Johnny Compton (The Spite House) and Gerardo Sámano Córdova (Monstrilio) discuss their debut novels, monsters, and how horror can be an avenue of discussing grief, trauma, and familial love.
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Johnny Compton is a writer and podcaster. His short stories have appeared in PseudoPod, Strange Horizons, The NoSleep Podcast, and many others. He is a member of the Horror Writers Association and the creator and host of the podcast Healthy Fears. His book, The Spite House, is a gothic thriller set in the Texas Hill Country.
Gerardo Sámano Córdova is a writer and artist from Mexico City, where he currently resides. He holds an MFA in Fiction from the University of Michigan. He has studied with Alexander Chee at Bread Loaf as a work/study scholar, and with Garth Greenwell at Tin House. His work has appeared in Ninth Letter, Passages North, and Chicago Quarterly Review, and is forthcoming in The Common. Monstrilio is his debut novel.
Celso Hurtado was born and raised in San Antonio, TX. His first book, The Ghost Tracks, was praised by NPR and won an International Latino Book Award. He is also a member of the Horror Writers Association. His second book, The Devil’s Promise, will be released this fall.
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