Q: What do you want readers to know about you as an author?
A: I write in more than one genre. I write what inspires me. One day I’ll be writing a splatterpunk story about an ileostomy called Me and My Buddy Frank and then the next day I’m writing a soft sci-fi piece entitled Carnivorous Cows from Outerspace. The former can be found in The Best of Carnage House Year Two and the latter in Cemetery Tacos and Other Delights from Trepidatio Publishing.
Fancy yourself a werewolf story this afternoon? The Butchered Writers Substack Tuesday's Tales is featuring Melinda Pouncey's werewolf story. Here's a taste:
It didn’t help that his own brain was starting to betray him. “Sundowners” his doctor called it, explaining that it was not uncommon in someone his age. Henry was doubtful but could scarcely deny the evidence. One morning he awakened to a bloody mess on his kitchen counter
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Flowers…Cards.
Breakfast trays balanced carefully across blankets. Commercials filled with smiling families
And perhaps that is why stories about monstrous mothers disturb people so deeply.
Not because they feel impossible.
Because they violate something people desperately want to believe unhttps://open.substack.com/pub/thebutcheredwriters/p/mother-knows-best?r=3c6ao8&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=webtouchable.
Q: What are you most proud of right now?
A: The 13th Scarecrow. I love the fact that I was able to go into the term folk horror and put it on its head by adding the concept of a twisted religion.
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