Interview with Laura Campbell - By David Kempf
1. When did you first become interested in horror? As a child, my parents would read Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” as a bedtime story. So, horror is literary comfort food for me. Add family movie night when I was a teenager featuring most of the great 1980’s slasher franchises, and my interest in horror was set. 2. Did you always enjoy writing? Always. One of my years at school there was a fifteen minute ‘quiet time’ in which we could do – silently – in preparation for the day. I used that time to craft stories. I have always loved reading and writing. 3. