Horror author Stephen Graham Jones on what makes a story scary and how he writes so prolifically

(This episode was originally released as a podcast on 7 August 2020)

Stephen Graham Jones is the author of twenty-five or so novels and collections, and there’s some novellas and comic books in there as well. Stephen’s been an NEA recipient, has won the Texas Institute of Letters Award for Fiction, the Independent Publishers Award for Multicultural Fiction, a Bram Stoker Award, four This is Horror Awards, and he’s been a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award and the World Fantasy Award. He’s also made Bloody Disgusting’s Top Ten Horror Novels, and his latest book, The Only Good Indians is already getting rave reviews.

We had an inspiring chat with Stephen about how he manages to write so many great stories, and get his insights on what makes a scary horror story. We also hear his amazing story about how his first novel came about, discuss how he writes so quickly, and of course learn whether he prefers a real book or an ebook...

Links:

Buy The Only Good Indians and Stephen's other books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stephen-Grah...
Visit Stephen's website: https://www.demontheory.net/
Follow Stephen on Twitter:   / sgj72  

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