kind of natural cap to tracking Chainsaw words.
Bram Stoker Award longlist!
Honored to have a Chainsaw book under consideration alongside these amazing writers and excellent books:
Chainsaw avalanche, part the fourteenth
This isn’t formatted well. Just, you know, a friendly heads-up. Trick is, whenever I stumble onto a list, a review, I stash it in a list on my phone. But, my publicity team is much better at this, and they sometimes send me nicely-done annotated lists. Which I’m including here, as, right now, I don’t
Grab bag of linkage
Nice Mannequins write-up: https://lordsamperlibrary.blogspot.com/2021/12/my-last-post-for-2021.html Cool list for The Last Final Girl to be on: https://the-line-up.com/funny-horror-books “Wait for Night” still out there, getting read: https://www.quoideneufsurmapile.com/2022/01/wait-for-night-stephen-graham-jones.html Good Indians, too: https://www.niusdiario.es/cultura/stephen-graham-jones-premio-stoker-insultante_18_3233746041.html And, talking TOGI: And, talking . . . um, well, yeah . . . like, icky stuff?
Couple Final Girl things
This is the excellent comic book / illustrated story adaptation of my “Dear Final Girls,” by the super talented Jolyon Yates: And a really cool write-up on slashers and final girls, including My Heart is a Chainsaw AND The Final Girl Support Group:
Best Reads from Lately
(not as tall a stack as usual, but, just because I often let this get all tall and teetery. so: posting earlier, this time around . . . ) https://litreactor.com/columns/jack-of-shrugtown The Great Surrender: How We Gave Up And Let COVID Win – Chuck Wendig: Terribleminds https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-technology/ancient-navigation-00963#!bywGL1 https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/crime/article/murdered-houston-couple-baby-cold-case-16767272.php https://bloody-disgusting.com/reviews/3698118/review-scream-carves-killer-heartfelt-commentary-horror-wes-cravens-legacy/