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On today’s show, we forego the usual Great Writers Share format, as we turn off the lights, ignite some candles, place our Jack-o-Lanterns in the windows and invite the monsters in for a special Halloween episode of, what our guests have lovingly dubbed, the Great Writers Scare podcast.
The premise is simple. Four horror writers. Ninety minutes of unfiltered time to discuss all things horror writing. But who are these other three writers, you might be wondering.
Joining Dan today we have one of our regular co-hosts, sci-fi and horror author, John Crinan, as well as two powerhouses in the horror community. I’m excited to welcome back to the show, the founder and host of the This Is Horror podcast, Michael David Wilson, and to say hello for the first time to his glamorous (but haunting) co-host, Bob Pastorella.
In this episode we go deep into:
Find out more about Dan, John, Michael, and Bob: https://www.danielwillcocks.comhttps://www.johncrinan.com/https://www.michaeldavidwilson.co.uk/https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/about/staff/bob-pastorella/
Links from the show:
Michael’s Interview on the show: https://pod.link/1473869415/episode/NmM2NWRjMTctZDA3Yy00Y2VlLWI0N2MtMTA5NDMxODQ2MTlm Michael and Bob’s, "They’re Watching": https://books2read.com/u/4A7YGd Michael David Wilson’s, "The Girl in the Video": https://books2read.com/u/b5krzR Bob Pastorella’s "Mojo Rising": https://books2read.com/u/m2Mvn7 Chuck Palahniuk’s “Guts”: http://readfulltext.blogspot.com/2013/10/guts-by-chuck-palahniuk.html Let’s Scare Jessica to Death: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067341/ Night of the Living Dead: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063350/ Texas Chainsaw Massacre: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072271/ Poltergeist: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084516/ Stephen King’s “Cujo”: https://books2read.com/u/bQd9Xd An American Werewolf in London: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082010/ Get your copy of “They’re Watching” from This Is Horror: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/shop/ The Other Stories podcast (The Halloween Horrors of Mill Lane): https://pod.link/theotherstorieshttp://www.emilybooth.co.uk/ The Other Side Anthology: https://books2read.com/tosanthology Listen to This Is Horror podcast: https://pod.link/599755380
Get your Great Writers Share merchandise! https://www.danielwillcocks.com/merch/gws
GWS Press books: Collaboration for Authors: https://books2read.com/u/3G2jLn
Special thanks to: Intro vocals: Persephone Rose Show theme: Karl Hughes
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Show editing: Sam Frost
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