You may be tired of hearing it, but I’ll say it again. Chris Barnes is my favourite audiobook narrator. Period. Why? He immediately draws the listener into any story he reads and brings new life to each character with his Scottish brogue, no matter how that character is written. He does spot on British and American accents, and if you’ve never treated yourself to one of his audiobooks, you’re really missing out. 

With a number of titles under his belt including Kit Power’s GodBomb!, Graeme Reynolds’ High Moor trilogy, William Meikle’s The Exiled, and Matt Shaw’s Sick B*stards, Barnes has quickly made a name for himself in the horror audiobook industry.

I wanted to take the opportunity to interview Chris to find out more about him, the process he uses to create his audiobooks, and to give his fans, and those new to his work, a chance to get to know him better. 

Enjoy, and when you’re finished reading, head over to Audible to pick up one of his titles.  (And don’t forget to leave a review!)

Adam Millard is the author of twenty novels, ten novellas, and more than a hundred short stories, which can be found in various collections and anthologies. Probably best known for his post-apocalyptic fiction, Adam also writes fantasy/horror for children. He created the character Peter Crombie, Teenage Zombie just so he had something decent to read to his son at bedtime. Adam also writes Bizarro fiction for several publishers, who enjoy his tales of flesh-eating clown-beetles and rabies-infected derrieres so much that they keep printing them. His "Dead" series has recently been the filling in a Stephen King/Bram Stoker sandwich on Amazon's bestsellers chart.

One of the great things about the horror community is that we all kind of know each other, and every now then and then you realise that you haven't actually sat down and interviewed on of the authors that you really admire, despite chatting at conventions, social media etc. With that it mind it was a great pleasure to finally sit down and have a chat with the wonderful Alison Littlewood.    

Alison Littlewood was raised in Penistone, South Yorkshire, and went on to attend the University of Northumbria at Newcastle (now Northumbria University). Originally she planned to study graphic design, but "missed the words too much" and switched to a joint English and History degree. She followed a career in marketing before developing her love of writing fiction. 

She now lives near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, with her partner Fergus.

A Cold Season, from Jo Fletcher Books, is Alison's first novel. It was inspired by her winter commute to snowy Saddleworth.

Alison's short stories have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies, including Black Static, Crimewave and Not One Of Us, as well as the British Fantasy Society's Dark Horizons. Other stories have appeared in the charity anthology Never Again as well as Read by Dawn Volume 3, Festive Fear II and Midnight Lullabies. Her life writing has appeared in The Guardian.

Crowded Quarantine Press have been going from strength to strength lately, with a string of quality releases this year leading up to Rich Hawkin’s BFS ‘best horror novel’ award nomination for ‘The Last Plague’.

We figured it was past time we sat down with head honcho Adam Millard to talk about the 21st-century publishing game...