Ink Heist - A Podcast for Readers of Dark Fiction

This week on the Ink Heist podcast, we had one of our most fun episodes yet. We properly introduced Laurel as our permanent co-host and I think I speak for Shane too when I say asking her to join the podcast is one of the best decisions we've ever made. She fits right into our brand of craziness and she tells a story this week that left all of us in stitches. Welcome again Laurel and thanks for pu...

This week is a special one as we are joined by our new co-host, Laurel Hightower! We're excited to have Laurel join the Ink Heist podcast and she'll be joining us when she can in the future. This week, we sit down with author Samantha Kolesnik . Samantha's debut novel,  True Crime , comes out tomorrow through Grindhouse Press and it's one you don't want to miss. It's been garnering well deser...

This week, we launch Season 2 of the Ink Heist podcast! We decided to kick off 2020 with a solo show where we talk about some of the things we have in the works for the upcoming year. Shane and I had a lot of fun talking about some of our most anticipated 2020 releases, a discussion of Samantha Kolesnik's True Crime,  independent publishers and the movie Starred Up. We also talk about reachin...

This week, we have a very special episode as we wrap up the first season of the Ink Heist podcast. Shane and I originally planned to take a few weeks off around this time before launching Season 2, but we love doing these so much we kept scheduling right up until the end of the year. So fear not, there won't be any breaks for the podcast as we start Season 2 with John Foster and Linda Jones on Jan...

This time around, we take an in-depth look at the final installment of The Fearing , Earth and Ember . As we wrap up our podcast series on The Fearing , we talk to John about the overall themes throughout the series, the resolution of numerous character arcs, the climactic meeting of Monday and Adam, the influence of the show Hellier, and much more. We are also honored to share some exciting and e...

This week, we had a great time talking with Damien Angelica Walters , whose gripping new novel, The Dead Girls Club , is out now through Crooked Lane Books. We talked to Damien extensively about The Dead Girls Club , the origin of The Red Lady, the benefits of outlining, the importance of female “coming of age” novels, her exciting Work in Progress, and so much more. We had a lot of fun talking wi...

This week, we had a great time talking with Jeremy Hepler, who recently released his second novel, Cricket Hunters , with Silver Shamrock Publishing . We talked to Jeremy extensively about Cricket Hunters and  The Boulevard Monster, working with Silver Shamrock and Bloodshot Books, his experience reading slush, the humorous story about how he came up with "cricket hunting" and so much more. W...

This week, we had a great time talking with Betty Rocksteady , who recently released her first short story collection, In Dreams We Rot, with Trepidatio Publishing . We talked to Betty about In Dreams We Rot and some of the themes, her illustration style, lucid dreaming, cartoons, Boy Meets World, and a host of other topics. I had a lot of fun talking with Betty and we shared quite a few laughs. S...

This week we're happy to present this conversation between Daniel Braum and the great Peter Straub at the Lovecraft Bar in NYC. There are no words to express how much this means to us or how fantastic it is. Peter is a highly intelligent, engaging, and often funny individual and when it comes to favorite authors, well, they don't get any more goddamn esteemed than this. Do yourself, and us, a favo...

This week, we are sharing our fourth conversation with horror author John F.D. Taff as part of our recurring “In This Episode…” series focused on The Fearing.  Each book in  The Fearing will have its own episode where we take a deep dive into the events of the story and uncover some behind the scenes insight from John. This time around, we take an in-depth look at Book Three, Air and Dus...

This week, we had a great time talking with Max Booth III, who has written Carnivorous Lunar Activities , The Nightly Disease, How to Successfully Kidnap Strangers to just name some of his books. In addition to writing, Max also runs Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing and Dark Moon Digest with his partner Lori Michelle and hosts two podcasts, Castle Rock Radio and Ghoulish . Our conversation with...

In this episode, Shane and I fly solo once again and make fools of ourselves on air for your listening enjoyment . We want to make these solo episodes a regular part of the podcast and we decide to open ourselves up to reader questions to help drive each episode. In this one, we talk about how we handle horror with kids, talking about the technical aspects of writing vs. storytelling, Stephen King...

