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Rex Hurst, author of "What Hell May Come" joins us to discuss the Satanic Panic and its influence on nerd culture and our way of life. We discuss history, writing, and of course, the way all of this translates into horror for a pretty amazing h
Our DiscussionSusan has been a staple of the Madness Heart Team since she first joined us back in 1902. Or 2019 with her amazing Sunday Sharksploitation articles. On top of being a top-notch poet, a splatterpunk nominated author and a great fri
Our DiscussionCharles is an amazing guy who I get to sit down with each and every week for Wandering Monster. It turns out that as much as Charles does for Madness Heart Press, the dude does a ton more. From charity work to activism to even mor
Our DiscussionJay Wilburn rejoins us to talk about his status as a vulnerable person during the pandemic, writing post-apocalyptic literature during the apocalypse and being a staff writer for Crystal Lake Publishing on the Still Water Bay seri
Our DiscussionNaching and I discuss working for HorrorAddicts.net, co-writing, editing and a slew of other topics.Find John:WebsiteInstagramTwitterFind us:MadnessHeart.PressSubscribe on iTunesSubscribe on SpotifyTwitterFacebookInstagramThe Proj
Our DiscussionJimmy and I discuss psychological horror and growing up in Belgium as a horror fan. I do sort of get sidelined about writing in a language other than your mother tongue!Find Jimmy:InstagramTwitterArterial Bloom from Crystal Lake P
Our DiscussionArmand, the owner of the Project Entertainment Network joins us to talk about baseball, heavy metal and the time he ate nearly 40 hamburgers in one sitting. We discuss Crystal Lake Publishing and how he got his start in writing, m
Our DiscussionPaul comes on to talk about the existential dread that comes from living in Florida, and how and why a massive alligator will end up destroying it all.Find Paul:WebsiteFacebookFind John:WebsiteInstagramTwitterFind us:MadnessHeart.
Our DiscussionLucas comes on to chat about supervillains in wrestling and how the medium of combat sports has influenced his writing, as well as his recent nomination for the splatterpunks!Find Lucas:WebsiteTwitterFind John:WebsiteTwitterFind u
Our DiscussionReed comes on the show to discuss mental wellness, mental illness and how being open and honest in discussing your own issues can increase your connections with fans.Find Reed:WebsiteRedditFacebookFind John:WebsiteInstagramTwitter
Our DiscussionJeff Burk, author of Shatnerquake and many others, is a man who has made his living and paid his bills as a creative for years. Former Head Editor of Eraserhead, Punk Rocker, political activist, he wears many hats, and many kaiju
Our DiscussionJay Wilburn, an amazing author, and friend of mine comes on the show to talk about his successful career as a ghostwriter, bounding across genres like some sort of magical gazelle. We discuss being a person of faith in a community
Our DiscussionMax and I talk about writing, publishing and how someone can base a writing career off of genital mutilation. This has been one of my favorite episodes to record!Find Max:Pre-Order Touch the NightPerpetual Motion Machine's Patreon
Another Mad Heart joined the fray as we welcome Douglas Ford onto the show. Doug and I discuss the surplus of real fears in the world and how we address them in our writing, really how do we work our fear of doctors into a good story about gett
Lex, another UK author revives Madness Heart Radio with an amazing discussion on eldritch terror, politics and how to introduce horror to children. His book "The Old One and The Sea" introduces children who can read to the mythos and horror lit
GuestJoe grew up in a small town that had all of the small town (small-minded) stereotypes. Left home at 16 to get away from that town. Jumped from job to job until finally finding something he was good at - working with juvenile offenders. Aft
GuestZak Cowell is an author who grew up in Charlotte North Carolina. Zak spent a lot of his childhood exploring the woods near his house, playing rugby, learning about different mythologies and religions, history, and read various forms of lit
Guest Kev Harrison is an author of horror and dark fiction from the UK, living in Lisbon, Portugal. His work has been featured in Lost Films by Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing, Creeping Corruption from Madness Heart Press and several times
Guest Chad is the author of “Behind the Walls,” released via TANSTAAFL Press in their Enter the Rebirth anthology. He’s also previously published “Picker,” “Weirder,” “Hallowseve” and “Midwinter”: a quirky gaggle of grotesque, bizarre and unset
GuestIt all started in 1997, when Lyn was introduced to miniatures thanks to a friend named Mark. Mark used to play D&D in high school and noticed that Lyn had an interest in fantasy characters and stories. Upon this discovery, he figured he
GuestJohn Kachuba is the award-winning author of twelve books and numerous articles, short stories and poems. John holds advanced degrees in Creative Writing and teaches that subject through Ohio University and the Gotham Writers Workshop. He i
Guest Charles R. Bernard is a writer who lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. His work has been featured in Thuggish Itch and the Weird and Whatnot, and in the anthology “Peaks of Madness” from Forty-Two Books. He resides next to Salt Lake City Cemet
GuestJeremy Megargee has always loved dark fiction. He cut his teeth on R.L Stine’s Goosebumps series as a child and a fascination with Stephen King’s work followed later in life. Jeremy weaves his tales of personal horror from Martinsburg, Wes
GuestThis week we get to dig in to political dirt with Dustin McKissen. We talk personal tragedy, we talk about raising LGBTQAI kids. And of course we delve deep into horror and what makes an amazing story. Our DiscussionDustin McKissen is an a
GuestAngela is a HWA member who has been published in nearly every HWA poetry collection. She is the publisher of Time and Space Magazine and is currently in the running for a Stoker Award for her book The Bitter Suites, a collection of intertw
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