Chats with creatives and meetings on the macabre! Film. Fiction. Art. Music. Hosted by Justin Young.
Conjuring the cast and crew of your favorite flicks, the best musicians metal has to offer, writers of the Weird, and seekers of the odd and occult - there's something for everyone within the Sanctuary of the Strange!
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Justin is a writer of weird fiction and host of the Monsters, Madness and Magic podcast. His literary diet consists of a few morsels of mystery, a significant side of Sword and Sorcery, with a heavy helping of horror. He is a fan of cult films, heavy metal, the occult, vintage video games, and classic cartoons.
His fiction fiction has appeared in Lovecraftiana: The Eldritch Magazine of Horror and the Tales To Terrify podcast. He is also a writer and contributor at Rue Morgue Magazine and Wicked Horror.
Join Justin and special guest co-host Howie Bentley as they chat with historian and author Mark L. Gardner about about the often disputed death of Billy the Kid, the escapades of Jesse and Frank James, train robbing, the romanticizing of the Old West, and more!
Read MoreJoin Justin as he chats with legendary comics writer Garth Ennis - they dive deep on his history with Hellblazer and the decision to give John Constantine cancer, meeting Alan Moore, the influence of Jamie Delano on his writing, Preacher, The Punisher, and more!
Read MoreJoin Justin as he chats with writer Rob Yescombe about horror, video game writing versus screen writing, hitting the Jackpot with Amazon, script advice, and more!
Read MoreJoin Justin as he chats with New York Times bestseller, Bram Stoker award winner, and editor of Weird Tales Magazine Jonathan Maberry about curating Weird Tales, the myth of writer’s block, Conan, classic horror films, and more!
Read MoreJoin Justin and special guest co-host Howie Bentley of Cauldron Born and Briton Rites as they chat with legendary writer Michael Moorcock about drunken nights with Fritz Leiber, Karl Edward Wagner, the sorcery of Elric, Blue Oyster Cult, and more!
Read MoreJoin Justin and special guest co-host Howie Bentley of Cauldron Born and Briton Rites as they chat with legendary author Ramsey Campbell about classical music, horror films, Clark Ashton Smith, H.P Lovecraft, writing fiction that drips with dread, and more!
Read MoreIn this round table discussion, Justin is joined by Howie Bentley of Cauldron Born, Jason Tarpey of Eternal Champion, and Deathmaster of Doomsword to discuss their personal history with Sword and Sorcery, Richard Tierney’s Simon of Gitta series, Poul Anderson’s The Broken Sword, underrated gems within the genre, new projects from their respective bands, and more!
Read MoreJoin Justin as he chats with legendary vocalist Bruce Dickinson about growing up on the pulps, Hammer horror films, writing fiction, psychedelic experiences, and more!
Read MoreJoin Justin as he chats with author and narrator of the HorrorBabble YouTube channel Ian Gordon about weird fiction, H.P. Lovecraft, haunted houses, short stories, and more!
Read MoreJoin Justin as he chats with author and artist Ray Fawkes about the marvel method, monsters, John Constantine, Image Comics, writing arcs for classic characters, and more!
Read MoreJoin Justin as he chats with Dr. James Justin Sledge regarding the recent rise of folk horror, magick in movies, cool occult texts, approaching the esoteric as an academic, and more!
Read MoreJoin Justin as he chats with writer and creative director at Remedy Entertainment Sam Lake about Alan Wake II, horror fiction, The Twilight Zone, Max Payne, his creative process, and more!
Read MoreJoin Justin as he chats with legendary gothic fantasy artist Brom about balancing art as a passion and profession, crafting your own Conan, horror, Rod Serling’s The Night Gallery, and more!
Read MoreJoin Justin and Nick as they chat with iconic comic artist, writer, and founder of Image Comics Todd McFarlane about the origins of Spawn, going against the grain, creativity, competition, and more!
Read MoreJoin Just as he chats with occult historian, author, and lecturer Mitch Horowitz about the founding fathers of mysticism in America, the colonial roots of folk horror, Satanism, his new book, and more!
Read MoreJoin Justin as he chats with writer and producer David Kirschner about the true story of his family that influenced An American Tail, creating Chucky, the importance of the Pagemaster, and more!
Read MoreJoin Justin as he chats with author John R. Fultz about Weird Tales, Sword and Sorcery, short stories, writing advice, Elric, his new book Darker Than Weird, and more!
Read MoreJoin Justin and Nicholas as they chat with legendary writer Michael Moorcock on the origins of Sword and Sorcery, the Blitz of London, World War II, Elric of Melniboné, chaos, anarchy, the blues, and more!
Read MoreJoin Justin as he chats with author and musician Jon Zaremba about martial arts, electronic music, Italian horror films, hard work, his new book ‘XLZABK001’, and more!
Read MoreJoin Justin as he chats with Deathmaster of the mighty Doomsword about Frank Frazetta, Michael Whelan, Elric, art, new music, future plans with fellow metal giants Eternal Champion, and much more!
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