5 for Frightening: PRESTON FASSEL on Our Lady of the Inferno

5 for Frightening: PRESTON FASSEL on Our Lady of the Inferno

September 11, 2018 The Librarian 0

So… we closed our doors rather unexpectedly a few months back for an extended summer vacation, something we then decided that we love and will likely make a regular occurrence of in the future (though much, MUCH shorter), because let’s face it, summertime should be about family, sunshine, adventures, and reading good books, rather than sitting in a gloomy subterranean room writing about them. That said, the leaves are turning and now we’re back, and [READ MORE]

Excerpt: “Still” by Camilla Monk

March 6, 2018 The Librarian 0

Still Camilla Monk Publication date: February 28th 2018 Genres: New Adult, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy It always started like this, a pulse inside me, like a warning before the tide surged, roared… and froze everything. Twenty-year old Emma just landed in Rome, to find the father who walked out of her life more than a decade ago and was too busy eating pizza to call. Traveling with her is a secret she’s carried alone since [READ MORE]

WiHM: Tune in to the GLHC’s Annual State of the Scary Ladies Round-table Chat

February 28, 2018 The Librarian 0

It may be the final day of Women in Horror Month, but here in the Library we’re not quite done yet. The Great Lakes Horror Company has just dropped its annual WiHM round-table, in which we take a serious but lively look at the state of the genre when it comes to writing while female. This year, we’re joined by horror journalist Leslie Hatton, HWA President and author Lisa Morton, and author Morgan Sylvia. Tune [READ MORE]

WiHM: Writing Horror While Female with Gwendolyn Kiste, Jemiah Jefferson and H.R. Boldwood

February 27, 2018 The Librarian 0

Women in Horror Month may be entering its final days, but we still have two more round-tables for you here in the Library. In our first, authors Jemiah Jefferson (Fiend, A Drop of Scarlet), Gwendolyn Kiste (And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe) and H.R. Boldwood talk about their work and writing scary stories while female, and tell us all about the tough chicks – both real and fictional – we should have our eyes [READ MORE]

WiHM interview: Loren Rhoads takes us through the gates of the cemetery

February 22, 2018 The Librarian 0

It’s been a busy February behind the scenes in the Library, so we weren’t able to do as much Women in Horror Month coverage/celebration as we would have liked, but we did get a chance to chat up one of our favourite authors, Loren Rhoads, who probably knows more about cemeteries and cemetery tourism than all of us combined. Need more persuasion? What if I told you she’s written Death’s Garden: Relationships with Cemeteries, 199 [READ MORE]

On Mentoring, with LINDA ADDISON

December 17, 2017 The Librarian 0

Can you believe we’ve reached the end of the year already? Nope, we can’t either. But here we are, at episode 33 of the Great Lakes Horror Company podcast, our last one of the year. Thanks to everyone who has tuned in over the past twelve months, I hope our show has both taught you something (about genre writing or the biz of genre writing) and entertained you. You may have noticed we’ve been toying [READ MORE]

GRADY HENDRIX Schools Us on ’70s and ’80s Horror Fiction

November 20, 2017 The Librarian 0

The weather is getting colder outside, but snow isn’t the only thing that’s coming to town. Grady Hendrix, author of the essential 2017 non-fiction book Paperbacks From Hell: The Twisted History of ’70s and ’80s Horror Fiction, drops by the podcast in advance of next week’s Paperbacks From Hell Live! stop at the Royal Cinema to teach us all about the era of excess with its savage beasts, occult demons, outrageous sex and penchant for [READ MORE]

GLHC gets Weird with LAIRD BARRON and JOHN LANGAN

October 13, 2017 The Librarian 2

The Great Lakes Horror Company is back with a special on Weird Fiction, featuring the podcast’s Jason White in conversation with a pair of titans of the subgenre: John Langan (The Fisherman, The Wide Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies) and Laird Barron (The Croning, The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All). This super-sized episode runs more than a hundred minutes, so brew yourself a pot of coffee and settle in for the strange. Listen below, or [READ MORE]

No Stealing! Plagiarism and Copyright on the GLHC podcast

August 16, 2017 The Librarian 0

On the latest episode of the Great Lakes Horror Company podcast we discuss plagiarism and copyright in regards to both fiction and non-fiction. Legally, what’s stealing and what’s not? What do you have to do if you want to quote something that is not yours? What do you do if someone has stolen from you? This month’s episode – featuring a round-table with Danann Hawes, Sephera Giron and Monica S. Kuebler – gives you a [READ MORE]

Listen Now: GLHC Pride Month Bonus Ep. Pt 1, w/Michael Rowe

June 21, 2017 The Librarian 0

In this special Pride Month edition of the GLHC podcast, Andrew Robertson interviews queer horror writer and celebrated journalist Michael Rowe. The two discuss his most recent novels Enter, Night and Wildfell, Clive Barker, Christopher Rice, Anne Rice’s universe, homophobia and growing up queer in the ’70s and ’80s, and horror’s efforts to find legitimacy in the literary world. An award-winning journalist, and literary nonfiction writer, Michael is the author of Writing Below the Belt, [READ MORE]