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Hosted by Carson Winter, P.L. McMillan · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 167 episodes
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Authors P.L. McMillan and Carson Winter have joined forces to have lively, irreverent, and hopefully helpful conversations on the craft of writing horror fiction. Expect weird tangents, frank industry discussions, interviews, and more!
Carson Winter, P.L. McMillan hosts Dead Languages, a comedy show with 167 episodes published.
The goblins dive deep into a valuable writing tool: the prompt. How do they like to use prompts in their writing, types of prompts, and they even provide some for their dearest spooky co-eds. Don't forget to join the dis
PLMbo steps up to the plate with some juicy, juicy data on the future of horror! Pull out your spreadsheets and find things to be both optimistic and pessimistic about.
Both of the goblins have experienced big life changes recently. How are we pulling through now that our schedules are all disrupted? Listen in and learn from our struggles reconciling writing with change.
Several publishers have copped to accepting AI stories. We follow up with some of the latest news stories to react, discuss, and find a path forward. See what we're talking about here: https://www.bona-books.com/news/we-
PLM and Carson are once again entering the Reddit mines for easy content! The goblins answer questions from real horror writers and have some fun along the way. Also, join our Discord: https://discord.gg/QswkXXDd2
Today the goblins sharpen their scalpels and dissect a willing victim: Kai Delmas, King of Drabbles. Settle in for a girthy episode on editing techniques, critiquing, and discussion of writing development. There is no me
Carson pulls on his tweed jacket and talks all about newsletters. Also, join our Discord: https://discord.gg/Dtzfhepue
Writers? Insecure? NEVER. This week, we take a look at some common writer insecurities and do a bit of commiserating. And if you haven't heard, we have a Discord! Join up and fan the flames of your parasocial relationshi
The future of horror is now and the goblins sit down to talk about what they want to see most of in the future of horror. More weirdness? Less tropes? Tune in and see what the goblins want to see.
The goblins compare their top 5 books for the first half of 2026. PLM's choices will SHOCK.
Why do so many killers have mommy issues? Why are mothers often set as the villains or the victims and rarely ever in between? Today, the goblins interview Emma E Murray and Dr Nina Miller on the representation of mother
The goblins have cracked the secret formula to why and how one short story submission gets accepted versus another. They've analyzed thousands of form rejection emails, they've infiltrated presses, they've bribed the edi
Get your sickles out, spooky co-eds! It's time for the annual goblin sacrifice! Because today, PLM and CarCar are going to be diving deep into the lore of the folks! What is folk horror? Is it any religion? Just the folk
The goblins get spicy today. What are their hottest takes (XXX jk, wait actually there is a new update on the podcast's fav cryptid) about the horror genre and writing community. Is this the episode that gets them cancel
The goblins are joined by slasher experts Erik McHatton and Patrick Barb (and his anaconda) to chat about all things slasher in the horror genre. Is the trope dead? Or is it rising up for its thirteenth sequel? Find out
Everyone wants to know How Far is Too Far in horror, and we let 'em know what we really think of the question.
Did you know that the government is breeding human-dog hybrids in the basement of an old Pizza Hut? Trust me, bro. This week, we discuss how conspiracy theories can be the seed from which your horror grows.
In today's special episode, goblin Carson Winter shares what went into the making of his latest release The Corpse Priest . From conception to logistics, marketing and celebrating. This behind the scenes look at the nitt
Today the goblins are chatting about domestic horror. What happens when you can't trust your children, your parents, your spouse, your PET? When your safe space becomes the worst place? Don't forget the launch party to c
This week, the Spooky Professors put up their feet and wheel out the TV for an easy class period. We answer questions from Reddit and talk about all the cool new shit happening in our writing lives. Which means... Carson
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