Category: Books
The Artist Check-In Podcast EP7 – Gregory Bastianelli: Horror Author, Storyteller
This week I speak with horror author and storyteller Gregory Bastianelli. Gregory released his winter-themed horror novel Snowball at the end of January....... Read More
The Artist Check-In Podcast EP5 – Tanya Gold: Book Editor, Writing Coach, Literary Omnivore
This week I speak with book editor, writing coach, and self-described literary omnivore Tanya Gold about how her job has changed, and how...... Read More
DHFF 2019: All I Want for Christmas Is “My Monster”
Every day through October, the Department of Tangents brings you the Daily Horror Film Fest – one short horror film for every day...... Read More
DoT EP110: Monster, She Wrote Authors Lisa Kroger and Melanie R. Anderson On the History of Female Horror Writing, Plus New Comedy from Corey Rodrigues
If you ask a random reader to name foundational women horror writers, you might get two or three names. Mary Shelley. Shirley Jackson....... Read More
DoT EP104: Author Matt Moore on Personal Apocalypse, Brevity, and Brain Chemistry, plus New Music from Steve Poltz
This is the third and final interview I recorded at NECON 2019, which I have previously described as a mashup of a horror...... Read More
DoT EP93: Horror Author Nathan Ballingrud On His Creepy Fun Collection “Wounds,” plus New Music from Bernard Fowler
Nathan Ballingrud has a wonderfully demented imagination. He has a way of reaching into your brain and finding all of those creepy little...... Read More
DoT EP92: Satirist Jimmy Tingle On Politics and Optimism, plus Audio Excerpts from Nathan Ballingrud’s Wounds: Six Stories from the Border of Hell
Jimmy Tingle is one of the first people I interviewed in the Boston comedy scene years ago. He was hosting and producing a...... Read More
DoT EP82: Musician and Journalist Ted Drozdowski plus an Audiobook Excerpt from Sarah Moss’s Ghost Wall
I first became aware of Ted Drozdowski when I was working at the Boston Phoenix, reading his reviews and features as I helped...... Read More
DoT EP73: Mike Vago, Author of Selfdestructible, plus New Comedy from Shawn Carter
This episode is an interview with author Mike Vago with new comedy from Shawn Carter. Vago is a talented writer and humor columnist....... Read More
DoT EP69: Writer, Comedian, and Goddess Guy Branum, plus New Music from PR Newman
I am honored to have Guy Branum as my interview guest this week. He is an accomplished television writer, having worked on Chelsea,...... Read More
DoT EP68: Author David Wellington from NECON 38 plus New Music from Beanpole
A few weeks ago, I traveled to Rhode Island for NECON 38, the 38th edition of Northeastern Writers Conference. It’s also known as...... Read More
DoT Podcast EP65: The English Beat’s Dave Wakeling plus Sloane Crosley’s Look Alive Out There
One of the best things you can do as a fan of any art is to go into something with no real expectations...... Read More
DoT Podcast EP58: Shape of Water Author Daniel Kraus plus New Music from 6 String Drag
Daniel Kraus has written a number of novels, including Rotters, a great horror novel I’m reading now. What puts him front and center...... Read More
DoT Podcast EP55: Hadron Gospel Hour’s Rich Wentworth plus New Music from Courtney Marie Andrews
This week’s episode is a conversation with podcast host/artist/musician Rich Wentworth. He is co-creator of the Hadron Gospel Hour podcast, a serialized sci-fi/comedy...... Read More
Audiobook Preview: Stinker Lets Loose! with Jon Hamm, Rhea Seehorn, Andy Richter and More
When Mike Sacks published Stinker Lets Loose! last year, he wasn’t thinking of an audio adaptation. The book is already a bit of...... Read More
DoT Podcast: Halloween Fiction Special – “Walter’s Friends”
Happy Halloween! Welcome to the Halloween Fiction Special of the Department of Tangents Podcast. In this episode, I read my short horror story...... Read More
Daily Horror Film Fest: This Is A Dream and I’m Going To Kill You
Two days left for the Daily Horror Film Fest, and I have a familiar name for fans of the Department of Tangents Podcast....... Read More
DoT Podcast EP43 Grady Hendrix on Paperbacks from Hell, plus New Music from Hound
When I first scheduled this interview with author Grady Hendrix, I was expecting him to be much more tongue-in-cheek about the subject of...... Read More
Daily Horror Film Fest: Stephen King On Childhood
Like the first entry in this year’s DHFF, I found this one through the Boston Short Film Festival. It’s an oddity for this...... Read More
DoT Podcast EP40: The Near Genius of Nate Dern plus New Music from Corin Ashley
When I started reading Nate Dern’s new book, Not Quite A Genius, I was expecting a collection of comic personal essays, that being...... Read More
Department of Tangents Minicast: An Interview Flashback with John Cleese
In October of 2015, I interviewed John Cleese for the Boston Globe in advance of a local stop on his book tour for...... Read More
Space Canadians and Ralph’s Tremendous Penis – How I Learned to Love and Hate Writing
I fell in love with writing in fourth grade when a writing instructor visiting my class read my letter to King George aloud....... Read More
Books Out Today: Vincent Price’s Book of Joe
It is no exaggeration to say The Book of Joe: About a Dog and His Man, originally released in 1961 and reissued today...... Read More