Reviewer Ray Palen’s Q & A with Mike Thorn, author of Shelter for the Damned What authors influenced you growing up? Who are you reading now? As a young kid, I was really excited by J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, and R. L. Stine. Discovering Stephen King as...
Hellnotes reviewer Ray Palen interviews author Seán O’Connor, author of The Blackening: RAY: I mentioned a few times in my review how I noticed the influence of H.P. Lovecraft in THE BLACKENING. Was he indeed an influence and were there any others? SEÁN:...
Editor’s note: The following is a Q&A between reviewer Ray Palen and Adam L. G. Nevill, author of The Reddening. RP: Are ‘the red people’ based on any particular historical people. or are they fully a product of your fertile imagination? AN: The idea...
As Women in Horror Month continues, Trepidatio author S.P. Miskowski gets a killer interview over at Horror Tree! …[T]he horror community has been shining its beam on Miskowski’s work for nearly a decade. Her 2019 novel The Worst is Yet to Come and 2017 novel I...
Editor’s note: Hellnotes reviewer Ray Palen recently reviewed Jeremy Bates’ chilling novel The Sleep Experiment. Now, as an added bonus, Ray and Jeremy had a Q&A session to dig deeper into the book and Jeremy’s creative process. Pleasant dreams! *** RP: THE...
Hell Notes: Regarding the actor who played Barry, Gary and his background as mostly the guy who plays extras in films: Where the heck did he manage to pull this performance out of? Ryan Kruger: I’ve worked with Gary in numerous projects over the years and he’s always...