This week, Shane had a great time talking with Nicholas Day , who has written Nobody Gets Hurt and Other Lies , At the End of the Day I Burst Into Flames and most recently Grind Your Bones to Dust. Shane's conversation with Nick was a lot of fun to listen to and covered a wide variety of topics. Shane talked to him about his writing style, marketing your work as an indie author, the impact of his...

This week, we had a great time talking with Angel Luis Colón , who is an incredible crime author who has written The Blacky Jaguar novella series, The Fantine Park novella series, and Hell Chose Me . Our conversation with Angel was engaging and covered a wide variety of topics. We talk to him about his writing style, the new benefit anthology for Puerto Rico ¡PA'QUE TU LO SEPAS! , representation f...

This week, we had a busy weekend recording new episodes for you guys. We have two new episodes for you this week, featuring great conversations with debut novelist Shaun Hamill and crime author Angel Luis Colón . We had a great time talking with Shaun about A Cosmology of Monsters , which is a remarkable debut that follows the Turner family over the period of many decades as they are hunted by for...

This week, we had a great time talking with Daniel Braum and also had an Ink Heist first! We broke this episode into two parts because we talked to Daniel for roughly three hours and to accommodate the special format of this episode. In Part One, we got to talk to Daniel about a wide variety of topics including his new Cemetery Dance novel The Serpent's Shadow , the creation of the Spirits Unwrapp...

This week, we had a great time talking with Daniel Braum and also had an Ink Heist first! We broke this episode into two parts because we talked to Daniel for roughly three hours and to accommodate the special format of this episode. In Part One, we got to talk to Daniel about a wide variety of topics including his new Cemetery Dance novel The Serpent's Shadow , the creation of the Spirits Unwrapp...

This week, we had a great time talking with Laird Barron, an author who skillfully blends horror and crime and has built one of the genre's most intriguing universes and characters . We got to talk to Laird about a wide variety of topics including the relationship between horror and noir , how the Coleridge novels have evolved since Blood Standard , diversity in the genre, and the upcoming third I...

This week, we had a great time talking with horror author Chad Lutzke, whose brand of emotional horror resonates with readers long after the story is over . We got to talk to Chad about his new Crystal Lake Publishing novella The Pale White , how empathy informs his characters, writer collaborations, and some of his upcoming books. We had a blast recording with Chad and are planning a second conve...

This week, we are sharing our second conversation with horror author John F.D. Taff as part of our recurring “In This Episode…” series focused on The Fearing.  Each book in  The Fearing will have its own episode where we take a deep dive into the events of the story and uncover some behind the scenes insight from John. This time around, we take an in-depth look at Book Two, Water and Win...

This week, we had a great time talking with horror author Scott Thomas, who burst on to the horror scene in 2017 with the release of his debut novel  Kill Creek. We got to talk to Scott about both  Kill Creek and Violet, his relationship with Inkshares, his love of horror films, and the style of horror he approaches in his work. We had a blast recording with Scott and hearing about his j...

This week, we had a great time talking with horror author Michelle Garza, who collaborates with her sister Melissa Lason to create some truly engaging, visceral and fun horror stories as The Sisters of Slaughter. We got to talk to Michelle about their upcoming books Isolation and Tapetum Lucidum , the origin of their nickname, their love of monsters and desire to tackle a variety of styles. We had...

This week, we don't have a guest joining us. Instead, we decided to record a solo episode where we interview each other and generally just rave about the books, films and music that have been moving us lately. We thought it would be a lot of fun and give us an opportunity to let our readers get to know us better. I think we accomplished both of those goals as we both laughed so hard we were crying...

This week we have the honor of speaking with the creative genius behind Bird Box, Unbury Carol, Black Mad Wheel, and Inspection . Join us as we walk the Trail with Josh Malerman, discussing books, creativity, elasticity, and the health and state of the horror genre, along with a bevy of other topics. Josh is a candid, high-energy artist whose creativity knows no bounds and whose heart is as big as...

This week, we are sharing our second conversation with horror author John F.D. Taff as part of our recurring "In This Episode..." series focused on The Fearing.  Each book in  The Fearing will have its own episode where we take a deep dive into the events of the story and uncover some behind the scenes insight from John. Our first conversation with John centered around the overall concep...