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This Is Horror Podcast

The This Is Horror Podcast is a show for readers, writers, and creators hosted by Michael David Wilson and Bob Pastorella. We interview writers, artists, publishers, editors, and creatives every week. Over 600 episodes, we have interviewed creatives including Chuck Palahniuk, Dean Koontz, Joe Hill, David Dastmalchian, Joe R. Lansdale, Charlaine Harris, Ellen Datlow, David Moody, Jennifer Lynch, Gemma Files, and Josh Malerman.

Ray Cluley on Water For Drowning, Audiobooks, and Movie Sharks

68 hours 34 mins; March 19, 2019

Sarah Langan on The Keeper, Audrey's Door, and Creativity

112 hours 50 mins; March 13, 2019

Max Booth III on Carnivorous Lunar Activities, Horseplay, and Werewolves

161 hours 5 mins; March 05, 2019

Adam Howe on Wrestle Maniacs, Scapegoat, and Collaborative Writing

71 hours 18 mins; March 01, 2019

Adam Howe on Stephen King's On Writing, Screenwriting, and Alcoholism

61 hours 49 mins; February 25, 2019

Steve Rasnic Tem on Figures Unseen, the Art and Practice of Writing, and The Man on the Ceiling

70 hours 20 mins; February 19, 2019

Steve Rasnic Tem on Secret Realities, City Fishing, and Early Life Lessons

66 hours 1 min; February 15, 2019

Ramsey Campbell on Creatures of the Pool, The Grin of the Dark, and Demons by Daylight

65 hours 6 mins; February 11, 2019

Anya Martin on Sleeping with the Monster, Weird Fiction, and Lethe Press

65 hours 28 mins; February 05, 2019

Anya Martin on A Stuffed Bunny in Doll-Land, Lessons Growing Up, and First Experiences with Horror

88 hours 0 mins; February 01, 2019

Charlaine Harris on Sookie Stackhouse and True Blood, Sex Scenes, and Midnight Texas

67 hours 45 mins; January 28, 2019

Joe Mynhardt on Crystal Lake 2.0, Starting a Small Press, and Novellas

72 hours 28 mins; January 22, 2019

Joe Mynhardt on South Africa, Running Crystal Lake Publishing, and Crowdfunding

72 hours 45 mins; January 18, 2019

Gwendolyn Kiste on The Rust Maidens, Second-Person Point of View, and New Year Goals

111 hours 36 mins; January 14, 2019

TIH 252: Gwendolyn Kiste on Identity Issues, The Abandoned Horse Farm, and The Supernatural

73 hours 35 mins; January 08, 2019

Grady Hendrix on Heavy Metal, Christmas Stories and Movies, and Supernatural Experiences

108 hours 48 mins; December 24, 2018

Richard Chizmar on Cemetery Dance, Writing Gwendy's Button Box with Stephen King, and Widow's Point

95 hours 12 mins; December 21, 2018

Stephen Kozeniewski on George A. Romero, Killercon's Gross Out, and Billy And The Cloneasaurus

83 hours 31 mins; December 18, 2018

Stephen Kozeniewski on Lessons from the Army, Getting Published, and Silverwood: The Door

71 hours 12 mins; December 14, 2018

Alan Baxter on Horror as a Dirty Word, The Master of Dark Fantasy, and the Supernatural

88 hours 8 mins; December 11, 2018

Alan Baxter on Devouring Dark, the Worst Flight Ever, and Releasing Four Books in One Year

80 hours 19 mins; December 07, 2018

Ramsey Campbell on Life Lessons Growing Up, August Derleth, and Liverpool

87 hours 59 mins; December 03, 2018

John F.D. Taff on Little Black Spots, Supernatural Fiction, and Personal Philosophies

56 mins; November 26, 2018

John F.D. Taff on Short vs Long Fiction, The Bell Witch, and Blending Fact with Fiction

57 mins; November 20, 2018

TIH 242: John F.D. Taff on Creating Your Own Opportunities, The Haunting of Hill House, and Living in a Golden Age of Horror

