J.H. Moncrieff
Hi Patricia,
Samhain Publishing held a call, looking for novellas that dealt with childhood fears for a new anthology collection. That sounded fun to me, and I've always loved the classic haunted-toy trope, everything from the Twilight Zone's "Talking Tina" to Stephen King's "The Monkey." My dad had given me this hideous panda that used to be his when he was a kid, so that's where the initial idea for Edgar came from.
However, once I started to write, the characters had their own ideas. Josh said, "No, it wasn't my dad who gave me the bear...my dad's dead. It was my stepfather." And once he said that, the story got a whole lot darker than I ever imagined. I was actually afraid it would be too dark for Samhain, but then-editor Don D'Auria loved it, and the rest is history. It won the contest and ended up being my first published book.
Thanks for asking!
Samhain Publishing held a call, looking for novellas that dealt with childhood fears for a new anthology collection. That sounded fun to me, and I've always loved the classic haunted-toy trope, everything from the Twilight Zone's "Talking Tina" to Stephen King's "The Monkey." My dad had given me this hideous panda that used to be his when he was a kid, so that's where the initial idea for Edgar came from.
However, once I started to write, the characters had their own ideas. Josh said, "No, it wasn't my dad who gave me the bear...my dad's dead. It was my stepfather." And once he said that, the story got a whole lot darker than I ever imagined. I was actually afraid it would be too dark for Samhain, but then-editor Don D'Auria loved it, and the rest is history. It won the contest and ended up being my first published book.
Thanks for asking!
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