TIH 656: Ronald Malfi on Small Town Horror, Subverting Expectations, and Creating Dread

About this episode

Ronald Malfi discusses themes of Small Town Horror, subverting expectations, and creating dread in this episode.

In this podcast, Ronald Malfi talks about Small Town Horror, subverting expectations, creating dread, and much more. About Ronald Malfi Ronald Malfi is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of horror novels and thrillers. He is the recipient of two Independent Publisher Book Awards, the Beverly Hills Book Award, the Vincent Preis … Continue reading

People in this episode

Hosts: Michael David Wilson, Bob Pastorella

Guest: Ronald Malfi

Topics covered

• Small Town Horror
• subverting expectations
• creating dread
• horror novels
• thrillers

Keywords

• Ronald Malfi
• horror
• small town
• dread
• expectations
• thrillers
• books

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New York Times, USA Today, Independent Publisher Book Awards, Beverly Hills Book Award, Vincent Preis

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