A.C. Hessenauer is a writer of horror, chaos, and madness. Her latest novel, Going to the Six, published by Cemetery Dance Publications in June 2026, was selected for the Cemetery Dance Trade Paperback Book Club alongside works by Jack Ketchum, Bentley Little, and Brian Hodge. The novel was also released as an audiobook by Simon & Schuster Audio's Simon Maverick imprint. If that weren’t enough, she also spearheads Dread House Publishing, which has produced some fantastic horror anthologies.

Join us as we discuss curating anthologies, found footage books, the path from indie to traditional publishing, horror as a source of hope, and her favorite writing advice!

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Shannon Morgan is the author of atmospheric modern gothic novels, including In the Lonely Hours and the Goodreads Choice Award-finalist Her Little Flowers. She has had a nomadic past, involving, but not limited to, nearly being shot in Kashmir, playing a marathon ten-hour game of backgammon on the side of a road in Turkey, getting horribly sea-sick off the coast of Madagascar and milking a camel in the Sahara Desert.

Join us as we discuss what it means to be Gothic, creepy crows, finding time to write, and modern Gothic horror.

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Robert P. Ottone is the two-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Triangle and There’s Something Sinister in Centerfield. He is also the author of The Vile Thing We Created as well as the collections Her Infernal Name and Tear Me Open: Fears Unwrapped.

Join us as we discuss his latest release, Amityville Awakens, reimagining classic haunted house stories, finding hope in horror, the legacy of The Exorcist, and so much more!

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Jessica M. Goldstein is a culture writer and author based in Washington, D.C. Her debut novel, RETRO, just came out in June, and she’s also a journalist with work in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Marie Claire, and more.

Join us as we discuss the big cultural questions, protecting time and space for imagination, incorporating history into fiction, nostalgia, and, of course, recreational time travel!

Connect with Jessica: https://www.jessicamgoldstein.com

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Check out the Retro Agency website: https://retrotheagency.com

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Megan Mostyn-Brown is a playwright and TV writer/producer who's written for shows on Fox, Netflix, AMC, Amazon, and Paramount+, including NOS4A2 and Gotham. She’s also a horror novelist, and her debut, THE NEED, presents cannibals in a very different way than we’ve seen before.

Join us as we discuss cannibalism, family drama, toxic relationships, and more!

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Welcome back to Gwendolyn Kiste, the four-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Rust Maidens, Reluctant Immortals, The Haunting of Velkwood, and Boneset & Feathers, among others. Her short fiction and nonfiction have appeared in outlets including Lit Hub, Nightmare, Tor Nightfire, and Titan Books. She's a Lambda Literary Award winner, and her fiction has also received the This Is Horror award for Novel of the Year as well as nominations for the Shirley Jackson, Premios Kelvin, Ignotus, Dragon, and Ohio Book Awards.

Join us as we discuss her newest work, In These Gilded, Ghostly Hearts, the legacy of The Great Gatsby, reimagining classic tales, and the importance of not letting people’s stories get lost.

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Jendia Gammon is a Nebula and three-time BSFA Awards finalist author of horror, fantasy, thriller, and science fiction novels and short stories. She is also CEO of Roaring Spring Productions, LLC and Editor-in-Chief of its publishing imprint, Stars and Sabers Publishing. She has also written under the pen name J. Dianne Dotson. If that weren’t enough, she holds a degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and is also a science writer and an award-winning artist.

Join us as we discuss grief horror, using horror to cope with the world around us, weird monsters, hauntings, and writing in multiple genres.

Connect with Jendia: https://jendiagammon.com

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Saratoga Schaefer is the USA Today Bestselling and Indie Press Bestselling author of horror and thriller novels, including Trad Wife and A Thousand Monstrous Forms. Their books have been featured in Variety, People Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, and Glamour, and their writing has appeared in Writer’s Digest, CrimeReads, and more.

Join us as we discuss tradwife horror, finding writing rhythms, the differences and similarities between horror and thrillers, and… haunted clown tables?!

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