Horror from the High Desert Scotty Milder

Author Angela Sylvaine returns, this time to talk to Scotty about about her debut fiction collection "The Dead Spot: Stories of Lost Girls" (2024, Dark Matter INK). They do a deep dive into the inspiration and history behind some of the individual stories, and they discuss the theme of "lost girls" more generally.

They also talk about the upcoming re-release of Angela's freshly revised novella "Chopping Spree," and spend a few minutes on the now classic Australian mock-documentary/horror film "Lake Mungo" (2008).

You can find Angela online at https://angelasylvaine.com/books/

You can find Angela's story "No More Meatloaf Monday" in the anthology "The First Five Minutes of the Apocalypse" (Hungry Shadow Press), which is available on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/First-Five-Minutes-Apocalypse/dp/B0C676QHVH/

You can order "The Dead Spot: Stories of Lost Girls" from Dark Matter INK at https://darkmattermagazine.shop/products/the-dead-spot-stories-of-lost-girls

You can order "The Dead Spot" from Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Spot-Stories-Lost-Girls-ebook/dp/B0CW1JG48K/

You can pre-order "Chopping Spree" from Dark Matter INK at https://darkmattermagazine.shop/products/chopping-spree

Be sure to tune in to Daniel Braum's YouTube series "Night Time Logic." The series focuses on the strange, weird, and wonderful side of dark fiction through readings and discussions with diverse authors from around the world. You can tune in on Daniel's You Tube Channel, which is his name DanielBraum or @danielbraum7838. The next episode will feature American West author Nicholas Belardes to celebrate the launch of his debut novel "The Deading", and will be live on July 24 at 7 p.m., PST: https://www.facebook.com/events/1500625740861370

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Boston-bestie Mandy Connor is back to talk about the recent hit film "Late Night with the Devil" (2023), the cult classic "Creep" (2014), our new shared obsession around "submechanophobia," and a few of the horror movies we're most excited to see this year.

WARNING: Spoilers for "Creep" begin at around the 30:00 mark, and go until about 33:00.

Trailer for "Late Night with the Devil": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeKYfneOH3o

Trailer for "The First Omen": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4xk8yLiFwM

Trailer for "Creep": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp7tBypjwDo

Trailer for "Creep 2": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=838PE2pbzM4

WhyJordie's submechanophobia account on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@whyjordie

Trailer for "Longlegs": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG7wOTE8NhE

Trailer for "A Quiet Place: Day One": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-WIb4ATfT8

Trailer for "MaXXXine": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGxKjwAnn5I

Trailer for "In a Violent Nature": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyXuRmXbS7U

Trailer for "Nosferatu": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd9d5MPmWs8

Trailer for "Trap": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJiPAJKjUVg

Trailer for "Smile 2": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy7kaI3GKzo

Trailer for "I Saw the TV Glow": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kymDzCgPwj0

Trailer for "The Coffee Table": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQOtE_9nYn0

Be sure to check out the next episode of the YouTube series "Night Time Logic," hosted by Daniel Braum. The series focuses on the strange, weird, and wonderful side of dark fiction though readings and discussions with diverse authors from around the world. You can tune in on Daniel's YouTube channel, @danielbraum7838.

The next episode will be LIVE on Wednesday, July 24, at 7 p.m. PST and will feature American West author Nicholas Belardes to celebrate the debut of his novel, "The Deading." Follow the event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1500625740861370

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Scotty talks to author, editor, and publisher Aric Sundquist about growing up a "Yooper" in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and how his mother's love of Stephen King and Dean Koontz, sparked his early interest in dark fiction. Aric discusses the influence of Koontz, King (especially his 1978 collection "Night Shift" and the subsequent 1985 anthology film adaptation "Cat's Eye"), Lovecraft, and fantasy writers like Tolkien, Jordan, and Tad Williams on his work, and how Aric's rediscovery of Ray Bradbury's more macabre tales as an MFA candidate in Creative Writing informed his decision to move specifically into writing horror.

