Halloween Festival: Interview with Bill Sherman, Commentator and Comics Review Editor at Blogcritics Magazine

Pop culture critic, blogger and commentator Bill Sherman is the founder of Pop Culture Gadabout, a blog focusing on comics, music, TV and film criticism. He's also the Comics Review Editor at Blogcritics Magazine. In this interview, Sherman talks about his blog, the reason why zombies are the 'hard-core champions' of all horror fiends, and what's popular in horror books [...]

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Halloween Festival: Interview with Christine Verstraete, author of THE WITCH TREE

Thanks for stopping at the Dark Phantom today, Christine. How long have you been writing dark stories?
For a while now. Funny as while I lean towards mystery first, I always seem to want to write horror. Blame it on Stephen King. Ha!
Tell us about your story, The Witch Tree. What inspired it?
Jimmy [...]

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Halloween Festival: Interview with Karen Wiesner, author of The Woodcutter’s Grim Series

Prolific, multi-genre, award-winning author Karen Wiesner has written over 55 books in the past 10 years, many of which have been nominated or won awards. She's the founder of ‘Jewels of the Quill’, a group of 12 award-winning women authors from the Midwest who help to promote each other. Karen’s books cover such genres as women’s fiction, romance, [...]

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Halloween Festival: Interview with Alexandra Sokoloff, author of THE HARROWING and THE PRICE

California native Alexandra Sokoloff is a professional screenwriter, director, choreographer and author of the supernatural thrillers, The Harrowing and The Price. The first was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel and for an Anthony Award for Best First Mystery. She has adapted numerous novels for film for companies such as Sony, Fox, [...]

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Halloween Festival: Interview with Kim McDougall, author of ANGEL VENOM

Multi-genre author, photographer, and fiber artist Kim McDougall enjoys writing for adults, young adults and children. She's the author of the novellas, Angel Venom and The Stone Beach, as well as various short stories in the dark fantasy and horror categories.  Kim is also the founder of the new, growingly popular Blazing Trailers, a site featuring book [...]

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Halloween Festival: Interview with Inanna Arthen, author of MORTAL TOUCH

Inanna Arthen is the author of The Vampires of New England series and founder of By Light Unseen Media, a publishing company specializing in vampire fiction and nonfiction. She’s also a regular contributor to Blogcritics Magazine. An expert in vampire folklore, Arthen is here today to talk about her series, her new press, vampires, and [...]

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Halloween Festival: Interview with Karen L. Syed, Owner of Echelon Press

Started in 2009, Echelon Press publishes short stories, novellas and novels in various genres. Under their new imprint 'Quake', they also publish fiction for middle graders and young adults. At present, Echelon publishes two paperback novels a month as well as one or two of their popular short story and novella downloads. Here to talk about the company and [...]

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Halloween Festival: Interview with Brian L. Porter, author of A STUDY IN RED

Jack the Ripper has fascinated the public since his horrific murders in Whitechapel, London, during the autumn of 1888, also known as The Autumn of Terror. There have been many movies made and books written on this mysterious killer, and the top hat, black cape, and old-fashioned doctor's bag continues to be a popular costume on Halloween. [...]

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Halloween Festival: Interview with C. Sanchez-Garcia, author of Mortal Engines and The Color of the Moon

C. Sanchez-Garcia is the author of the novellas, Mortal Engines and The Color of the Moon. This latter ghost story was deeply influenced by the famous, old Japanese ghost story of 'Hoichi The Earless'. In this fascinating interview, Garcia talks about his work, the Japanese influence, and compares the Kwaidanshu ghost stories of the East to the traditional Western ones.
Tell [...]

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Halloween Festival: Interview with Del Howison, owner of Dark Delicacies Bookstore

Dark Delicacies is located in Burbank, California. Run by Del and Sue Howison, this popular horror bookstore has been featured in the Sci-Fi Channel, The New York Times, Daily News, Fangoria and Bookcase magazines. Besides books, the store sells gifts, dvd's, signed first editions, and scary novelties for the horror enthusiast. Here to talk about the store [...]

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