79 hours 27 mins; November 16, 2018

TIH 241: Grady Hendrix on Writing With Restrictions, Reading Six Books Daily, and My Best Friend’s Exorcism

88 hours 11 mins; November 12, 2018

TIH 240: Preston Fassel on Our Lady of the Inferno, Fangoria, and Working in a Police Department Evidence Room

92 hours 56 mins; November 05, 2018

[Preview] SU 006: Not From Around Here by David J. Schow

65 hours 31 mins; November 02, 2018

TIH 239: Halloween Interlude Horror Film and Book Recommendations with Michael David Wilson and Bob Pastorella

93 hours 49 mins; October 30, 2018

TIH 238: Alma Katsu on The Hunger, The Donner Party, and Writing as Escapism

97 hours 56 mins; October 26, 2018

TIH 237: J.R. Park and Tracy Fahey on Anthologies, Story Obstacles, and Collaborations

73 hours 28 mins; October 23, 2018

TIH 236: J.R. Park and Tracy Fahey on The Black Room Manuscripts, Irish Folklore, and Real Life Horror

81 hours 52 mins; October 19, 2018

[Preview] SU 010 The Lottery by Shirley Jackson (with Ladies of the Fright, Lisa Quigley and Mackenzie Kiera)

70 hours 0 mins; October 16, 2018

TIH 235: Simon Strantzas on The Horror Market, Mentors, and Growing as a Writer

68 hours 59 mins; October 12, 2018

TIH 234: Simon Strantzas on Nothing is Everything, Short Story Collections, and Abhorrent Artists

57 mins; October 09, 2018

TIH 233: Max Booth III and Lori Michelle on Fangoria, Pizza Horror, and Clowns

80 hours 55 mins; October 05, 2018

TIH 232: Max Booth III and Lori Michelle on Dark Moon Digest, Upcoming Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing Releases, and Trigger Warnings

80 hours 26 mins; October 02, 2018

TIH 231: Max Booth III and Lori Michelle on Lost Films, Faces of Death, and Bizarre Films

68 hours 21 mins; September 27, 2018

[Preview] SU 005: Raw (2016)

67 hours 40 mins; September 24, 2018

TIH 230: Peng Shepherd on The Book of M, Identity and Culture, and Lessons from her Creative Writing MFA

69 hours 58 mins; September 21, 2018

[Preview] SU 004: Day of the Dead (1985)

64 hours 9 mins; September 17, 2018

TIH 229: Jonathan Janz on It’s Good Because … , Diversity and Privilege, and Putting Love First

88 hours 29 mins; September 14, 2018

TIH 228: Jonathan Janz on Overcoming Fear, Being Your Authentic Self, and The Siren and the Specter

76 hours 15 mins; September 10, 2018

[Preview] SU 003: The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1892)

93 hours 11 mins; September 07, 2018

TIH 227: Jonathan Janz on Gravitating Towards Do, Dealing with Rejection, and Permission To Suck

71 hours 5 mins; September 04, 2018

TIH 226: Kurt Fawver on The Dissolution of Small Worlds, Thomas Ligotti’s Work as Conspiracy, and Special Collections

79 hours 16 mins; August 30, 2018

TIH 225: Kurt Fawver on The Known vs. The Unknown, Cultural Anxieties, and The Paranormal

68 hours 59 mins; August 27, 2018

TIH 224: Joshua Chaplinsky on LitReactor, Chuck Palahniuk, and Juicy Hollywood Rumours

70 hours 49 mins; August 24, 2018

TIH 223: Joshua Chaplinsky on Kanye West Reanimator, H.P. Lovecraft, and Lessons from Writing Screenplays

68 hours 39 mins; August 21, 2018

TIH 222: Tade Thompson on The Murders of Molly Southbourne, Rosewater, and Nigeria

98 hours 52 mins; August 16, 2018

TIH 221: Tade Thompson on Growing Up in South London, Editors, and Writing Lessons from Martial Arts

81 hours 51 mins; August 13, 2018

TIH 220: Patrick Lacey on We Came Back, Collaborations, and Worst Writing Advice

60 hours 36 mins; August 06, 2018

TIH 219: Patrick Lacey on Growing Up in a Haunted House, Bone Saw, and Sleep Paralysis

70 hours 55 mins; July 30, 2018

TIH 218: Craig Davidson on Pseudonyms: Craig Davidson vs. Nick Cutter, The Saturday Night Ghost Club, and Writing Supernatural and Human Villains

76 hours 33 mins; July 26, 2018

TIH 217: Craig Davidson on Nick Cutter, Mid-Career Writers, and Creative Burnout

59 mins; July 23, 2018

TIH 216: C.V. Hunt on Ritualistic Human Sacrifice, Cockblock, and Grindhouse Press

86 hours 15 mins; July 19, 2018

TIH 215: C.V. Hunt on The Sociopath Next Door, Bentley Little, and Deciding to Write

65 hours 5 mins; July 17, 2018

TIH 214: Paul Tremblay on Shirley Jackson, Supernatural Turn-Offs, and Ambiguity in Horror Fiction

67 hours 57 mins; July 12, 2018

TIH 213: Paul Tremblay on The Cabin at the End of the World, Home Invasion Movies, and Anxiety in Horror

73 hours 26 mins; July 10, 2018

TIH 212: Michael Griffin on The Human Alchemy, The Lure of Devouring Light, and the Revision Process

91 hours 45 mins; July 04, 2018

TIH 211: Michael Griffin on Compiling Short Story Collections, Writing and Music, and Writing Advice Ignored

68 hours 43 mins; June 25, 2018

TIHR 001: Jennifer Lynch on Chained, Vincent D’Onofrio, and Broken Humans

39 mins; June 21, 2018

TIH 210: Paul Michael Anderson on Bones are Made to be Broken, Harlan Ellison, and Short Story Notes

65 hours 16 mins; June 18, 2018

TIH 209: Paul Michael Anderson on Redrafting, Submitting Stories, and Writing Without Rules

87 hours 20 mins; June 12, 2018

TIH 208: Laird Barron on Crafting Sentences, Alibi Construction and Evidence Disposal, and Supernatural Short Stories

75 hours 42 mins; June 04, 2018

TIH 207: Laird Barron on Blood Standard, Crime Fiction, and Toning Down The Weird

93 hours 26 mins; May 28, 2018

TIH 206: Michelle Garza on Serial Box with Brian Keene, Collaborations, and Writing Heavy Metal Lyrics

72 hours 11 mins; May 21, 2018

TIH 205: Michelle Garza on Collaborative Writing, Kingdom of Teeth, and Writing Realistic Violence

70 hours 50 mins; May 16, 2018

TIH 204: Mike Davis on Daily Routine, Writing, and Belief and Evidence

82 hours 24 mins; May 07, 2018

TIH 203: Mike Davis on The Lovecraft eZine, Living with Fibromyalgia, and Patreon

66 hours 12 mins; April 30, 2018

TIH 202: Kristi DeMeester on Julia Cameron’s Morning Pages, Success vs. Anxiety, and Diversity

64 hours 43 mins; April 23, 2018

TIH 201: Kristi DeMeester on Growing Up, Important Life Lessons, and MFAs

84 hours 53 mins; April 16, 2018

TIH 200: Celebrating 5 Years and 200 Episodes of the This Is Horror Podcast with Michael David Wilson, Bob Pastorella, and Dan Howarth

162 hours 3 mins; April 10, 2018

TIH 199: Josh Finney on Casefile Arkham, Dark Life Lessons, and Graphic Novel Writing

120 hours 30 mins; April 05, 2018

TIH 198: Chris Kelso on Life Lessons, Hybrid Stories, and Worst Writing Advice

60 hours 28 mins; March 31, 2018

TIH 197: Chris Kelso on Writing From The Wound, Turning 30, and Confusing The Art with the Artist

