Featured Interview With A.S.Chambers
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
My name is A.S.Chambers (the “A” stands for Austin) and I am an author of horror and urban fantasy. My central creation is the down on his luck investigator of the paranormal Sam Spallucci who lives and works in my adopted home town of Lancaster in the North West of England.
I grew up in the incredibly flat Northamptonshire before moving to the exceptionally hilly Lancashire in the early 1990s where I soon realised that I needed a much more powerful pushbike. I studied mythology at Lancaster University and this has been a huge influence on my writing as, no matter where you look in Lancashire, shadowy tales of the supernatural practically ooze out of the ground and from underneath every stone.
I have a few pets: a neurotic dog who jumps at his own shadow, a cat who despairs at the aforementioned dog, and a couple of chickens who are quietly planning to take over the world.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I have always loved books apart from a few months around my transition into teenagerhood where I gave them all away. Fortunately we now have the Internet which lets me gradually amass all the books that I had once considered lost to the depths of time.
I came to my literary senses about the age of fourteen when I read Dracula. It totally gripped me and unlocked this whole new world of the supernatural that was dark and sexy. As a result I started to write my own stories and it has sort of grown since then.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I get asked this a lot and I always have to give the same answer, namely that I am an unashamed bibliophile who will read just about anything depending on what mood I’m in. My tastes range from sci-fi (I am a total Star Wars nut and have a massive collection of expanded universe books) through to murder mystery, and from horror to historical. I am currently ploughing through the Sharpe novels. These are just fantastic as I love the way the Bernard Cornwell creates such believable characters. You feel like you could meet these people in the street. It’s great when an author nails their subjects like that.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book, “Sam Spallucci: Ghosts From The Past”, is the latest in my series of books concerning Lancaster-based paranormal investigator, Sam Spallucci. It kicks off where the previous book, “The Casebook of Sam Spallucci” finished: his spiteful ex-girlfriend appears on his doorstep asking him to infiltrate a cult which she accuses of brainwashing her son. Sam is sceptical at first but when he realises that the cult leader is an old acquaintance and people start to die he sees that bigger things are afoot.
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