Aric also talks about the lessons he learned in his creative writing program, and how he applies them to his work as an editor and publisher at Dark Peninsula Press, the independent publishing company he founded in 2019. He and Scotty talk about the anthologies Dark Peninsula Press has produced (spoiler alert: Scotty's stories have appeared in just about all of them), and Aric outlines his vision for the company's future.

And, of course, they talk about Aric's own writing, from his absurdist comic take on cosmic horror with his novella "Serious Applicants Only" (2021, Dark Peninsula Press) to his terrifying, Joyce Carol Oates-inspired short story "The Run" (2014, "Night Terrors III").

You can find Aric online at https://aricsundquist.weebly.com

You can find Dark Peninsula Press online at https://www.darkpeninsulapress.com

You can read Aric's story "The Way We Are Lifted" in the anthology "Fearful Fathoms, Vol. 1: Tales of Aquatic Terror" (2017, Scarlet Galleon Publications): https://www.amazon.com/Fearful-Fathoms-Collected-Aquatic-Terror/dp/1974213021/

You can read Aric's story "Rise of the Corpse Eaters" in the anthology "More Bizarro Than Bizarro" (2017, Bizarro Pulp Press): https://www.amazon.com/More-Bizarro-than-Leza-Cantoral/dp/1947654039/

You can read Aric's story "Conditioned Apocalypse" in the anthology "Year's Best Body Horror 2017" (2017, Gehenna & Hinnom): https://www.amazon.com/Years-Best-Body-Horror-Anthology/dp/0997280344/

You can read Aric's story "The Run" in the anthology "Night Terrors III" (2014, Blood Bound Books): https://www.amazon.com/Night-Terrors-III-Horror-Anthology/dp/1940250145/

You can read Aric's story "The End of Autumn" in "Evil Jester Digest, Vol. 1" (2012): https://www.amazon.com/Evil-Jester-Digest-Volume-One/dp/0615613241/

You can read Aric's story "Butcher's Block" in "If I Die Before I Wake #7: Tales of Savagery & Slaughter" (2022, Sinister Smile Press, also featuring Scotty's story "Monkey Cage"): https://www.amazon.com/If-Die-Before-Wake-Slaughter/dp/1953112323/

All Dark Peninsula Press anthologies can be found on Amazon, or at: https://www.darkpeninsulapress.com/store.html
These include:
• "Negative Space: An Anthology of Survival Horror" (2020, featuring Scotty's story "Luminescence")
• "Violent Vixens: An Homage to Grindhouse Horror" (2021, featuring Scotty's story "The Whole Price of Blood")
• "Negative Space 2: A Return to Survival Horror" (2023, featuring Scotty's story "Brown Bear, Brown Bear")
• "The Cellar Door, Issue 1: Woodland Terrors" (2022, featuring Scotty's story "Blisters")
• "The Cellar Door, Issue 2: Forbidden Magic" (2023, featuring Scotty's story "My Church is Black")
• "The Cellar Door, Issue 3: Dark Highways" (2023, featuring Scotty's story "Twelve Miles. Two Hours.")

Be sure to put the next episode of Daniel Braum's "Night Time Logic" into your calendar! Daniel is the author of "The Night Marchers and Other Strange Tales" and "The Serpent's Shadow" (Cemetary Dance). His YouTube series "Night Time Logic" focuses on the strange, weird, and wonderful side of dark fiction through readings and discussions with diverse authors from around the world. You can tune in on Daniel's YouTube Channel, https://www.youtube.com/@danielbraum7838

Daniel's next episode will be LIVE on August 29 at 7 p.m. EST, and will feature author Paul

Happy StokerCon, everyone! To celebrate this year's Bram Stoker Awards, Scotty has brought back some favorite guests to talk about the nominated anthology "American Cannibal" (Maenad Press, 2023). Editor Rebecca Rowland and authors Gwendolyn Kiste and Daniel Braum are here to talk about the book, their contributions, and to further explore the weird and wonderful world of cannibalism through an epic discussion of five wildly different films:

• "Bone Tomahawk" (2015)
• "Parents" (1989)
• "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991)
• "Raw" (2016)
• "The Neon Demon" (2016)

Congratulations to Rebecca, Gwendolyn, and Daniel for the nomination, and good luck to all of this year's nominees! We'll see you in San Diego!

