Josh's Worst Nightmare: Recent Episodes
Josh Schlossberg
Author Josh Schlossberg surveys the dark landscape of biological horror fiction. (Presented by Denver Horror Collective)
On episode #60 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare Oddcast, Josh Schlossberg, author of the new horror short story collection, WHERE THE SHADOWS ARE SHOWN, answers the age-old question “Where do you get your ideas?” by going over the (spoiler-free!) inspiration of each and every damn story in the book.
WHERE THE SHADOWS ARE SHOWN is available for purchase on September 30 through Godless.com (ebook only), Amazon (paperback and ebook), or a signed copy through JoshsWorstNightmare.com (email josh [at] joshsworstnightmare [dot] com).
On episode #59 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare Oddcast, host Josh Schlossberg gets scientific with Haldane B. Doyle, author of OUR VITREOUS WOMB, as they dissect the portrayal of biology in horror and sci-fi fiction.
On episode #58 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare Oddcast, host Josh Schlossberg gets Manichaean with Daniel Braum, author of THE SERPENT’S SHADOW, as they explore nature’s darkness and light.
On episode #57 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare Oddcast, host Josh Schlossberg goes quantum with Dan Henk, author/editor of THE NEVER DEAD, as they break the laws of physics in horror fiction.
On episode #56 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare Oddcast, host Josh Schlossberg goes green with Rowland Bercy Jr., author of THE UNRECOVERED, as they sacrifice themselves for meat-eating vegetables.
On episode #55 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare Oddcast, Josh Schlossberg warns you about his new eco Jewish folk horror novel, CHARWOOD, published by Aggadah Try It/Madness Heart Press and out now from your local independent bookstore (order through Bookshop), Godless (ebook only), Barnes and Noble, and 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.
On episode #53 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare Oddcast, host Josh Schlossberg gets hedonistic with Len M. Ruth, author of THE UNRECOVERED, as they dabble with the dark side of feeling good.
On episode #52 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare Oddcast, host Josh Schlossberg transforms with Candace Nola, author of BISHOP, to tear into the guts of werewolves, werebears, and more in horror fiction.
On episode #51 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare Oddcast, host Josh Schlossberg gets gnawed on by Rebecca Rowland, author of the novella ROCK OF AGES from TABLE FOR 3: A CHARITY ANTHOLOGY, as they tuck into the topic of cannibalism in horror fiction.
On episode #50 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare Oddcast, host Josh Schlossberg gets ensorcelled by Rosemary Thorne, author of EL PACTO DE LAS DOCE UVAS, as they unravel witchcraft’s fictions and facts.
On episode #49 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare Oddcast, host (organism) Josh Schlossberg and Daemon Manx, author of MANX-IETY, fall prey to horror fiction’s biological and supernatural parasites!
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.
On episode #47 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare Oddcast, host Josh Schlossberg gets jabbed by Douglas Ford, author of THE INFECTION PARTY AND OTHER STORIES OF DIS-EASE, as they try to pick up the concept of immunity (both biologically and metaphorically) in horror fiction.
On episode #46 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare Oddcast, host Josh Schlossberg hunts for an antidote with Jeff Oliver, author of VENOMOUS WORDS, after they’re bitten and stung by poisonous organisms.
On episode #45 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare Oddcast, host Josh Schlossberg checks out with Patrick C. Harrison III, author of GRANDPAPPY, as they succumb to the horrors (and wonders) of hospice.
On episode #44 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare Oddcast, host Josh Schlossberg casts a spell with Desi D, author of “If I Shall Wake,” to find the magic in biological horror.
On episode #43 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare Oddcast, host Josh Schlossberg takes a sick day with Sean Murphy, author of “The Blue Lady,” to administer a dose of medicine in horror fiction.
On episode #42 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare Oddcast, host Josh Schlossberg plays undertaker with Andrew Adams, author of SYMPOSIUM OF THE REAPER, as they eulogize different ways humans handle the recently deceased.
On episode #41 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare Oddcast, horror author, editor, and publisher Josh Schlossberg explores the conflicts and confluences of self-expression, readership, and making money in horror fiction.
On episode #40 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare Oddcast, host Josh Schlossberg sprouts fangs with Erica Hoffmeister, author of ROOTS GREW WILD, as they drain the essence of vampires.
On episode #39 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare Oddcast, host Josh Schlossberg plays a game of cat and mouse with A.E. Santana, author of “Imperial Slaughterhouse,” as they sink their claws into the felines of dark fiction.
On episode #38 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare Oddcast, host Josh Schlossberg risks infection with Jeamus Wilkes, author of “That Time Maggie Ghosted Me,” as they survive the ongoing biological horror that is COVID-19.
On episode #37 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare Oddcast, host Josh Schlossberg gets ballsy with Tim Eagle, author of STOLEN SEED, to dissect the male reproductive system.
On episode #36 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare Oddcast, host Josh Schlossberg gets decadent with Nicholas Kaufmann, author of THE HUNGRY EARTH, as they marvel at the impermanence of organic matter.
On episode #35 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare Oddcast, host Josh Schlossberg succumbs with Jennifer Anne Gordon, author of PRETTY/UGLY, to viruses and bacteria that get under their skin.
On episode #34 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare Oddcast, host Josh Schlossberg gets artsy with Don Noble, freelance artist and co-owner of Rooster Republic Press, as they gaze at the wonders of illustrating biological horror.
On episode #33 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare Oddcast, host Josh Schlossberg goes under the influence with Daniel J. Volpe, author of LEFT TO YOU, as they experiment with drug use in horror fiction.
