In Darkness We Must Abide was born out of a really old story I had written in my teens.
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Even though all those series are different from each other, each inhabiting a world with its own rules and genre, I wanted to do something very different. I have three zombie series (As The World Dies, The Last Bastion, The Living Dead Boy) and two vampire ones (Pretty When She Dies, The Tale of the Vampire Bride). Liz – Nothing beats a good challenge! You also have a supernatural series. The Building was incredibly hard to write at times, but I love how it came out. The Race was definitely a new style for me. It was a challenge because I set out to write a collection that would feature not only a variety of zombie creatures but different “worlds.” I also experimented a bit with how I wrote the stories. Zombie Tales from Dead Worlds was different. Rhiannon – Blood & Love and Cthulhu’s Daughter were stories just rotting on my hard drive, or out of print. Liz – How did you find putting together and publishing a compilation compared to a novel? I really like it a lot because of the variety.
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It’s zombie stories that didn’t want to be full novels. Zombie Tales from Dead Worlds is my most recent. The Key short story is one of my favourites, and I might do a full blown novel one day. Cthulhu’s Daughter & Other Horror Tales is a bunch of different stories I wrote for anthologies that are out of print. Blood & Love has various different takes on vampires, and has some of my oldest work is in it. I ended up putting out three books of short stories with a theme for each: vampires, monsters, and zombies. I rarely write short stories, so I never know what to do with them.
Tell us about your anthology of short stories. I have a collection of story ideas in a box, hoping to get written on the day. Most of my books come from dreams, so I don’t worry about finding inspiration. All of it goes into the brain and gets reprocessed as dreams. I’m also inspired by books, games, films, television shows, and just life in general. It makes me a little sad, but that’s life. I will never be able to write everything that I see in my head, and I’ve finally accepted that. Rhiannon – Well, I have this huge backlog of ideas that I’m still drawing from all the time. Liz – Where do you draw your inspiration from now that you’re a full-time writer? So, travel definitely helps get the old gears moving. My agent sold the concept to Permuted Press, and the rest is history. I told him what I’d seen in my mind’s eye, and he said, “Do you need to write it down?” So we went back to our suite so I could write what I’d seen. I remember my husband nudged me because I was so lost in a sudden “vision” that inspired the book. The Mesmerized was conceived when I was in Las Vegas. The climax of the first book came about because of an abandoned gas station on the side of an old country road. As The World Dies, my zombie trilogy from Tor definitely was born out of those travels.Ī lot of Pretty When She Dies evolved during my long hours on the road, too. Also, I met interesting and inspiring people every day and that fed into my creative process. At my old job, I drove all over Texas and had a lot of hours on the road. I’ve been ill the last two years, so I miss travelling. I love watching people and experiencing new things. Rhiannon – I’m always been inspired when I travel. Travelling for work inspired you to write. Hotel is my favourite of the American Horror Story seasons also. So far Hotel and Asylum have been my favourite seasons. It reminds me a lot of the 80’s horror I watched late at night with my brother when we were teens. As for television, I have a serious soft spot for American Horror Story. My favourite recent horror film was Train to Busan. Rhiannon – When it comes to horror movies, I gravitate toward the supernatural stuff.
You’re a self-confessed lover of horror movies and television shows. Liz – Now that’s a helpful cat! I need to train mine to do that. If I’m away from my computer for too long during “working hours” she’ll find me and yowl until I return to my desk. They both have very different personalities. Liz – How many ‘fur babies’ do you have? Do they help or impede your writing process? We hope to move to San Antonio in the near future. I really miss Austin and San Antonio (especially the food!). We’re currently taking care of my mom, so we’re not living in the most exciting part of Texas. Rhiannon – I live a very boring quiet life at the moment in North Texas. Rhiannon, Tell us about your part of the world? Liz – This month, author Rhiannon Frater joins us at the Horror Tree.
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