• Author Interview: Janine Pipe

    Author Interview: Janine Pipe

    Iseult: Welcome, Janine. Thank you so much for agreeing to this interview. What got you into writing? Janine: Like a lot of us, I have always read as much as I can and started writing for pleasure at school. That was mostly something akin to Point Horror fan fiction but there was some darker stuff…

  • Author Interview: E C Bell

    Author Interview: E C Bell

    I’m thrilled to be part of E C Bell’s blog tour for her new paranormal mystery novel, Tying the Knot.  E C Bell was kind enough to answer some questions, so today I am thrilled to share my interview with the author. Iseult: Welcome, Eileen, to my tiny part of the internet. Thank you for agreeing…

  • Author Interview: Terrie Leigh Relf

    Author Interview: Terrie Leigh Relf

    Terrie Leigh Relf is a woman of many talents. Poet, novelist, editor and writing coach are just some of the arrows in her quiver. Creativity flows vigorously in her blood. A keen reader from a young age, and encouraged by her grandmother to write her own stories, Terrie published her first poem at only 6…

  • Author Interview: Elle Katharine White

    Author Interview: Elle Katharine White

    After reading Elle Katharine White’s first fantasy novel, Heartstone, for my book club, I reached out to interview her, and she graciously agreed. Ella credits childhood insomnia with starting her on her story telling journey. In an effort to aide falling asleep, she would tell herself tales each night, until eventually they became too big…

  • Mythology and Me: David Rae

    Mythology and Me: David Rae

    Hi. This week I’m doing an interview with my friend and fellow author Iseult Murphy. Most of you will know her from her guest posts here (on David’s blog) TOPPER’S SHOP and from her brilliant short story collections available on Amazon. Iseult is participating in a series of exchange interviews MYTHOLOGY AND ME and you…

  • Author Interview: Beth Cato

    Author Interview: Beth Cato

    Beth Cato devises delicious recipes to accompany her books, takes photographs with a sloth named Novella, and is one of my favorite authors. Is it any wonder that I had a struggle to control my inner fangirl when I spoke with her last year? Beth knew from a very young age that she wanted to…

  • Mythology and Me: Catherine McCarthy

    Mythology and Me: Catherine McCarthy

    Hi, I’m Cath. My head is almost permanently immersed in the world of books, whether it’s reading or writing. My favourite reading genres are magical realism, gothic fiction and supernatural horror. I have a collection of my own stories on Amazon entitled “Door and Other Twisted Tales“. My choice of viewing material is similar to…

  • Mythology and Me: Julia Benally (Mara Duryea)

    Mythology and Me: Julia Benally (Mara Duryea)

    Hi! I’m Julia, born to the Bear Clan of the White Mountain Apache Tribe. I love to write horror strictly at high noon. I dabble in fantasy, thrillers, and sometimes I’ll write a romance if I’ve hit my head. I’ve had somewhere around two dozen publications and am greedy for more. I enjoy freaky stories…

  • Author Interview: Tracie Provost

    Author Interview: Tracie Provost

    Tracie Provost is a joy to interview. Warm, charming and full of interesting stories about horror and history, I could have talked with her all day. This is a woman who has managed to bring her love of horror into her work as an historian; teaching classes on dark folklore and publishing papers about witches,…

  • Author Interview: Catherine McCarthy

    Author Interview: Catherine McCarthy

    Catherine McCarthy lives in a two hundred year old house in West Wales with a disused farm track that leads down to woodlands, and if that doesn’t provide the perfect setting for a horror and fantasy writer, I don’t know what does. Talking to Catherine, who is warm and bright with a melodious Welsh accent,…