To read "American Cannibal," go to: https://www.amazon.com/American-Cannibal-Maenad-Press/dp/B0BW32R7XN

To find Rebecca online, go to: https://rowlandbooks.com/

To find Gwendolyn online, go to: https://www.gwendolynkiste.com/

To find Daniel online, go to: https://bloodandstardust.wordpress.com/

And be sure to tune in to Daniel's YouTube series "Night Time Logic." The series focuses on the strange, weird, and wonderful side of dark fiction through readings and discussions with diverse authors from around the world. You can tune in on Daniel's You Tube Channel, which is his name DanielBraum or @danielbraum7838. The next episode will feature author Jonathan Janz, and will be live on June 13 at 7 p.m., EST: https://www.facebook.com/events/729425649102419

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Scotty talks to author C.J. Leede about going from a sci-fi and fantasy-reading medieval studies major who had "never read a horror novel in [her] life" to becoming the author of "Maeve Fly" (2023, Tor Nightfire), which is nominated this year for both a Splatterpunk Award and a Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel. C.J. talks about immersing herself in horror and transgressive fiction, learning to love her newly adopted city of Los Angeles, celebrating female monstrousness in her work, and more. She and Scotty also discuss their love of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show."

You can find C.J. online at: https://cjleede.com

You can get your copy of "Maeve Fly" at: https://bookshop.org/p/books/maeve-fly-cj-leede/18738964

You can listen to C.J.'s "Maeve Fly" Spotify playlist at: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/43upE7fyzFUo1wCY7iVOQf?si=6bc41c47f6b94b63

You can pre-order "American Rapture" at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CQHMBG1Y/

You can listen to the most recent episode of "The Weirdest Thing," where Scotty and Amelia talk about the history of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" at: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3e9NY8GMtgNyxQXt70VfCX?si=85000aac9be14399

Be sure to tune in to Daniel Braum's YouTube series "Night Time Logic." The series focuses on the strange, weird, and wonderful side of dark fiction through readings and discussions with diverse authors from around the world. You can tune in on Daniel's You Tube Channel, which is his name DanielBraum or @danielbraum7838. The next episode will feature author Paul Tremblay, and will be live on August 29 at 7 p.m., EST: https://www.facebook.com/events/797113355174358

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Scotty talks to author Robert P. Ottone about growing up on Long Island, his decision to leave his job as a copywriter and become a teacher while also pursuing a career as a writer, and the pushback he received writing horror while working toward an MFA in Children's Literature. Robert also discusses the importance of writing as an outlet for grief, his early forays into publishing, and major influences from the brilliant John Langan to Nickelodeon's "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"

Robert and Scotty also talk about how fears around both pregnancy and parenthood informed his acclaimed novel "The Vile Thing We Created" (2023, Hydra Publications), and Robert explains how a teenage in-joke between friends inspired his blood-spattered recent book "Curse of the Cob Man" (2023, Weird House Press).

WARNING: This episode contains a few spoilers for both "The Vile Thing We Created" and Paul Tremblay's "The Cabin at the End of the Woods." Listener discretion advised.

You can find "The Vile Thing We Created" at: https://hydrapublications.com/the-vile-thing-we-created/

You can find "Curse of the Cob Man" at: https://weirdhousepress.com/products/curse-of-the-cob-man-by-robert-ottone

You can read Robert's short story "Falling Asleep in the Rain" in "The Half That You See" (Dark Ink): https://www.amazon.com/Half-That-You-See-ebook/dp/B08FH8S1QQ/

You can hear Scotty's story about his haunted house at "The Weirdest Thing Afterschool Special Halloweek Spooktacular!": https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-weirdest-thing/id1534847356?i=1000539987047

Be sure to tune in to Daniel Braum's YouTube series "Night Time Logic." The series focuses on the strange, weird, and wonderful side of dark fiction through readings and discussions with diverse authors from around the world. You can tune in on Daniel's You Tube Channel, which is his name DanielBraum or @danielbraum7838. The next episode will feature author Paul Tremblay, and will be live on May 28th at 7 p.m., EST: https://www.facebook.com/events/797113355174358

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