Today I welcome Isabel Canas to the show to discuss her newest book, THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DIAZ. It’s a beautifully lush book with her signature cinematic storytelling. We discuss writing about possession in our current political climate, what possession means in the context of motherhood, and we get to the root of her core story. We also chat about genre blending between horror and romance, which you all know is my favorite combination!
In the episode we discuss
THE YEAR OF WONDERS by Geraldine Brooks, which is a historical novel based on a real English village that sequestered itself during a plague outbreak so as not to spread the disease. They knew most would die, but they did not want to spread it.
We also discussed Isabel's class with the Writers Conservatory on writing Gothic. It's called "The Dark Fantastic: Crafting Unputdownable Fiction, and you can take this class at any time. It's available
here.
The short story anthology Isabel discussed is an Owl Crate exclusive called Monsters in Masquerade, which is available
here.
Finally, if you want to sign up for Isabel's newsletter, you can do so
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