R.A. Busby is the Shirley Jackson Award-winning author of short stories and two novellas releasing this year. We discuss both in this episode, Words Made of Flesh and You Will Speak for the Dead. The former is available from Cemetery Gates Media and the latter will release from Stelliform Press in October. These works are so distinct, the voice so strong and unique. R.A. is truly an author to learn from, and is also an all around great guest.

https://rabusbybooks.weebly.com

https://sobelobooks.com

On this episode I welcome my first ever returning guest, Laurel Hightower, to discuss her recent Ghoulish Books release, The Day of the Door. We discuss Laurel's passion for indie horror, generational trauma cycles, and ghosts getting kneed in the balls. She's a good person in horror, reliably, authentically, and she deserves your support and money. Today's episode is sponsored by MyLori, your personal Lori Booth.

On what remains of Twitter: @HightowerLaurel

On this episode, I preview Whatever Happened to Jo Rose with author Chris DiLeo. We talk about his lifelong journey with horror, redefining word count success, and students as story inspiration. Chris was a fantastic guest and the novel sounds like a crazy, genre-crossing adventure!

DiLeo loves to talk horror on social media @authordileo. Website: authordileo.com Substack: authordileo.substack.com/

On this week's episode of Dog-eared Nightmares, I welcome talented author and cheerful goth, Angela Sylvaine, to discuss her debut novel through Dark Matter Ink, Frost Bite. It's a YA horror, sci-fi, comedy story that punches like a full grown man. We also chat about 90s nostalgia, discovering your talent for writing later in life, and good reasons for visiting North Dakota. Thank you Angela, and please follow her at the links below:

https://angelasylvaine.com/

https://linktr.ee/angelasylvaine

Emmett Nahil joins the podcast to discuss his debut novel From the Belly, releasing with Tenebrous Press May 2024. We chat about his journey into horror, his writing process, (attempting) to write 10K words in one day, and I confess I never finished his favorite video game of all time. You can find Emmett online at the links below.

https://www.emmettnahil.com/

https://www.instagram.com/_emnays/

Mark Towse is a fellow NoSleep Podcast veteran. He is also a great guy with a supremely interesting story, coming to writing in his forties, finding it was a better escape than alcohol. He made up for lost time quickly, as mentioned in the show. Have fun with this...every time I say the word "prolific" take a shot. Mark's debut novel is titled Chasing the Dragon, and I hope you will be keen to pick it up after hearing him speak about it. You can pre-order or follow Mark at the links below:

@towseywrites

Amazon (Kindle only at the moment): https://books2read.com/Chasing-the-dragon

Paperback/hardcover (+signed swag):https://www.eerieriverpublishing.com/category/all-products

On today's episode I am joined by Jessica McHugh. We preview her forthcoming book from Ghoulish Books, Witches in the Warren, the third in the Gardening Guidebooks trilogy. We also talk about her writing process, defining success as an indie author, blackout poetry, and tattoo regret. Be on the lookout for her next project, the Wuthering Heights inspired FEAST, which we discuss toward the end of the episode.

Thank you to our sponsor Ghoulish Book Festival 2024!

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Welcome to Dog-eared Nightmares, a podcast about horror books I have figuratively dog-eared because I love them so much. In actuality, I underline my books. Yes, even hardcover. My guest is V. Castro and we discuss The Haunting of Alejandra. V is someone I look up to in the horror writing world. She is a writer with a Spanish last name, like me, something that wasn’t common even a decade ago. It’s because of people like V you see more of us on the shelves, and that’s a good thing. We talk about her beginning in horror, what being a pantser looks like for someone who is successful at it, and the power of perseverance. Follow V at Vlatinalondon everywhere.