I always love when horror veterans agree to do 3Q’s. It’s not so much that people don’t know about their work, but it’s interesting to see who their influences are and how they go about crafting their stories.

Today’s guest is a tried and true horror vet.

Brian Moreland has been creating dark fiction for decades and continues to push his readers with each and every release!

Please, do welcome Brian!

Steve: What does your writing time look like? Do you try and write at the same time each day? Do you have a word count you attempt to hit?
Brian: My writing schedule varies depending on how busy I am with working on client projects or when my family life gets busy. I’m not a full-time novelist yet. I do my best to write a few hours every morning. I’m most creative after I’ve just woken up, especially at 5:00 or 6:00 am. I love drinking coffee and getting into a writing groove. On days when I can focus solely on my novel or short story, I’ll write from six to eight hours. I used to measure daily word count and found that to be a great motivator to write new fiction. When I’m revising chapters over multiple drafts, I bounce around different parts of the book, so I don’t track word count.

Steve: You decide to host a writer’s retreat. One weekend in a luxury house on an island. What three other authors do you invite to come along?
Brian: I would invite the authors who influenced me most and whom I’d love to meet and learn from in person: Stephen King, Clive Barker and Robert McCammon. All three are master storytellers.

Steve: Tell me about your newest release (novel/story/poem/novella) and why someone should read it!
Brian: I most recently re-released a collection called BLOOD SACRFICES: Three Horror Novellas. There’s a lot of horror fun and mayhem packed into this book. It kicks off with a bonus short story “The Girl from the Blood Coven.” This sets up a haunted house novella called The Witching House. Urban explorers search an old house in Texas where a coven of witches had been massacred back in the 1970s. Next is The Seekers, a modern Lovecraftian tale set in Boston. A journalist finds himself in a nightmare, when he discovers a strange cult of homeless people living in the subways and city ruins, worshipping a strange form of gods. The last novella, Darkness Rising, is a blend of Clive Barker’s Hellraiser, Lovecraft and my love of slasher movies. When often-bullied poet Marty Weaver crosses paths with three serial killers who produce snuff films, a violent encounter unleashes Marty’s dark side and a twisted story that’s a roller-coaster thrill-ride.

Steve: Bonus Question! You receive an invitation in the mail from one of these two people. The invitation invites you to have dinner and spend the night in their home. Do you accept the invitation from Victor Frankenstein or Dracula and why?

Brian: I’d choose Dracula. He’s cultured and centuries old. The conversation would be much more interesting. I’d love to explore Dracula’s castle. I love vampires and their stories. Dinner with Dracula would be entertaining, although the risk of surviving such a night would be much higher than hanging out with Frankenstein.

Excellent choice!

Thank you so much, Brian!

To find more of his work, check the links!

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Brian-Moreland/e/B002BM3020

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianMoreland

Website: http://www.brianmoreland.com/