The whole 'starting with stories, ending with novels' thing, it's probably too ingrained in the industry and the psyche to change it. Stephen Graham Jones changeendindustry Change image and share on social
Every time I lock my people in a spacecraft or land them on an asteroid, the blood wells up again, and I'm writing horror. Horror's my default setting. It's also where I prefer to write. Stephen Graham Jones asteroidblooddefault Change image and share on social
Vampires have become tragic or romantic figures. Vampire are largely seduction tales. They're no longer the scary creature in the dark. Stephen Graham Jones creaturedarkfigure Change image and share on social
With the Romero zombie, you usually did not have a reason for the infection, the plague, the virus, whatever it's called. Stephen Graham Jones callinfectionplague Change image and share on social
We tell ourselves zombie stories to remind us we shouldn't live beyond the natural boundaries of life - or seek a third stage of life in this world. Stephen Graham Jones boundarylifelive Change image and share on social
My uncle Randall always had a book in his hand. He read in the car, he read at restaurants, he read when you were talking to him. He read lots of different things, but mostly it was Louis L'Amour's westerns and contemporary thrillers. Stephen Graham Jones amourbookcar share on social
Neal Stephenson handles exposition better than anybody else. I keep trying to learn his tricks, but every time I duck into his pages, I get lost in the stories all over again and forget that I'm a writer. Stephen Graham Jones duckexpositionforget share on social
Joe Lansdale is one of the few writers able to write in whatever genre or mode he wants on any particular day. How? He doesn't ask permission. He just steps in, out-writes everybody in the room. Stephen Graham Jones daygenrejoe Change image and share on social
Stories need stupid decisions that, at the time, seem absolutely rational and necessary. Without stupid decisions, the world isn't thrown out of balance, and so there's no need for a 'rest of the story' to balance it back. Stephen Graham Jones absolutelybackbalance share on social
Horror, of all the genres, is the only one that can provoke an involuntary visceral reaction. Stephen Graham Jones genrehorrorinvoluntary Change image and share on social
