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The Dark Word Podcast #04: S.A. Cosby Apr 20, 2022

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Author of New York Times bestseller Razorblade Tears Speaks with Philip Fracassi.

Batting clean-up for The Dark Word is episode #4 and it’s a great one. Bestselling writer S.A. Cosby talks to Philip Fracassi about writing a great thriller, the importance of beta readers, agents and luck, books on writing, and much more.

Cosby is an Anthony Award-winning writer from Southeastern Virginia. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller RAZORBLADE TEARS and BLACKTOP WASTELAND, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, was a New York Times Notable Book, and was named a best book of the year by NPR, The Guardian and Library Journal, among others.

Cosby’s short fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies and magazines, and his story “Slant-Six” was selected as a Distinguished Story in Best American Mystery Stories for 2016. His short story “The Grass Beneath My Feet” won the Anthony Award for Best Short Story in 2019.

When not writing, he is an avid hiker and chess player.

The Dark Word Podcast #03: Lisa Morton Apr 13, 2022

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For Halloween Half-life, Host Philip Fracassi dishes with Award-Winning Author.

Ready for your third session of chills? In episode 3, Lisa Morton joins The Dark Word to discuss non-fiction writing, screenwriting, editing for anthologies and much more.

Lisa Morton is a screenwriter, author of non-fiction books, and a fiction writer. She is a six-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award, the author of four novels and over 150 short stories, and a world-class expert on Halloween and the paranormal.

Her recent releases include Night Terrors & Other Tales, Weird Women 2, and Calling the Spirits: A History of Seances; her latest short stories appeared in Best American Mystery Stories 2020, Final Cuts, and In League with Sherlock Holmes.

Morton’s weekly original fiction podcast Spine Tinglers is now live at My Paranormal Network. Find out more at www.lisamorton.com.

The Dark Word Podcast #02: Tim Waggoner Apr 06, 2022

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Host Philip Fracassi gets prolix with prolific author of Bram Stoker-award winning Writing in the Dark

Tim Waggoner has published over fifty novels and seven collections of short stories. He’s written tie-in fiction based on titles such as Supernatural, Grimm, The X-Files, Alien, Doctor Who, and others. He’s also written novelizations for films such as Halloween Kills, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, and Kingsman: The Golden Circle.

His articles on writing have appeared in Writer’s Digest, The Writer, and The Writer’s Chronicle. He’s the author of the acclaimed horror-writing guide Writing in the Dark, which won the Bram Stoker Award in 2021. The winner of multiple Stoker awards, Tim has been a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award, the Scribe Award, and the Splatterpunk Award. In addition to writing, Tim is a full-time tenured professor who teaches creative writing and composition professor at Sinclair College in Dayton, Ohio.

The Dark Word Podcast #01: Laird Barron Mar 31, 2022

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Hello and welcome to the Dark Word. This is Season 1, Episode 1 and I’m your host Philip Fracassi.

The Dark Word is a podcast about writing, writers, and those who read those writers. The goal of this podcast is to focus on the profession of writing—the creative process, the business side of things, or simply offering advice on how to be a professional writer. We’ll be hearing from some of the best in the business.

This week features my interview with Laird Barron. True to our name, the Dark Word focuses on writers who tend to hang out in the shadowy side of the room. These are the names you think of when you hear horror, suspense, noir —the names who’ve chilled you and thrilled you.

So follow me down this dark hallway, because there’s someone I’m dying for you to meet.

Today’s guest is Laird Barron, an expat Alaskan, is the author of several books, including The Imago Sequence and Other Stories; Swift to Chase; and the Isaiah Coleridge trilogy: Blood Standard, Black Mountain, and Worse Angels. For more on Laird Barron, visit Book and Film Globe to read his BFG interview. Barron lives in the Rondout Valley of New York State, where he’s hard at work crafting stories of evil and woe.

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