 Who are you? I’m Myk Pilgrim and I’m a horror writer, or at least that's what I like to tell people who don’t seem to be paying attention. I also run Deadflicks horror podcast with my wife and writing partner Pippa Bailey where we record “terrible reviews for horrible people” and occasionally manage to be insightful in between fart jokes. Your signature style: I tell myself that I write “popcorn horror” but I have no idea where I originally heard the term. Horror is supposed to be dark and gritty, but most importantly it’s supposed to be a fun time. I try to write exactly the sort of stuff that would titillate me and make me whoop and giggle and cringe as I compulsively gobble down popcorn in the cinema. Toot your own horn: Beating Phil Sloman and winning Best Legs in Horror 2019. Failing that, having my story “Brownie” published alongside Clive Barker, Ramsey Campbell, and the late Jack Ketchum in Dark Faces Evil Places 2. That whole experience will never not be insanely cool and I’m stoked that the story found a such a wonderful home. Books read: To my shame, I haven’t done nearly as much reading as I should have given the insane amount of “free” time at the moment, but my favourite read so far this year is The Guilty Feminist by Deborah Frances-White. It should be mandatory reading for all humans and those who aspire to become human. If you’re looking for something with a little more horror though, the Harrow County comics by Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook don’t get nearly as much love as they deserve. Movies watched: A recent favourite is Satanic Panic (2019) a hilarious and gory film written by Grady Hendrix and directed by Chelsea Stardust. It’s a hoot, oozing with all the sorts of terrible things I love. Other films I’d recommend Terrified (that’s NOT the clown one), Midsommar, and the brilliant French horror show Marianne. Games and/or music played: Because there hasn’t been enough gin in all the world to take the edge off the lunacy that is now, early in the lockdown I got sucked into playing Doom 2016. It was a blast murderizing monsters and punching the crap out of beasties. It hasn’t improved my plight in the world any, but it has sure as fuck sanded the sharp corners off more than a few rough days. Musicwise, there has been a surplus of Ghost being played in our household, particularly the “Prequelle” album. We played “Dance Macabre” at our tiny social-distanced wedding the day before everything shut down in the UK. This has been the strangest honeymoon ever. Words written: I’ve just completed a story called “A Fish Doesn't Know” which will be coming out soonish on season 10 of The Wicked Library podcast and I’m stupidly excited to hear how it turns out. It was one of the harder stories I’ve written. If I normally create things with my life to art blender set at a smooth level 10, this one was created at blender level 2 and is full of chunky bits of real-life stuff. It deals with gaslighting, finding oneself, and as always, there’s a monster. If you would like something for now though, for Easter, Pippa Bailey and I read the whole of our book Poisoned Candy: Bite-sized Horror for Halloween on video whilst drinking gin. It was a right good time. https://www.facebook.com/PugnaciousPress/videos/2588934971424092/ Future stuff: Currently, in between panic attacks, I’m finishing up the edits of the first book of Pumpkin Guts – which I’m selling as Goosebumps for grown-ups. Each story is a standalone tale, but they all happen concurrently on a single Halloween night. I’m really excited to loose these blood-crusted, candy spackled, monster-infested, boobstravanganzas into the world. If you want to keep an eye on me, I vlog about how I’m getting on most weeks https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTv-hhtfGeR8BOlJtekD7cg Brain worms: In preparation for a cosmic horror panel at Stokercon, I finally got to read Josh Malerman’s brilliant book Bird Box and this line has been rattling around in my head ever since: “our minds have ceilings, Malorie...these things...they are beyond it” In the meantime though, please wash your fucking hands.  From the Authors of Poisoned Candy and the publishers of The Little Book of Harm, comes Devil's Night, a collection of bite-sized horror stories for Halloween.Halloween has returned in all its dark and depraved glory, and Devil's Night: Bite-sized horror for Halloween will satisfy your carnal urges for death, decay, and far too much sugar.Inside this short horror fiction goody bag is brimming with poisoned candy, ravenous haunted houses, casual necrophilia, yummy scrummy cat faeces, teleplasm, and of course an angry skeleton called Bob. So slip into something a lot more creepy (we suggest your Nan’s nightie) crack open a cold cider and dip into Devil's Night: Bite-sized Horror for Halloween! "Pippa Bailey and Myk Pilgrim return to form with the all-new Devil's Night collection.Simply put, the two authors deliver hard with tight sharp wit, humour and horror hand in hand. As it should be." ★★★★★ Nelson W. Pyles - author, Creator and executive producer of The Wicked Library THE HEART AND SOUL OF HORROR REVIEW WEBSITESComments are closed.
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