Dedicated to antagonists, antiheroes and other compelling beasts.
Title: Double-Cross My Heart Author: Brandon Hill Blurb: “Turned at a tender age, and left with no memory of her human life, Elisa, the beloved adopted daughter of Talante, has had many obvious difficulties in her near two centuries of life, but none so frustrating as her inability to find love – that is until…
About the Book Title: Cloak & Dagger Author: Michel Lee King Genre: Fantasy A demonic howl rips through the air. Panicked voices call out. Women race through the fields to the sanctuary of their walled village. The wolf howls again. Men barricade the entrance, daughters are wrapped in the protective arms of their mothers. Sons…
Character Interview Where are you from? I am a female anthropologist from the Federation of Planets. As my race closely resembles the human race, I was chosen to be sent to Earth to determine if the Federation should eradicate humans off the planet as they are a warring species and will certainly bring their wars…
Tell us a bit about yourself. My name is N.J. Walters and I write romance, mostly paranormal these days. I am lucky to be able to write full time and have been published since 2004. Is one of your main characters a supernatural creature that is traditionally considered “evil?” If yes, how does this character…
About the Book Title: Cloak & Dagger Author: Michel Lee King Genre: Fantasy A demonic howl rips through the air. Panicked voices call out. Women race through the fields to the sanctuary of their walled village. The wolf howls again. Men barricade the entrance, daughters are wrapped in the protective arms of their mothers. Sons…
Interview with Harrison Fountain Tell us a bit about yourself. My Korean students learn English through Dungeons & Dragons-type lessons; we have a story time and they contribute while fighting off the vorcabulary or drawing their characters of various fantasy races. The orc is pretty cute. She has glasses and big teeth. Wants to be…
Where are you from? I am the last Aztec priest from the Tenochtitlan city state. Centuries ago the last of my people hid from the Spanish invasion. We continued to sacrifice and pray to our Gods in secret. Until our King and my wife disappeared. I intend to find them and bring back our glorious…
If you’re in the Northeast USA right now, there’s a lot of snow outside. Of course it has me thinking about memorable horror movies scenes that take place in the snow. These are my top three. What are yours? 3) Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) – Whenever the weather gets cold, I remember Larry…
Tell us a bit about yourself. Hello, everyone! I’m Josh Stricklin. I am from Hattiesburg, Mississippi. For anyone not from the U.S. it is the state that looks like Bart Simpson looking to the left. That should narrow it down. I’m interested in things. I really enjoy football, and comics. No, that’s not typical. I…
Tell us a bit about yourself. I hail from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where I work full-time as a respiratory therapist. When I’m not working with my patients, I’m enjoying a fright flick or working on horror and science fiction tales. I often bring my medical background to the printed page, and my short stories have appeared…
I’m late coming to the Hellraiser fandom, and I can’t believe what I’ve been missing. Hellraiser is one of those movies I put off watching despite how interesting Pinhead looked. My reason for not watching? It’s a weak one because it goes against my own rule about judging something myself and not being swayed by…
In more than one of the many writing classes I completed, the instructor would note at some point, “the villain is the hero of his own story,” the antagonist has as strong a motivation as that of the hero. In the opponent’s mind, what’s behind his/her actions is as compelling and just and right—albeit sometimes…