TIH 484: Stephen Graham Jones on Don’t Fear the Reaper, My Heart is a Chainsaw, and The Only Good Indians

In this podcast, Stephen Graham Jones talks about Don’t Fear the Reaper, My Heart is a Chainsaw, The Only Good Indians, and much more.



[3:51] Biggest changes both personally and professionally in the last six years.

[8:49] Writing prolifically.

[12:46] Writing setup.

[15:33] Music whilst writing.

[18:37] Spider story from Meet The Author event.

[21:48] The This Is Horror Awards Novel of the Year.

[30:06] Fruit and fear.

[31:21] Dread and terror and chips.

[33:44] Jade Daniels.

[39:39] Fear The Reaper and POV deviating from exclusively Jade’s.

[45:20] Writing for Ellen Datlow.

[51:42] Unpublished novels.

[55:59] Dos and Don’ts laid out before writing Reaper.

[59:59] Robert Stahl, via Patreon, asks about Stephen’s ideas and getting stuck.

[1:02:56] Violence in Chainsaw vs. Reaper.

[1:06:00] Dark Mill South.

[1:08:37] The Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award for The Only Good Indians.

[1:13:08] Final thoughts.

Full podcast show notes are available here: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/tih-484-stephen-graham-jones-on-dont-fear-the-reaper-my-heart-is-a-chainsaw-and-the-only-good-indians



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