THE FIRST HORROR BOOK I REMEMBER READING The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams. It’s more of a Halloween story than a horror story, I suppose, but it was my first glint into the world of spooky and I loved it. This was a book I wanted read to me over and over again as a child and never got tired of it. As I grew older, I discovered the magic of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps and heartily enjoyed reading those. THE FIRST HORROR FILM I REMEMBER WATCHING Jurassic Park, though it isn’t considered horror by most, is probably my first “horror film”. It shares enough traits with an eco-horror or creature feature and is definitely responsible for my love of atmospheric horror, Michael Crichton, and monster movies. If we’re going to be sticklers for actual horror, then it was probably Tremors. THE GREATEST HORROR BOOK OF ALL TIME Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House. I’ve always been a fan of reading about terror, of the psychological horror versus blood and guts horror. Haunted houses are also one of my favorite horror subjects and this is the mother of them all. THE GREATEST HORROR FILM OF ALL TIME It’s Jaws. I’ll scream that from the rooftops every time. No matter how many times I watch it, I never get tired of it. It’s to the point that if I’m looking for a comfort movie to watch while I’m making dinner or working on a non-writerly project, I will throw it on as background noise. THE GREATEST WRITER OF ALL TIME I have a special place in my heart for Michael Crichton. While he’s not a horror author, he was extremely prolific and the variety of his projects inspired me to want to write not just one genre but a little of bit of everything. Everything is about branding yourself as a such and such author in order to sell now, but if you can craft a best-selling techo-thriller, and then a kick-ass historical heist novel, and then write for a medical television drama, you’re just diverse and epic. He was classy and brilliant and wrote wonderful books. THE BEST BOOK COVER OF ALL TIME I think I love too many different book covers to be able to pick just one as my favorite. If we’re speaking about most iconic, then I’m probably going to say Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. THE BEST FILM POSTER OFF ALL TIME As much as I’m tempted to go straight for the obvious choices of Jurassic Park and Jaws, I’m actually going to stray and say that Blade Runner has one of the best film posters of all time. I’m a sucker for that noir/sci-fi crossover and the hand-painted art is stunning. THE BEST BOOK / FILM I HAVE WRITTEN The Wild Dark is my most current book, coming out October 12th. I started writing this book in 2013 and it has been the hardest and most rewarding project to work on. I put a lot of myself into this protagonist and into the book, pieces of me that I’ve been afraid to share with other people. I’ve always been kind of a loner and been pretty self-sufficient which plays into this book about an ex-cop who is grappling with the death of her partner and dissolution of her job and life in the midst of an apocalypse. THE WORST BOOK / FILM I HAVE WRITTEN My third book of The Monstrum Chronicles series, Memento Mori, was one that I worked so hard on. I love so many parts of that book and I had this clever/dumb idea that it could serve as the third book in the series as well as the prequel to the first book. That idea didn’t work out too well. I also released it too late after the first two books came out and no one read it. I tried to have this impromptu release party for it that no one came to and I remembered being so let down with myself. It was the first time in my career where I felt like I’d wasted time on something I loved and it nearly made me want to stop writing. THE MOST UNDERRATED FILM OF ALL TIME The Village. Yes, all of you probably know the double twist ending and how disappointed you were by the fact that it wasn’t scary enough. This movie was gorgeous. Its flaw was in how it was marketed. It’s a love story with a creepy backdrop; not a horror story. The other problem was that people wanted it to be the same as Shymalan’s other films and when it wasn’t, it let audiences down. Not me. Give me that spooky monster backdrop romance all day long. THE MOST UNDERRATED BOOK OF ALL TIME I think anyone who hasn’t read Dark Blood Comes From The Feet by Emma J. Gibbon needs to get that in their hands right now and do it. That is some damn fine New England horror. THE MOST UNDERRATED AUTHOR OF ALL TIME Where to begin, haha! Seriously, the horror community is filled with lots of wonderful talent, a lot of whom haven’t seen their fare share of reviews. All I can say is give someone that you’ve never heard of a chance. Odds are you’ll be pleasantly surprised. I am in various communities with extremely talented writers who have books that will have you cowering in the dark and begging for more. Do yourself a favor and try someone new. THE BOOK / FILM THAT SACRED ME THE MOST I will not watch The Ring ever again. I didn’t really have a choice of whether I wanted to watch it or not and it seriously didn’t sit well with me. I’m not a fan of scary children in horror as a theme. While reading Stephen Graham Jones’ The Only Good Indians last year, I had to put the book down a couple times and go seek out warmth and sunshine. Tremendous story but so scary! THE BOOK / FILM I AM WORKING ON NEXT I am currently at work on the sequel for The Wild Dark as well as my sequel to my novella, The Collection. It’s very Downton Abbey meets Mark Z. Danielewski’s House of Leaves. the wild dark by KATHERINE SILVA Coming OCTOBER 12th, 2021 Ghosts. Soul-eating wolves. World-consuming woods. A friendship that defies death. Elizabeth 'Liz' Raleigh has lost everything: her job as a police detective, her partner, her fiancé, and her peace of mind. After a month of solitude at a cabin in the woods, she finally feels as though she's ready to move on. But in one terrifying night, everything changes. Liz's partner, Brody, appears in the form of a ghost. He's one of millions that have returned to haunt their loved ones. Brody can't remember how he died and Liz is determined to keep the secret of it buried, for it means dredging up crushing memories. Along with him comes an unearthly forest purgatory that swallows up every sign of human civilization across the world. The woods are fraught with disturbing architecture and monstrous wolves hungry for human souls. Brody says he escaped from them and that the wolves are trying to drag him and others ghosts back. As winter closes in and chaos erupts across New England, Liz fights desolation, resurfacing guilt, and absolute terror as she tries to survive one of the most brutal winters she's ever seen. Katherine Silva Katherine Silva is a Maine author of dark fiction, a connoisseur of coffee, and victim of cat shenanigans. She is a two-time Maine Literary Award finalist for speculative fiction and a member of the Horror Writers of Maine, Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, and New England Horror Writers Association. Her latest book, The Wild Dark, is due out October 12th. 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