All fiction is very much about time. But we have awareness of only the things that have transpired in our own lives. Our memories are deeply flawed. So there is a kind of dream machine that’s taking place while you’re trying to explain what you’ve seen in the world and your imagination does get involved.… more
Category Archives: BULL Interview
Laurel Hightower
BULL Interview by Frank ReardonAnything is possible with horror, nothing is off the table and that’s both what garners so much fear, as readers’ expectations are torn away, and also expands its reach. Social issues, personal fears, deep-seated dread about ourselves and our futures. There’s an endless trick or treat bucket to rummage through for new ways to do it.… more
STEVE GERGLEY
BULL Interview by drevlowI really only understand myself, and I’m a misfit and a weirdo who doesn’t know how to interact and communicate with people very well, so other misfits and weirdos are the types of people I really like writing about.… more
JD Clapp
BULL Interview by Frank ReardonPeople’s behavior is seldom as simple as some moral failing. Things like family, poverty, oppression, tradition, values and culture influence the situations people find themselves in. Even the worst characters want the same things we all want—joy, peace, love, and dignity.… more
Rob D. Smith
BULL Interview by Frank ReardonDaniel Brown is a stand-in for a lot of outsiders I’ve seen. Ones that don’t fit into normal society. That get singled out because they don’t “look” right. The constant judging from little kids to senior citizens. And this person is weary. How can they not be?… more
C.W. Blackwell
BULL Interview by Frank ReardonI wanted stories with working class people fed up with the daily grind, waking up to the idea that our economic system is built for a small fraction of people and that the American Dream is a kind of lullaby they sing to us to keep us showing up to work on time.… more
Micah Schnabel
BULL Interview by drevlowWhat I’ve learned and am still learning is to be more lean. To always be trimming the fat and to only give the bare necessities. When I’m using a microscope instead of telescope is when I think I’m working at my best. … more
Jonathan Ames
BULL Interview by Frank ReardonI wanted to create a character who was broken… deeply broken… a character who wanted to disappear from the world and be very quiet so as not to hurt others… but who nevertheless brought pain where ever he went.… more
PAULA BOMER
BULL Interview by Frank ReardonI had been trying to write a novel called Gaslit for about 7 years, on and off, and it went nowhere. There’s no other way to explain it but a man’s voice came to me, and off I went. Gaslit turned into The Stalker. … more
Jordan Harper
BULL Interview by Brian Charles FrankI always say, “I don’t do action. I do violence.” I want the violence to hit. And the way I do that is I focus on making it as small as possible. To me, a machine gun isn’t as dramatic as a six-shooter, and a six-shooter isn’t as dramatic as a baseball bat. The more you can make it about one body trying to affect another body, change you, break you, really that’s the way to head, because we’ve all felt pain.… more