62 hours 42 mins; March 27, 2018

TIH 196: Michael David Wilson and Dan Howarth on How To Start Podcasting, Growing Up, and Parenthood

118 hours 4 mins; March 19, 2018

TIH 195: Nick Mamatas on Japanese Fiction, Self-Defining Politics, and Creative Writing MFAs

84 hours 30 mins; March 12, 2018

TIH 194: Nick Mamatas on Editing Clarkesworld, Common Story Mistakes, and Writing a Novel in Eight Weeks

81 hours 23 mins; March 06, 2018

TIH 193: Jon Padgett and Matt Cardin on Vastarien Literary Journal, Thomas Ligotti, and The Creative Self

92 hours 41 mins; February 28, 2018

Story Unboxed 007: The Box by Jack Ketchum (Feat. Guest Co-host Castle Rock Radio’s Max Booth III)

163 hours 7 mins; February 24, 2018

TIH 192: Antony Johnston on Dead Space, Atomic Blonde, Writing Video Games, and The Exphoria Code

65 hours 17 mins; February 20, 2018

TIH 191: Antony Johnston on Life Lessons, Creativity, and Social Media Discipline

64 hours 57 mins; February 13, 2018

TIH 190 Laird Barron on Almost Dying in Alaska Twice, The Origin of Ideas, and Goals for 2018

82 hours 43 mins; February 06, 2018

TIH 189: Laird Barron on Blood Standard, Crime and Horror Fiction, and Violence in Horror

72 hours 53 mins; January 30, 2018

TIH 188: Laird Barron on Growing Up in Alaska, Applying Life Lessons to Writing, and Dealing with Despair

74 hours 2 mins; January 24, 2018

TIH 187: Orrin Grey on Lessons from Old School Monster Movies, Making Believable Monsters, and Tips for Freelance Writers

71 hours 6 mins; January 17, 2018

TIH 186: Orrin Grey on Never Bet The Devil, Classic Horror Monsters, and Finding Your Writing Voice

66 hours 9 mins; January 11, 2018

TIH 185: The Ten Most Popular This Is Horror Podcast Episodes of 2017

88 hours 38 mins; December 30, 2017

TIH 184: Jasper Bark on Quiet Places, The Way of the Barefoot Zombie, and Cosmic vs Folk Horror

96 hours 47 mins; December 27, 2017

TIH 183: Jasper Bark on Horror Publishing Landscape, Crafting Characters, Distraction Free Lives, and Social Media Breaks

88 hours 14 mins; December 20, 2017

TIH 182: Kathe Koja on The Cipher, Christopher Marlowe, and Strangest Story Ever Written

110 hours 23 mins; December 14, 2017

TIH 181: S.P. Miskowski on I Wish I Was Like You, Writing Advice, and Weird Fiction Syllabus

70 hours 38 mins; December 08, 2017

TIH 180: S.P. Miskowski on Knock Knock, Plays vs. Short Stories vs. Novels, and the Shirley Jackson Award

50 mins; December 06, 2017

TIH 179: S.P. Miskowski on Life Lessons Growing Up, Writing Objectives, and Anxiety

85 hours 5 mins; November 30, 2017

TIH 178: Matt Cardin on Horror Literature Encyclopedia, Social Media Addiction, and A Course in Demonic Creativity

77 hours 24 mins; November 22, 2017

TIH 177: Matt Cardin on Horror and Spirituality, Thomas Ligotti, and Alan Watts

82 hours 38 mins; November 16, 2017

TIH 176: Alan Baxter on Relocating to Australia, Writing Fight Scenes, and Martial Arts

60 hours 50 mins; November 08, 2017

TIH 175: Alan Baxter on Writing for Video Games, The Book Club, and Crow Shine

65 hours 17 mins; November 01, 2017

TIH 174: Alan Baxter on Confronting Mortality, Starting Out Writing, and Early Life Lessons

77 hours 31 mins; October 26, 2017

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