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Join your intrepid host, Vincent Midgard, as he interviews writers and filmmakers who produce works in dark literature and film, including horror, noir, gothic, as well as nonfiction and documentaries on dark subject matter.
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- Sep 22, 2026
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Chris Panatier on Fatherhood, Fear, and Intrusive Thoughts (opens the original)
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Chris Panatier returns to The Dark Mind Podcast to discuss his new novel Worry Box, out September 22 from Angry Robot. The book follows the Martin family as they move into a new home while preparing to adopt their foster daughter, Lailah. Troubled by increasingly violent intrusive thoughts, Lailah writes them down and hides them inside a homemade worry box, hoping to quiet her mind. When disturbing events begin unfolding around the house, the family is forced to question whether the danger comes
Megan Mostyn-Brown: Writing Horror That Eats at Us (opens the original)
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Megan Mostyn-Brown joins The Dark Mind Podcast to discuss her debut horror novel, The Need. The novel follows a family living with a rare genetic disorder that requires those who inherit it to consume human flesh or die. Megan explores how this gruesome compulsion becomes a source of shame and survival for one family but a symbol of privilege and power for another. Our conversation examines cannibalism, class inequality, food insecurity, body image, inherited trauma, family secrecy, and the mora
James Oliver: Building the Debilitator Splatterverse (opens the original)
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Extreme horror author, audiobook narrator, and Sadistic Force musician James Oliver joins The Dark Mind Podcast to discuss Debilitator: A Collection of Wretchedness. His first short story collection combines eight stories and a poem, connecting new material with characters and events from his earlier books. James discusses using graphic violence, bodily disgust, sexual transgression, and dark comedy to confront social frustration and test the boundaries readers bring to extreme horror. The conve
Mike Salt: Isolation, Art, and Cosmic Dread (opens the original)
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Author Mike Salt joins The Dark Mind Podcast to discuss his psychological horror novel No One Was Ever Really in This Place. The story follows Felix, a man struggling with anxiety, depression, and invisibility who awakens to find his city completely empty. Mike discusses building an artificial and unsettling world, blending psychological horror with cosmic dread, and writing about isolation without losing sight of human vulnerability. The conversation also explores his Linkville stories, the col
Alex Grass: From Mortuary School to Weird Fiction (opens the original)
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION Author Alex Grass joins The Dark Mind Podcast to discuss Infernal Tramps: Tales of Weird Terror, a collection held together by an intuitive cadence and a recurring uncertainty about what is real. Grass examines the unexpected connections between vanity, hunger, greed, corporate power, bodily transformation, and monstrous behavior. The conversation explores The Golden Mile, in which a resurrected dog drives Philadelphia toward collective madness, and Ever Shall They Feed, a st
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