Happy Friday, everyone! Very excited to be sharing my interview with Philip Fracassi today, author of books such as: A Child Alone With Strangers, Gothic, Boys in the Valley, and the upcoming special edition release, Sarafina, with Earthling Publications. Philip is a master at crafting a unique sense of horror and suspense, and a lot of this conversation focuses on how he approaches his writing. We cover a lot of ground including the following topics:
- Keeping creativity organized
- The importance of finding a good fit for his stories with publishers
- Emotional impacts on storytelling and writing from a raw place
- Deep dive of Sarafina (how the story came to be, the uniqueness of its formatting, and the importance of setting in such a book)
- How to write historical fiction in a way that is immersive without becoming too informative
- Fracassi’s unique style of suspense and “plot twists”
- How to build meaningful characters
We also cover a lot of books, namely the plethora of already released/upcoming releases from Philip, including the following:
- By Philip:
- Sarafina from Earthling Publications (upcoming)
- Boys in the Valley from Tor Nightfire
- Gothic from Cemetery Dance
- The Witch Tree from Rapture Publishing
- The Third Rule of Time Travel from Orbit (upcoming 2025)
- D7 from Shortwave Publishing (upcoming 2025)
- The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre (upcoming 2025)
- Curse of the Reaper by Brian McAuley
- I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones
- Carrie’s Legacy from Lividian Publications – Philip has a piece in this one (orders to set the print run ended on October 10th, copies may be available through other publishers/sites)
We mention a few movies as well such as:
- The Rage: Carrie 2
- V/H/S: Beyond (streaming on Shudder now)
- Christine
All of the thanks to Philip for his time and wisdom! His books have given me some of the most unique reading experiences within the realm of the horror genre, and I am so thrilled for all that’s to come!
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