As the “most criminally underrated author on the scene,” according to Underbrush Books, I would be remiss not to pimp my fiction one last time during this season of spending.
As a gift to you (or is it a punishment?), I’ve got a free short story out on e-book, “Creepy Old Dude,” about a neighborhood stalker where things go a little too far (based on a true story!).
Out now from Aggadah Try It / Madness Heart Press, Josh Schlossberg brings you CHARWOOD, an ecological folk horror novel 5,783 years in the making.
After joining the Tenders—a band of backwoods activists claiming to solve climate change by burning trees for energy—Orna Tannenbaum falls in with Rowan, their odd yet charming leader.
But when Orna uncovers what the Tenders are really up to in the forest, she must apply the ancient wisdom of her culture to battle dark forces threatening to gain a foothold in our world.
Pick up a copy today from your local bookstore (order at Bookshop.org), Godless.com, Barnes and Noble, or Amazon.
On episode #54 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare Oddcast, host Josh Schlossberg interviews a very special guest about “The State of Eco Horror,” a virtual event celebrating the launch of CHARWOOD on Sunday, August 20 @ 4 pm PT / 5 MT / 6 CT / 7 ET.
RSVP for Zoom link at Josh [at] JoshsWorstNightmare [dot] com or to go JoshsWorstNightmare.com for more info.
“The State of Eco-Horror” is a 1-hour virtual event on Sunday, August 20 at 4 pm PT/ 5 MT / 6 CT / 7 ET celebrating the launch of CHARWOOD, the eco horror novel by Josh Schlossberg from Aggadah Try It/Madness Heart Press (available NOW for pre-order)
Program:
-“The Obligation to Heal the World” with John Baltisberger of Madness Heart Press
-“Fear and Nature” with Carter Soles, co-author of ECOHORROR STUDIES IN THE ANTHROPOCENE
-“Horrific Hysteria of Wildfire Logging” with Jennifer Mamola of John Muir Project
-“Name That Forest!” a game with prizes hosted by Josh Schlossberg
RSVP today for Zoom link by emailing Josh [at] JoshsWorstNightmare [dot] com
Continue readingCan writing fiction about the eco-crisis do what science, advocacy, and journalism have not? As in, can storytelling uncover the root of our abusive relationship with the natural world and inspire meaningful action?
Some parts of who we are as human beings are self-evident. We all also have our “shadow,” which Swiss psychologist Carl Jung (1842-1896) defined as “the dark aspects of the personality.” What’s more, Jung believed awareness of this shadow to be “the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.”
To go even deeper, not all our shadow traits must be negative, merely hidden. For instance, while the shadow of a goody-two-shoes might be bitter resentment, a rageaholic’s could be a touching vulnerability.
Thanks, Josh, for the pop-psychology lesson. But what does this have to do with horror fiction?
Oh, I don’t know. How about…everything?
On episode #48 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare Oddcast, host Josh Schlossberg gets caught inside a fairy ring with Brian Asman, author of RETURN OF THE LIVING ELVES, as they dissect elves in horror fiction.
Thanks to Mike Davis, Pete Rawlik, and friends for having me as a guest on Lovecraft eZine Podcast to talk about the Lovecraftian elements of MALINAE with a foray into Jewish horror.
On episode #29 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare Oddcast, host Josh Schlossberg probes the human psyche with Regina Watts, author of IDOL, to trace the blurred lines between mysticism and mental illness.
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