A Podcast About Horror Writers and the Stories That Made Them…

Join host Matthew Jackson as he chats with some of the biggest names in horror about the formative fears that shaped their imaginations and made them into the storytellers we know today.

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Episode 16: “Mirror, Mirror” with Virginia Feito

February 5, 2025

Virginia Feito joins the show to kick off our February and promote her new novel, the much buzzed-about Victorian Psycho. We talk about the origins of the book, its inevitable comparisons, adapting the book to film, and Virginia’s chosen story, the Amazing Stories episode “Mirror, Mirror,” directed by Martin Scorsese. Mirrors: They’re Scary! SHOW NOTES: – Victorian Psycho is available […] READ MORE
Episode 15: Junji Ito’s Tomie with Kailee Pedersen

January 30, 2025

Kailee Pedersen, author of one of the best horror debuts I’ve ever read, joins the show this week to talk about her incredible book, Sacrificial Animals, and her love of Junji Ito’s early horror manga classic Tomie! Plus, Matthew recommends Horror in the High Desert and The Lady and Her Monsters! SHOW NOTES: – Sacrificial Animals is available now, and Pastorale is coming soon from […] READ MORE
Episode 14: “In The Hills, The Cities” with Zac Thompson

January 30, 2025

Comics writer Zac Thompson joins us this week for our second consecutive episode devoted to the work of Clive Barker! We talk about Zac’s comics, particularly his current eco-horror series Into the Unbeing, and tackle Barker’s “In The Hills, The Cities,” the impact of The Books of Blood, climate change, writing through the darkness, and much more. […] READ MORE

Episode 16: “Mirror, Mirror” with Virginia Feito

Episode 15: Junji Ito’s Tomie with Kailee Pedersen

Episode 14: “In The Hills, The Cities” with Zac Thompson