The ARC Party

May as well pre-order The Angel of Indian Lake while you’re here, right? Also, grab some of Stephen’s other books! I first read Stephen Graham Jones way back in 2011, and all of my bookish friends convinced me that I was late to the game. I interviewed Jones in 2012 for his then-new book ZOMBIE BAKE-OFF. It was in that interview where Stephen, off the top of his head, spend about six minutes expla...

Signed bookplate Pre-order offer from Simon & Schuster PERSONALIZED signed pre-order offer from Exile in Bookville (When you order via Exile in Bookville, when you see a ‘notes’ field, type in who you want the book to be signed to) Get a bunch of Daniel’s books on my curated list at Bookshop After totally losing all information about what day and time it was supposed to happen, I eventually manage...

Pre-order SPIN A BLACK YARN and shop all of Josh’s book on my bookshop page! I missed Josh, and you’re going to get that pretty much right from the beginning of this episode. I Met Josh back in 2014, when BIRD BOX was recently released, and nobody knew yet what a sensation it would become. It’s easy to fall in love with someone’s books, and Josh’s stories are no exception. I really, genuinely love...

Pre-order signed copies of FEVER HOUSE here! And check out all of Keith’s books here! Recently, I was not only lucky enough to read an advanced copy of Keith Rosson’s upcoming behemoth of a tale, FEVER HOUSE - but I also cajoled him into getting onto the internet and chatting with me about it. FEVER HOUSE is big. It’s over 400 pages, and it packs a lot of story into it. Criminal leg breakers? Chec...

Pre-order 101 HORROR BOOKS here , and while you’re at it, grab a copy of Sadie’s anthology! If you know the name Sadie Hartmann, I don’t have to explain anything. You get it. If you don’t, it’s real easy. Sadie is (in no particular order), a huge horror book influencer, a rabid horror fan, a voracious reader, and a good person. Likely other good qualities as well. We’re here because Sadie put in a...

Check out my Philip Fracassi list on Bookshop , and pre-order BOYS IN THE VALLEY. While you’re there, shop all of his books! It’s a name that’s always been in my atmosphere, but for reasons that aren’t good or bad, really just reasons of being human, I’d never gotten around to reading his stuff. That ends now! BOYS IN THE VALLEY is kinda everything? Meaning, a well-crafted story, that’s quick and...

The mother of all book releases! This is a party I’ve been anticipating for some time, now. Craig Clevenger’s third book, MOTHER HOWL, has arrived! For those of us who are familiar with Craig, we know that this is a big moment. For people new to his writing, you’re in for a transformational experience! We sat and talked for a while about MOTHER HOWL and the themes found in the book. Conversation w...

Pre-order NIGHT’S EDGE and FIRST LIGHT on my bookshop LIZ KERIN LIST Liz Kerin was nice enough to join me on the podcast recently, to talk about her upcoming coming of age vampire book NIGHT’S EDGE. It’s a very personal story about a young woman and her mother, and the sacrifices that they make to keep a dark and dangerous secret. And the best news is that Liz is not only already working on the se...

Find Danielle’s books here, on my bookshop Danielle Trussoni List Once upon a time I was a host on a podcast called Booked. I was doing this podcast when Danielle published her last book, THE ANCESTOR. We were working on having Danielle on to talk about THE ANCESTOR, and for reasons I don’t recall, it just never happened. Cut to a few months ago. I catch wind that Danielle has a new book coming ou...

I saw that cover, read about the story, and knew I had to get this dude on the podcast. Probably my favorite thing about Twitter is when exciting new things get hyped, and I see a community supporting something they love. It’s Adam’s first novella release, and as luck would have it, his first podcast. I am honored to be able to bring you this conversation about his book. I hope I gave him enough t...

Most importantly: Here’s my Bookshop.org list for Frank Bill , where you can pre-order BACK TO THE DIRT, and pick up all of Frank’s other books, too. BTTD drop 5/9! I first met Frank Bill in his home town of Corydon Indiana, on September 10th, 2011. It was the book release party for his first book, CRIMES IN SOUTHERN INDIANA. It’s also where I first met Donald Ray Pollock, Matthew McBride, Scott P...

It’s party time once again! This time around, we’re celebrating something in the woods that’s not quite right. Jessica Leonard has joined me to talk about her second book, CONJURING THE WITCH (Ghoulish Books, 5/2/2023). If you’re into a rural setting, a church that’s driving its people to do bad things, creepy houses, creepy woods, and feminist rage, this is likely a book you’ll enjoy. Come for th...

Find all my social media HERE Max Booth III has been tearing things up on the horror scene for a while now, and his latest contribution to the mayhem is a new short story collection, ABNORMAL STATISTICS. It’s dark, bleak, weird, and concerningly autobiographical. Michael David Wilson is the founder of This Is Horror, and the main host of the This Is Horror podcast. He’s been a crucial contributor...

It’s party time! This episode, we’re celebrating the carnage a mermaid and her young wreak. Cassandra Khaw was generous to spend about an hour chatting with me about their upcoming book THE SALT GROWS HEAVY. It’s a splendidly grim fairy tale that I highly recommend. We talk about lots of themes that I pulled out of the book, including exploitation, a violent reaction to that exploitation, and love...

It’s time to celebrate another great book, and it’s even greater author! This time, Zoje Stage (BABY TEETH, WONDERLAND) joins me to talk about her upcoming release, MOTHERED, along with special guest Becky Spratford. I last had the chance to interview Zoje when her book WONDERLAND was released, but I’ve been an avid reader all along. It was great to catch up with Zoje about this new book, and talk...

Table of Contents: 00:51 - Head Cleaner release information 02:15 - What is ARC Party? 08:55 - Film digression #1 18:47 - Head Cleaner 41:42 -  Dave's animal obsession 46:22 - Film digression #2 51:36 - Editing notes for Head Cleaner 53:57 - Dave ranks the animals from his books 58:09 - Significance of the last thing made 01:00:23 - Film digression #3 - Scarface 01:06:49 - Film digression #3 conti...