About Us
Neil McRobert
Your Podcast host
Neil is a writer, podcaster and recovering academic. After completing a PhD in Contemporary Gothic Fiction (useful!) He fled the ivory halls to live a quiet life amidst the moors and dark satanic mills of northern England. Here he dwells, writing words, talking to famous writers and doting upon his dog. And yes, that is Stephen King’s front gate in the photo.
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Ted
Your Podcast mascot
The reason i’m a freelance podcaster (who could leave that face at home?). My own personal Cujo. He gets more likes than me on Instagram.
THINGS I HAVE WRITTEN
Look upon my works and despair…
- My Macabre Weekend at StokerCon – Esquire (October 2023)
- Shock of the New: Jordan Peele, Mariana Enriquez and More on the Horror Fiction Renaissance – Guardian (October 2023)
- The Best Horror Books of 2023…so far – Esquire (ongoing)
- The Long Tale (Tail?) of Dogs in Fiction – Esquire (August 2023)
- Interview with Lauren Beukes – Elle (August 2023)
- Generation H: Meet the Writer’s Shaping Horror’s Next Golden Age – Esquire (July 2023)
Black Mirror Season 6: The Good, The Bad and The Existentially Harrowing – Elle (June 2023)
- The Deluge, review – Guardian (March 2023)
- How Black Filmmakers Reinvented the Horror Genre – Esquire (Feb 2023)
- The 22 Best Horror Books of 2022 – Esquire (Nov 2022)
- What to Read this Halloween and Beyond – Guardian (Oct 2022)
- Where to Start with Stephen King – Guardian (Aug 2022)
- The Fifty Best Horror Books of All Time Will Scare You Sh*tless – Esquire (May 2022)
- All 75 Stephen King Books, Ranked – Esquire (Sept 2022)
- The Final Girl Breaks Out –Slate (Sept 2021)
- Billy Summers, review – Guardian (August 2021)
- Project Fear: What Will Brexit Gothic Look Like? – Guardian (Feb 2019)
134 – Margaret Atwood & Hope in the Dystopia
Breathe! Our guest is Margaret Atwood. We talk dystopias, the Canadian wilderness, men who turn into bears, horror and slapstick, and her own haunted house.
133 – Jacqueline Holland & At Last! Vampires!
Jacqueline and I talk about horror imposter-syndrome, New England vampire lore, the terror of living forever, and the joy of being a ‘dark weirdo.’
132 – Matt Ruff & A Hostile Universe Here on Earth
I take a road trip with Matt Ruff, through Lovecraft Country, talking racism, cosmic horror and writing Black stories from a white perspective.
131 – Johnny Compton & A Pyroclastic Flow of Negative Energy
Johnny Compton’s The Spite House delivers more ghosts than you think you could fit into 250-pages … and none of them are anything less than furious!
128 – C.J. Tudor & Locked Rooms at the End of the World
The Drift, takes C.J. Tudor from her crime chillers into a whole other world of horror. We talk failed novels, TV adaptation and pandemic
127 – Grady Hendrix and the Radical Puppet Collective
They say selling a house is up there with divorce and death. Now imagine that house is haunted… by demonic puppets. That’s the premise of Grady
123 – Rachel Harrison, Josh Malerman & A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Self-Indulgence
It’s the Christmas Special and with the obligatory requirement to do something different – we’re turning the tables. I’m the one being interviewed this week.
121 – Craig Engler & What Makes a Shudder Movie?
I’ve swapped books for movies this week – with the man who makes our nightmares. Craig Engler, GM of Shudder is in the house!!
120 – Philip Fracassi & A Screaming Inferno of Chaos and Emotion
Philip Fracassi’s new novel broke my heart. It’s an all-timer, and we talk about writing compelling children, villains and monsters.
A Special Thanks to my Patrons
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