Today’s 3Q’s is a fun one! I always like when people send in some fun ‘accessory’ stuff for their answers and Ezekiel did just that!
I connected with Ezekiel a while back and it’s been great watching his fans get new and saliva-creating works of dark fiction!
Please, welcome Ezekiel!
Steve: What does your process look like once you finish your first draft? Do you immediately dive back into it, or do you take some time away?
EK: Once I’m done with my first draft, I take some time away from it and work on something else. I usually work on something drastically different. For example, if I’m writing horror comedy I will switch to something intense and scary. This keeps my mind fresh and allows me to switch gears. When I go back to the first draft, it helps me look at it with fresh eyes.
Steve: Do you believe cryptozoological creatures exist? If so, which one do you think has the best chance of being proven to exist?
EK: Of course! Look at this picture I took around my property. My fiancé says it is just a puddle. But I say it is a Sasquatch footprint. This is obviously a major point of contention in the relationship.
Steve: Of the books or stories you’ve released, which is your personal favorite and why?
EK: Man, this is a tough one. I’d have to say it is my Dreadful Death series (third book in the series is forthcoming). This series is based on the ghost of a little girl that appeared to me a few years ago. There’s also a real-life haunted photo involved with the writing of the books as well as a haunted doll. This series was by far the most intense thing I have ever written and has literally given people nightmares. I had a few beta readers tap out before the end because the story got to them too deeply.
Steve: Bonus Fun Question – What was the best practical joke you’ve ever been involved in?
EK: There have been many, but my all-time favorite is the one I pulled on my oldest daughter. When she was around ten or eleven, I told her this story about some haunted VHS tapes I found in an old man’s trash can when I was around her age. I told her these tapes have real documented footage of a family being harassed and then possessed by an evil entity. I showed her my Paranormal Activity DVDs and said that I had to hide the tapes, so I got them transferred onto DVD and made them look like real movies. I told her I did all this so I could “hide them in plain sight.”
She was fascinated by the story and the movies. She asked me what happened to the VHS tapes, and I told her I had gotten frightened and threw them away. I told her the other weird thing about these tapes was the date on them. I told her I found them in 1990 but the date on the camera when recording was around 2007.
For years my daughter would ask me about the tapes and when she could watch them. I even had my brother involved in the prank, confirming my story about the footage. Finally, when my daughter turned sixteen, I let her watch the movies. She was enthralled and scared out of her mind, thinking they were real. After we watched the first Paranormal Activity movie, she was searching for it online, still convinced that what she saw was real. Even when she saw the actors and actresses names, she still couldn’t put it together. It wasn’t until she read an actual interview with the actors that it dawned on her.
She had been had! The look on her face was epic. I carried this joke on for about five or six years and the payoff was well worth it. It is still a running joke between me and my kids about how bad I got her. My patience for being able to carry this thing on for years is also praised by my friends and family. It was a fantastic prank and still brings us laughs to this day.
Steve: Hahaha! Oh man, that is great! The long game always pays off!
Thank you so much for doing this, Ezekiel! To find more of his work – check the links!
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Ezekiel-Kincaid/author/B08GZQ55PQ
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EzekielKincaid
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