Featured Interview With Steven Lloyd
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
My name is Steven Lloyd. I write out of Southern Illinois, and have interviewed such authors and actors as Jack Ketchum, Nancy Collins, legendary film greats Bill Moseley and Sid Haig, from the “Devil’s Rejects” films. My work has appeared in several print and on-line publications.
In 2008 I launched a publishing company called Croatoan Publishing, dedicated to the Horror and Dark Suspense genre. Before closing the doors, I released “People are Strange” by James Newman and “Flesh Welder” by Ronald Kelly. You can visit me here http://stevenlloyd.weebly.com/index.html
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I was fifteen or sixteen when the writing bug hit me. It hit me hard. I was writing a horror story for an English assignment—thank God it was Halloween, and I had to read it in front of the class. The writing assignments kept coming because I think she saw my capability as a writer. I’ve never stopped. From that day on, students paid me a dollar or two to write their stories for class. It was good money while it lasted. At fifteen I was reading pretty heavily. Love walking into the bookstores and smelling new and old books.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Everything from Charles Bukowski to Steinbeck to Golding. My range is pretty vast. Then there’s King, Barker, Rice, Harlan Ellison, Joe Lansdale, Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury etc. All inspire me to become a much better author.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
I’ve brought together my most acclaimed stories in one collection. Strange Roads includes: The Wooden Box, When Darkness Falls, Brothers, Where There Be Dragons, The Wallet, The Fight of the Century and an excerpt from my forthcoming novel Dogwood Summer. Also includes an introduction by John Paul Allen and interviews with the with me.
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