Today, I have the lovely pleasure of sharing my chat with Tanya Pell, author of Cicada, the latest installment in Shortwave Publishing’s Killer VHS Series. An HWA member, her short fiction can be found in MOTHER KNOWS BEST, OBSOLESCENCE, Shortwave Magazine, and Well, This is Tense. We discuss her stories in addition to many other topics such as:
– our love of spooky season
– the horrors of driving down I-22 in Mississippi
– how bug horror is in style
– the mastery of Southern tongue-in-cheek hospitality
– how Cicada came to be a part of the Killer VHS series
– the resurgence of themed popcorn buckets for movies
– strange things you’ll find in a Southern gas station
– the perils of road trips
– how important middle grade horror is
– the magic of Blockbuster
As you can tell from these talking points, this was an incredibly fun conversation! I cannot thank Tanya enough for her time and insight. If you love the feeling of reading Goosebumps as a kid, you must check out Shortwave’s Killer VHS series. The video description on YouTube has links to preorder and other relevant links.
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