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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.

TIH 173: Nadia Bulkin on Unpacking Tropes, Japanese Horror, and Writing About Topical Themes

0 secs; October 20, 2017

TIH 172: Nadia Bulkin on Growing Up in Indonesia, Demon Myths, and Socio-Political Horror

69 hours 18 mins; October 11, 2017

TIH 171: Constructive Criticism, Time Management, and Indie Publishing with Michael David Wilson and Bob Pastorella

88 hours 46 mins; October 03, 2017

TIH 170: Nicole Cushing on The Sadist’s Bible, Mr. Suicide, and the Bram Stoker Award

74 hours 20 mins; September 29, 2017

TIH 169: Nicole Cushing on Writer’s Block, Depicting Sexual Violence, and Transgressive Fiction

76 hours 41 mins; September 27, 2017

TIH 168: Livia Llewellyn on Long vs Short Fiction, Bad Writing Advice, and Horror Misconceptions

53 mins; September 20, 2017

TIH 167: Livia Llewellyn on Furnace, Childhood Dreams, and Managing Distractions

61 hours 57 mins; September 13, 2017

TIH 166: Joe R. Lansdale on Hap and Leonard, Growing Up in East Texas, and Bubba and the Cosmic Blood-Suckers

149 hours 42 mins; September 06, 2017

TIH 165: Gemma Files on Story Ideas, Dealing with Depression, and Each Thing I Show You is a Piece of My Death

60 hours 22 mins; August 31, 2017

TIH 164: Gemma Files on Films and Fiction, Planning Stories, and Memory Work

73 hours 23 mins; August 29, 2017

TIH 163: Gemma Files on Experimental Film, Autism, and Story Lessons

83 hours 43 mins; August 24, 2017

TIH 162: Benjamin Percy on The Dark Net, Thrill Me: Essays on Fiction, and Comic Book Writing

96 hours 11 mins; August 16, 2017

TIH 161: Victor LaValle on The Ballad of Black Tom, H. P. Lovecraft, and Mastering F-bombs in Fiction

95 hours 53 mins; August 09, 2017

John Langan on House of Windows, Best Places to Submit Horror Fiction, and Red Line Technique

0 secs; August 04, 2017

John Langan on The Fisherman, Training Your Mind For Good Ideas, and Creative Writing

0 secs; August 02, 2017

TIH 158: Andy Davidson on Vampires in Fiction, Daily Habits, and Best Writing Advice

80 hours 15 mins; July 28, 2017

TIH 157: Andy Davidson on In the Valley of the Sun, Childhood Memories, and Writing Motivation

91 hours 4 mins; July 26, 2017

TIH 156: Tony McMillen on Heavy Metal and Horror, Best Failure, and Nefarious Twit

82 hours 35 mins; July 14, 2017

[Preview] SU 002: Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

41 mins; July 12, 2017

TIH 155: Tony McMillen on An Augmented Fourth, Black Sabbath, and Word Horde

72 hours 16 mins; July 07, 2017

TIH 154: Nick Gucker on Advice for Artists, Yokai, and Conventions

74 hours 20 mins; June 30, 2017

TIH 153: Nick Gucker on Art and Illustration, Weird Fiction, and Monster Magnet

75 hours 1 min; June 28, 2017

TIH 152: Philip Fracassi on Writing Quickly, The Lovecraft eZine, and Best Writing Advice

67 hours 45 mins; June 21, 2017

TIH 151: Philip Fracassi on Horror as Escapism, Hollywood Screenwriting, and Literary vs. Genre Fiction

67 hours 4 mins; June 15, 2017

TIH 150: Philip Fracassi on Biggest Fears, Story Structure, and Screenwriting

103 hours 11 mins; June 07, 2017

TIH 149: Jon Padgett on The Secret of Ventriloquism, Weird Fiction, and Eckhart Tolle

59 mins; June 01, 2017

TIH 148: Jon Padgett on Thomas Ligotti, Writing Lessons, and Impostor Syndrome

63 hours 42 mins; May 24, 2017

TIH 147: Bracken MacLeod on Creating Characters, Toxic Masculinity, and Albert Camus

64 hours 27 mins; May 17, 2017

TIH 146: Bracken MacLeod on Stranded, Horror Movies, and Writing Influences

61 hours 31 mins; May 11, 2017

TIH 145: J.S. Breukelaar on Aletheia, Crystal Lake Publishing, and Teaching Creative Writing

70 hours 28 mins; May 03, 2017

[Preview] SU 001: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

37 mins; May 02, 2017

TIH 144: J.S. Breukelaar on Ghosts, American Monster, and Story Mistakes

72 hours 13 mins; April 27, 2017

TIH 143: Alasdair Stuart on Writing Audio Stories, Pseudopod Podcast, and Best Writing Advice

