OH NO I’M STUCK IN A HORROR BY TL WOOD

OH NO I’M STUCK IN A HORROR FRANCHISE BY TL WOOD

5/7/2022

Welcome to our new interview series where Ginger Nuts of Horror asks the the important and burning questions what would happen if you were stuck in a horror franchise? Who would be your Scooby Doo team mates, what three wishes would you take from The Wishmaster, what are your pain and pleasures and many more questions that need to be answered.

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Today we welcome author T L Wood, whose most recent collection of short fiction, SEEDS, was nominated for three awards this year: the Australian Shadows, Sir Julius Vogel, and the Ladies of Horror Fiction awards.

You wake up and find yourself in a horror franchise, what franchise would you prefer to wake up in and why?

It has to be the Evil Dead franchise, because I love a bit of pitch-black humour with my horror, and how could you ever pass up the chance to fight side-by-side with wise-cracking Ash Williams and his boomstick?

You find yourself as the “Final One” which monster / villain would you most like to go up against and why do you think you would survive?

Ghostface from Scream because he’s not in the least bit scary or clever. I’d lure him into my house, in which I’d set up a series of deadly Home Alone-style traps, sip tea and wait for his screams to start.

And which creature would you least like to go up against?

I don’t fancy my chances against Freddy Krueger to be honest. I’m a serial napper so he’d probably get me straight after a heavy meal and I’d be too slow to run away. Plus, if I can’t even dodge a swipe from my own cat’s claws, I probably can’t win a fight against someone with knives on their hands.

You find yourself in Scooby Doo, which character are you, and who would most like to have as the other members of Mystery Inc?

I think I’m probably Fred. I’m (kind of) buff, (reasonably) brave and can rock a good orange ascot. For the rest of my team, I’m going to pick a few of my favourite Horror authors. I think Penny Jones is my Velma, Laurel Hightower is my Daphne, and A.S. MacKenzie is my Shaggy. (They’re all going to hate me for that now… *evil laugh*)

Pinhead pops round for an evening of fun, what are your pains and pleasures?

I challenge him to a board game marathon: Scrabble, Risk and Catan. I’m very competitive and hate to lose, so it will be painful for him to have to deal with that and I will take great pleasure in beating him.

The Wishmaster gives you three wishes

1. You can wish to write in any franchise
2. You can wipe one franchise from the minds of everyone
3. You can date your horror crush

What do you chose?

I would love to write for the ALIENS / PREDATOR franchise with a particular focus on Dachande "Broken Tusk.” Instead of him being killed by the Alien Queen, he survives and establishes his own ranch colony.

If I were to wipe a franchise from everyone’s minds, I’d kill off FINAL DESTINATION just so it could be done all over again with tons more over-the-top death sequences and I’d put Joe Keery in Devon Sawa’s role.

I’m a sucker for a sexy vampire, so I guess I’d pick Severen from Near Dark. He would be a total liability and chaotic to be around, but it would also be bloody great fun.

Tabatha Wood is an Australian Shadows award-winning author of weird, dark, speculative fiction and quiet horror from Aotearoa, New Zealand. Disabled, queer and neurodivergent, they often write stories inspired by their lived experiences, and like strong coffee, soft cats, and spending time by the sea.

Their most recent collection of short fiction, SEEDS, was nominated for three awards this year: the Australian Shadows, Sir Julius Vogel, and the Ladies of Horror Fiction awards.

You can buy their books, read more of their work and follow them on social media via https://linktr.ee/Tlwood

Seeds
by Tabatha Wood

It begins with a seed. A dream. An idea, planted and encouraged to grow. A thought that buries deep down inside and puts out monstrous roots. Until at last, the bloom erupts and showers the land with life.

It begins with a seed…

The menopause brings some unusual and unexpected changes, a woman wakes up after a party in a body that isn’t hers, a teen’s life changes forever when they embrace the truth about who they are, and a lone mother tries to bury her traumatic past but instead grows a terrible future.

An unsettling selection of quiet horror and dark speculative fiction brought together in a brand new collection from Australian Shadows Award-winner, Tabatha Wood.