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Contents:
What’s your writing fuel? Tea, coffee or soda?
Was there a book or film that made you realise you wanted to be a horror author?
Do you start with characters or setting?
How much planning goes into your books before you start drafting?
You’re remarkably prolific. What does your working routine look like when you’re producing at full pace?
You’ve written novels, novellas, collections, and short stories. Which length feels most natural to you?
How far ahead do you plan a series like Sick Fck* or the Smalls books?
Your work often uses grotesque violence alongside comedy. How do you keep the humour from undercutting the horror?
Sick Fck* is hilarious. What do you think makes morally appalling characters so compelling?
Have you ever written something and thought, ‘Hell no, that’s too far’?
What is the most misunderstood part of writing splatterpunk or extreme horror?
What can new horror writers learn from the extreme horror scene, even if they never intend to write extreme horror themselves?
Horror has a strong online community. Has that community changed the way you write, publish, or promote your work?
What has been the hardest part of building a readership as an independent horror author?
Do you have any advice for an author thinking of setting up a Patreon?
What makes an effective extreme horror cover, and what tools do you rely on when designing one?
How would you recommend new authors on a budget get covers?
What do you think writers risk losing when they use AI?
Several of your books are now available as audiobooks. What did you learn from the process, creatively and commercially?
For readers who are new to your work, where should they start?
The Host:
Newton Webb is a British horror author with seventeen published books. His collected works, Tales of the Macabre Volumes 1–4, contain tales of temptation, dread, and the hidden evils lurking beneath everyday life.
Inspired by splatterpunk and classic gothic themes, his fiction frequently blends visceral horror with psychological tension, reflecting influences ranging from heavy metal to ancient mythology.
Outside his writing career, Newton has been co-chair of the Horror Writers Association UK Chapter and currently chairs the British Horror Author’s Guild.
The Guest:
Ash Ericmore is a British horror author with over a hundred published books to his name.
He resides in the south, in the Garden of England. He writes horror that is sometimes fantastical, sometimes grounded, but always deeply graphic, and black with humour.