64 hours 19 mins; April 19, 2017

TIH 142: Alasdair Stuart on Pseudopod, Comics, and Audio Stories

59 mins; April 12, 2017

TIH 141: Betty Rocksteady on Weird Fiction, Research, and Outlining

74 hours 51 mins; April 05, 2017

TIH 140: Betty Rocksteady on Like Jagged Teeth, Bizarro, and Arachnophile

53 mins; March 31, 2017

TIH 139: Adam Nevill on Haunted House Stories, Online Book Launches, and Book Signings

58 mins; March 22, 2017

TIH 138: Adam Nevill on The Ritual, Writing Process, and Facebook Advertising

56 mins; March 15, 2017

TIH 137: Adam Nevill on Under A Watchful Eye, Ritual Limited, and Creative Writing

73 hours 32 mins; March 09, 2017

TIH 136: Ania Ahlborn on The Devil Crept In, Story Research, and Daily Habits

61 hours 38 mins; February 28, 2017

TIH 135: Ania Ahlborn on Making A Monster, Self Publishing Seed, and Families in Horror

68 hours 5 mins; February 22, 2017

TIH 134: Stephen Volk on The Parts We Play, Filmmaking, and Writing Short Stories

83 hours 34 mins; February 15, 2017

TIH 133: David Bowles on Chupacabra Vengeance, Kaiju, and Lords of the Earth

93 hours 35 mins; February 06, 2017

TIH 132: David Bowles on Mexican-American Folklore, Southern Gothic, and Story Ideas

88 hours 46 mins; January 30, 2017

TIH 131: Simon Kurt Unsworth on The Devil’s Evidence, Diseases of the Teeth, and Audiobooks

99 hours 16 mins; January 23, 2017

TIH 130: Max Booth III on The Nightly Disease, Working The Hotel Night Shift, and Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing

91 hours 49 mins; January 16, 2017

TIH 129: Diversity, Rejections and Gamut Magazine with Richard Thomas, Hillary Dodge and Heather Foster

59 mins; January 09, 2017

TIH 128: Gamut Magazine, Fiction, Poetry and Non-Fiction with Richard Thomas, Hillary Dodge and Heather Foster

73 hours 59 mins; January 03, 2017

TIH 127: J Daniel Stone on Blood Kiss, Writing Mechanics and Planning Stories

81 hours 14 mins; December 30, 2016

TIH 126: J. Daniel Stone on Living in New York, Preparing Bodies for the Morgue and I Can Taste The Blood

69 hours 39 mins; December 26, 2016

TIH 125: Ray Cluley on Writing Suspenseful Scenes, Antarctic Horror and Writing to Music

60 hours 29 mins; December 20, 2016

TIH 124: Ray Cluley on Authentic Storytelling, Researching Locations and Short Story Writing

74 hours 11 mins; December 14, 2016

TIH 123: Writers’ Craft Talk: Writing Suspenseful Scenes with 16 Writers

69 hours 34 mins; December 06, 2016

TIH 122: Luna E Volk by Mercedes M. Yardley

18 mins; November 30, 2016

TIH 121: T.E. Grau on They Don’t Come Home Anymore, Professional Mindset and Novellas

82 hours 43 mins; November 21, 2016

TIH 120: Mercedes M. Yardley on Gamut Magazine, Rejections and Fairy Tales

88 hours 15 mins; November 15, 2016

TIH 119: Mercedes M. Yardley on NaNoWriMo, the Poetry of Language and Beautiful Horror

78 hours 15 mins; November 10, 2016

TIH 118: Josh Malerman on A House at the Bottom of a Lake, Halloween and Water in Horror

161 hours 25 mins; October 31, 2016

TIH 117: J. David Osborne and Michael David Wilson on Turning 30, Failing in Public and Minimum Effective Dose Misconceptions

86 hours 32 mins; October 27, 2016

TIH 116: J. David Osborne and Michael David Wilson on Podcasting, Authenticity, Vulnerability and Nutrition

66 hours 26 mins; October 24, 2016

TIH 115: John F.D. Taff on Dialogue, Full-time Writing and Emotional Horror

79 hours 14 mins; October 17, 2016

TIH 114: John F.D. Taff on Good and Bad Editors, I Can Taste The Blood and Grey Matter Press

61 hours 0 mins; October 12, 2016

TIH 113: Jon Grilz on Audio Drama Podcasts, Small Town Horror and Flawed Protagonists

64 hours 2 mins; October 03, 2016

TIH 112: Jon Grilz on Small Town Horror Podcast, Crazytown and Audio Drama Production

93 hours 55 mins; September 27, 2016

TIH 111: Jessica McHugh on Creative Writing, Working as a Stripper and Bizarro

101 hours 18 mins; September 20, 2016

TIH 110: Jessica McHugh on The Train Derails in Boston, Writing 57 Stories in One Year and Writing by Hand

