Justin Mayfield always wanted to be a makeup artist. It has allowed him to work on a huge variety of projects which include fake blood, prosthetic genitals and decaying biker zombies. Justin used these mad skills to transform himself into BellaLu Ghostly, the spooky spinster of TikTok.

SHOW NOTES
* BellaLu Ghostly on TikTok
* Justin’s website
* The movie Justin worked on was L.A. Slasher
* Movies mentioned: Blood Quantum, Wolfcop, The Garbage Pail Kids Movie and Retardead
* For more horror drag, check out The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula

Victor LaValle started his career writing literary novels. If you’re unfamiliar with the term, literary novels are what English literature profs fawn over, the kind of works that win Nobel Prizes. They’re highbrow, serious stuff and writing them was making Victor miserable. His switch to writing horror novels full of monsters is what made him fall in love with writing again. And the world is a better place for it.

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* Victor’s website is here.

Literary agents like Alec Shane are to writers what parents are to infants (though without so much love and tenderness). They understand the world of publishing way better than writers and their job is to guide writers through said world. With their help, that 90,000 word manuscript you the writer slaved over for years can become something people can sit down with and read. And if you’re a horror writer, it’s scary how an agent like Alec can change your life.

SHOW NOTES
* Alec’s Manuscript Wishlist page is here;
* Click on the following links to find the books of the horror writers Alec represents: Adam Cesare, Nat Cassidy, Justin Joschko, Hank Early and F. Paul Wilson.