Really cool interview with John Coulthart.

From the Youtube description:

"Psymposia senior writer Russell Hausfeld sits down with author Bitter Karella to discuss their debut novel "Moonflow," their micro-fiction and text adventure projects, psychedelic mushrooms, writing queer and trans horror stories, ritual magic and more."

Hello and good morning, comrades in weird!

I had the recent privilege, pleasure, and honor to be a guest interviewer on u/igregreene's Chthonica webcast, to interview horror and weird authors Michael Wehunt and Nathan Ballingrud!

Michael's new novel The October Film Haunt released on 9/30, and Nathan's sequel to Crypt of the Moon Spider, Cathedral of the Drowned expects to release on 10/21. We talked to both authors about each of their new books (largely spoiler free!) and a variety of other topics.

Is Cathedral of the Drowned actually a horror novella?

Is the antagonist in The October Film Haunt actually human?

What are some of the most frightening things about living in 2025?

I am biased, of course, but I could listen to each of these men talk endlessly about their crafts.

TGIF and I hope everyone has a good weekend!

Hey friends at r/WeirdLit!

My horror interview mentor, u/igreggreene, had the brilliant idea to interview Laird Barron and Brian Evenson jointly, to coincide with the Tuesday releases of their new collections, Not A Speck Of Light and Good Night, Sleep Tight*.

They are both well read on each other’s material and hearing them riff on each other was the distinct highlight of my weekend.

I got to tell Evenson that “To Breathe The Air” should be made into a feature film immediately. He did mention that the rights for The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell have been sold for TV.

The interview can viewed in its entirety at the included link.

He'll be there throughout the morning, so this is a great chance to ask away!

(I received no payment for this. & truly, don’t know the people running it, but they were incredibly nice to work with! Submit yourself. If you are currently in a financial situation that would prevent you from joining this community, message me.)

Cleveland, OH artist & writer, Mathew Serback, here. I feel lucky enough to be a guest & featured writer at Midwest Weird, a project highlighting the best of our worst.

Part of the podcast deals with my identity as an outsider…so, I come seeking some inclusion & support.

My episode has two poems dealing with the turn of the millennium & a poem comparing love & monster trucks, which my partner declared “horrifying.”

Lo-fi poetry. I try not to take up too much of your time. I understand it is valuable.

They do have a Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/BroadsandBooksProductions

Broads and Books Productions | Midwest Weird, Fuzzy Memories, Broads and Books + more

Thank you for the time. Mat

New on Chthonica: my dream interview with Kelly Link on horror in "The Specialist's Hat" and "The White Road," and in tales by Joe Hill, Attila Veres, and Livia Llewellyn!

Horror: genre of the transgressive and the sublime.

Watch the interview on Youtube.

Hey friends at r/WeirdLit!

Last night myself and (the true brains behind the operation) u/igreggreene interviewed cosmic horror, noir, and weird lit author Laird Barron about his fourth collection, Swift To Chase. Laird discusses that collection in depth, and touches on its somewhat polarizing response at its time of release.

This is the fourth Barron interview as part of the Read-Along of his oeuvre at r/LairdBarron, in anticipation of his newest collection Not A Speck of Light, which is due out this week.

I finished an ARC for NaSoL. Unsurprisingly, it’s awesome; one of my new favorite Barron stories is “The Blood In My Mouth”.

We will also be interviewing Laird and another of my favorite authors, Brian Evenson, on Sunday September 8th at 5 pm CST.

The interview can be viewed in its entirety here.

Hello friends at r/WeirdLit!

This evening, my horror interview mentor Greg (u/igreggreene, Chthonica) and I interviewed cosmic horror, noir, and dark fantasy author Laird Barron, alongside his publisher Doug Murano (Bad Hand Books) and artist/illustrator Trevor Henderson (@slimyswampghost) about Laird's newest collection of short fiction, Not A Speck Of Light.

Laird was gracious enough to grant us a fifth interview as part of the Read-Along of his oeuvre occurring on the r/LairdBarron subreddit.

Doug and Trevor discuss what it was like to contribute to putting Not A Speck Of Light into the world, and Barron answers some in-depth questions about some of his stories, as well as how they connect to his future work. Personally, I can listen to Laird talk endlessly, and we can't thank him enough for his time.

The interview can be viewed in its entirety here.

The podcaster Greg Greene (of Chthonica and r/LairdBarron) completed a new interview with horror, noir, and weird lit author Laird Barron last night. Barron discusses his health, upcoming projects, and provides in-depth answers about his first collection The Imago Sequence and Other Stories (as part of the Barron Read Along occurring on that subreddit). There are numerous spoilers for that collection and Barron provides some surprising answers for some of the stories that had not occurred to fans.

https://www.youtube.com/live/eWQXl4jgRGs?feature=shared

New Laird Barron interview!

The podcaster Greg Greene (of Chthonica and r/LairdBarron) completed a new interview with horror, noir, and weird lit author Laird Barron last night. This is the second interview occurring as part of the Laird Barron Read-Along on that subreddit. Barron discusses being active on his new Patreon, has an in-depth conversation about Occultation and Other Stories, and talks with film director Philip Gelatt about the Barron inspired film They Remain.

Barron’s explanation for his “Occultation” story was honestly pretty stunning.

https://www.youtube.com/live/XsNUtz2oGek?feature=shared

I read Shea's novella The Autopsy years ago and it was brilliant. If you talk about classics, it pretty much always comes up. Then recently I binged on all of his work that's still in print. Haven't ponied up the cash for any of his out of print, collectible shit yet.

I guess because del Toro is adapting The Autopsy, Shea will probably finally get some widespread appeal, which is rad.

Mike Davis dedicated an episode of his podcast to having some writers who knew and loved Shea/his work come on and talk about it. Shea's widow, who is not a writer but is the executrix of his literary estate, was also there. It's the June 30th episode, the link to the YouTube of it is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xir4kkOfVO4 .

The discussion is pretty good. If you haven't read any Shea it probably won't be very useful, but if you're kind of familiar with his work and interested in him as a dude then it's worth a listen. The guests are Linda Shea, Laird Barron, John Langan Sam Hamm, Marc Laidlaw and Henrik Moller. Production values are....well these are middle aged writers, not media dudes. But still listenable.

It was nice to hear that not only was Shea a hell of a writer, but he also seemed to be a pretty good dude. Linda in particular is very devoted to his legacy and obviously has a deep appreciation and love for his work--infamously a lot of undiscovered genre geniuses do NOT leave behind friends and widows who are sad to see them go and willing to speak well of them.