81 hours 38 mins; September 14, 2016

TIH 109: Writers’ Craft Talk: Best Writing Advice with 20 Writers

65 hours 52 mins; September 06, 2016

TIH 108: Michaelbrent Collings on Outlining, Stoker Awards and Story Ideas

52 mins; August 29, 2016

TIH 107: Michaelbrent Collings on Self Publishing, Social Media and Writing Commercially

54 mins; August 22, 2016

TIH 106: Tim Lebbon on Pay The Ghost, The Silence and Self-Doubt

54 mins; August 15, 2016

TIH 105: Tim Lebbon on The Family Man, Adaptations and Endurance Sports

62 hours 1 min; August 08, 2016

TIH 104: John Skipp on Fight Scenes, Bizarro and Zombies

60 hours 45 mins; August 01, 2016

TIH 103: Aaron Sterns on Screen vs Page, Plotting Stories, and Gothic and Subversive Fiction

60 hours 25 mins; July 25, 2016

TIH 102: Aaron Sterns on Wolf Creek, Screenwriting and Existential Nightmares

66 hours 57 mins; July 19, 2016

TIH 101: Angela Slatter on Vigil, Fairy Tales and Jo Fletcher Books

73 hours 34 mins; July 12, 2016

TIH 100: David Moody on the Hater Adaptation, Wattpad and Dealing with Depression

120 hours 42 mins; July 05, 2016

TIH 099: Paul Tremblay on 500 Words per Day, Self-doubt and Inspiration

51 mins; June 27, 2016

Paul Tremblay on Disappearance at Devil's Rock, A Head Full of Ghosts and Story Ideas

52 mins; June 20, 2016

TIH 097: John C. Foster on Fear of the Dark, Writing Novels and Hardboiled Crime

57 mins; June 13, 2016

TIH 096: John Skipp on Fungasm Press, The Art of Horrible People and Clowns

61 hours 0 mins; June 06, 2016

TIH 095: John C. Foster on Mister White, Grey Matter Press and Writing Action Scenes

75 hours 3 mins; May 30, 2016

TIH 094: Stephen Graham Jones on Story Revisions, Endings and Audio vs. Print Books

66 hours 20 mins; May 23, 2016

TIH 093: Scott Nicolay on The Outer Dark Podcast, Weird Fiction and Daily Habits

63 hours 20 mins; May 16, 2016

TIH 092: Stephen Graham Jones on Werewolves, Mongrels and Common Writing Mistakes

74 hours 30 mins; May 09, 2016

TIH 091: Iain Rob Wright on CreateSpace, Self Publishing Costs and Collaborations

49 mins; May 02, 2016

TIH 090: Scott Nicolay on Weird-Noir Connection, Story Length and Monsters, Rebuilt

72 hours 19 mins; April 26, 2016

TIH 089: Iain Rob Wright on Self Publishing, Writing Full Time and Editing

52 mins; April 18, 2016

TIH 088: Kristin Nelson on Choosing a Literary Agent, Writing a Query Letter and the Nelson Literary Agency

49 mins; April 12, 2016

TIH 087: Vincenzo Bilof on the Effect of Satire, the Horror Writers Association and The Violators

54 mins; April 04, 2016

TIH 086: Vincenzo Bilof on Remaking Classic Movies, Writing Experiences and The Violators

67 hours 1 min; March 30, 2016

TIH 085: Rebecca Jones-Howe on Writing Struggles, Working In Retail and Regional Stereotypes

61 hours 2 mins; March 21, 2016

TIH 084: Damien Angelica Walters on Sing Me Your Scars, Short Story Writing and Unusual Influences

56 mins; March 14, 2016

TIH 083: Damien Angelica Walters on Paper Tigers, 100,000 Words in 30 Days and Dealing With Criticism

59 mins; March 07, 2016

TIH 082: Rebecca Jones-Howe on Vile Men and Online vs. College Writing Communities

66 hours 3 mins; February 29, 2016

TIH 081: V. H. Leslie on Skein and Bone, the Novelist as Moral Philosopher and the Writing Process

33 mins; February 22, 2016

TIH 080: V. H. Leslie on Writing Residencies, The Benefits of Writers’ Retreats and Writing Routine

51 mins; February 18, 2016

TIH 079: Brian Evenson on A Collapse of Horses, Working With Rob Zombie, Writing Video Game Adaptations and Foreign Translations

72 hours 24 mins; February 13, 2016

TIH 078: Richard Thomas on Gamut Magazine, Kickstarter Do’s and Don’ts, and Short Story Mechanics

60 hours 14 mins; February 03, 2016

TIH 077: Richard Thomas on Breaker, Gamut Magazine and Kickstarter Fundraising

61 hours 42 mins; January 25, 2016

TIH 076: Simon Strantzas on Best Weird Fiction, The Secret to a Good Life and British Horror

42 mins; January 18, 2016

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