Today we kick off what will become an ongoing series of occasional interviews with writers and artists. The series launches with a just-finished conversation between me and contemporary novelist, poet, and painter T.M. Wright.
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T.M. Wright
I first became acquainted with T.M. Wright via his sterling reputation. Amid the flood of books, most of them quite awful, that made up the 1970s and 80s horror publishing boom, Wright was one of the few authors who rose above the murky waters to produce work of authentic and lasting quality. Some readers and critics called him a new master of ghost fiction, even placing him in the company of M.R. James.
His 1978 debut novel, Strange Seed — about a newlywed couple who escape the urban din of New York City by moving to a farm house in upstate New York, where they’re confronted by a shattering supernatural presence in the woods — is a bona fide modern classic that prompted Stephen King to dub it “the best supernatural novel since Interview with the Vampire,” and to describe the author as “a rare and blazing talent.” King ended up including the book on his list of essential modern horror novels in Danse Macabre. Read the rest of this entry »