On episode #32 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare Oddcast, host Josh Schlossberg goes on an expedition with Daniel Braum, author of UNDERWORLD DREAMS, to where the natural world meets the supernatural in horror fiction.
On episode #31 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare Oddcast, host Josh Schlossberg assumes his ultimate form with Christy Mann, author of the TOTEM OF TALONS series, to trace the physiology of shapeshifters.
On episode #30 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare Oddcast, host Josh Schlossberg aims for the brain with Catt Dahman, author of the Z IS FOR ZOMBIE series, to make sense of the biology of zombies.
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.
On episode #28 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare Oddcast, host Josh Schlossberg is joined at the table by Molly Adams, creator of Jewish Horror Review, where they chew the fat about cannibalism in horror fiction.
On episode #27 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare Oddcast, host Josh Schlossberg goes on a hunt with Richard Dansky, author of GHOST OF A MARRIAGE, in search of Bigfoot, Nessie, Mothman, and other cryptids.
On episode #26 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare Oddcast, host Josh Schlossberg gets a bird’s eye view with Mark Towse, author of CROWS, of the role crows play in nature and horror fiction.
On episode #25 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare Oddcast, host Josh Schlossberg goes back (and forward) in time with Elana Gomel, author of THE CRYPTIDS, to trace the arc of evolutionary horror.
On episode #24 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare Oddcast, host Josh Schlossberg goes inward with Jeff Wood, author of “Veronica Scissors,” to explore the dark furrows of the human brain.
On episode #23 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare, host Josh Schlossberg gets it on with Clare Castleberry, author of AZALEA HOUSE, as they expose biological horror’s original sin: sexual intercourse.
On episode #22 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare, host Josh Schlossberg cops a squat with Jonathan Butcher, author of CHOCOLATEMAN, to get to the bottom of fecal matter in horror fiction.
On episode #21 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare, host Josh Schlossberg tries saves the world with Mike Marcus, author of “Dark Nature,” through the subgenre of ecological horror fiction.
On episode #21 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare, host Josh Schlossberg gets visceral with Angela Sylvaine, author of CHOPPING SPREE, to dissect the anatomy of slasher horror.
On episode #19 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare, host Josh Schlossberg gets creepy crawly with Ronald Kelly, author of THE WEB OF LA SANGUINAIRE AND OTHER ARACHNID HORRORS, to spy on spiders in horror fiction.
On episode #18 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare, host Josh Schlossberg battens down the hatches with Kathleen Kaufman, author of the DIABHAL trilogy, to prepare for natural disasters in horror fiction.
On episode #17 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare, host Josh Schlossberg rolls up his pant legs with Jennifer Trudrung, screenwriter of THE NEST, to try not to get bitten by everyone’s favorite arachnid parasite: ticks.
On episode #16 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare, host Josh Schlossberg goes mushroom hunting with Cory Swanson, author of GEMINUS, to find the finest of fungi.
On episode #15 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare, host Josh Schlossberg gets intoxicated with E.C. Hanson, author of ALL THINGS DEADLY, as they fall under the influence of alcohol.
On episode #14 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare, host Josh Schlossberg learns about the birds and the bees from JoAnn Chaney, author of AS LONG AS YOU BOTH SHALL LIVE, as they cover the fertile ground of pregnancy.
On episode #13 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare, host Josh Schlossberg, author of MALINAE, goes viral on what scares him the most about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
On episode #12 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare, host Josh Schlossberg mutates with Michael Picco, author of CORPSE HONEY: A BANQUET OF GRUESOME TALES, to promote the corruption of nature.
On episode #11 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare, host Josh Schlossberg gets out the literary scalpel with Hollie & Henry Snider, editors of CONSUMED: TALES INSPIRED BY THE WENDIGO, to biopsy cancer.
On episode #10 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare, host Josh Schlossberg gets carnivorous with Joy Yehle, author of DREAD, to go deep inside the heart of the werewolf.
On episode #9 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare, host Josh Schlossberg taps into the reptilian brain with Bobby Crew, author of DINING WITH DEVILS, to make ssssssensssssse of the role of snakes in horror fiction.
On episode #8 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare, host Josh Schlossberg succumbs to Thomas C Mavroudis, author of BERGDORF & ASSOCIATES, to experience the terrors of physical transformation brought on by infection.
On episode #7 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare, host Josh Schlossberg gets clinical with Dawn Shea, Registered Nurse and editor in chief of D&T Publishing, about the overlap between hospitals and horror fiction.
On episode #6 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare, host Josh Schlossberg gets lost in the woods with Matthew Lyons, author of THE NIGHT WILL FIND US, to explore what scares us the most about the deep dark forest.
On episode #5 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare, host Josh Schlossberg looks at things through another perspective with Gary Robbe, educator and author of “Scrape,” to find out the right--and wrong--ways to write about autism in horror fiction.
On episode #4 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare, host Josh Schlossberg delves into the feminine with Brenda Tolian, author of “Blood Mountain,” to examine the portrayal of women’s bodies in horror fiction and film.
On episode #3 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare, host Josh Schlossberg bugs out with Lindsay King-Miller, author of "The Fruit," to uncover matricidal spiders, tear-drinking moths, and beetles that lay eggs in corpses.
On episode #2 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare, host Josh Schlossberg goes beyond skin deep with Steve Rasnic Tem, author of THANATRAUMA, to dissect the decline of the body that comes with old age.
On episode #1 of Josh's Worst Nightmare (presented by Denver Horror Collective), author & host Josh Schlossberg talks about his definition of "biological horror" and what's in store for listeners of the weekly podcast.