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The Poison Apple: Mr. Sci-Fi: An Interview with Marc Zicree and the Future with Space Command

Crowens: I wanted to interview someone whose focus was not only the entertainment industry but also science fiction. Previously, almost everyone I’ve interviewed has been involved in fantasy or horror. After following you on Facebook I really wanted to interview you. Right away, I’ve been able to pick up on your “contagious enthusiasm” and high energy. Zicree: Glad I could do it. What was your very first job in the entertainment industry, and how did you get your foot in…

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Take a Bite From The Poison Apple: Interviews from Black Gate Magazine by Elizabeth Crowens

Over the past two years, since December 13, 2016, Elizabeth Crowens has become one of the most consistently popular contributors to Black Gate magazine. She’s accomplished this with a surprisingly small number of articles — scarcely a dozen so far, over 24 months. Each, however, has been a fascinating and in-depth discussion with a prominent individual in the genre. Her interviews have included a cross section of talents, including stunt doubles, TV stage managers, fantasy illustrators, bestselling authors, editors, and…

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The Poison Apple: Talking About Ghosts — an Interview with the Queen of Many Genres, Heather Graham

Elizabeth: Heather, of all people you’ve not only explored many genres but often you’ve blended them together. Heather: Recently at ThrillerFest, I encountered other authors who had a stigma against horror and its association with slasher themes. If it has ghosts or similar phenomena call it paranormal. I’m so glad now that genres do cross so much. Seriously, Conan the Barbarian — great romance. Look at the love between the two of them. Star Wars — its adventure but it’s…

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The Poison Apple: What do The Watchmen, Sandman, Frankenstein, Dracula, H.P. Lovecraft and Sherlock Holmes have in Common?

Leslie Klinger in Sherlock mode An Interview with Leslie S. Klinger Crowens: What drew you to the Victorian era? That seems to be the common thread for most of your books except for your annotated graphic novels. Klinger: When I was young, I was a big science fiction reader. In my second year of law school, my girlfriend bought me a copy of the William S. Baring-Gould Annotated Sherlock Holmes. I was hooked. Like most people, I probably read one…

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The Poison Apple: Remember Buffy? An Interview with Tie-in Author Nancy Holder

Let’s talk about Buffy the Vampire Slayer. When I was doing the episode guidebooks for Buffy, I was taping Joss Whedon… Remember when Spike moves into the crypt? It was pitch-black dark in there and we were sitting on the crypt for our interview. It had been hard to get him, because he was been busy. I had sat waiting and waiting with these old-fashioned tape recorders that looked like movie cameras, and for both of them the batteries had…

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The Poison Apple: True Interview – One-on-One with Charlaine Harris

Candid photo by Elizabeth Crowens I had the pleasure of interviewing Charlaine Harris at the 2017 Bouchercon, a mystery convention held this year in Toronto. Charlaine has written dozens of books from the Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire series that was made into the television series, True Blood on HBO to the Midnight series, which is now featured as the Midnight, Texas series on NBC. One of the things I wanted to focus on in our interview is that you’ve been involved…

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The Poison Apple: The Lure of the Vampire, an Interview with Author Nancy Kilpatrick

Nancy Kilpatrick is an award-winning writer and editor. She has published 22 novels, 1 non-fiction book, over 220 short stories and 6 collections of her short fiction, comic books, a graphic novel, and she has edited 15 anthologies. Her work has been translated into 7 languages. Although not all vampire-themed, it’s all focused on the dark realm. I noticed on your Amazon Author’s Page you did a non-fiction book about the Gothic movement. I wrote one non-fiction book, The Goth…

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The Poison Apple: A Cosplayer’s Best Friend, Interview with Photographer Bruce Heinsius

Josephine Chang as Silk I wanted to preface that when I first met Bruce, we were both working as Still Photographers in Hollywood, and he was on Power Rangers, which has made a comeback with a new feature film after twenty-five years or so. BH: I worked on the television show the first season shooting everything from action on the set to special shoots for calendars, trading cards, video box covers and magazines. You and I have been out of…

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The Poison Apple: An Interview with Author Jennifer Brozek

Jennifer Brozek, photo by M. Dutta Jennifer Brozek is a 2x Bram Stoker Award Nominee, most recently for Last Days of Salton Academy. Your specialty seems to be YA. Yes, it has turned into that, but that wasn’t always the case. In the past, I did a lot of tie-in fiction for Shadowrun (cyberpunk with magic) and Battletech, which was Young Adult, but Shadowrun was not. I’ve had the most acclaim for my YA work, and every YA novel I’ve…

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The Poison Apple: Shared Worlds All Over the World – A Q & A with the Dynamic Duo, Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman

Authors Ellen Kusher (left), Delia Sherman (right), 2017. Photo by Elizabeth Crowens Ellen Kushner is a former editor at Ace Books and Pocket Books, hosted the national public radio series Sound & Spirit via WGBH in Boston and was the winner of the 1991 World Fantasy Award, 1991 Mythopoeic Award and 2007 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, has won Audie Awards, etc. Delia Sherman is a former consulting editor from Tor Books. Her novel The Freedom Maze won the…

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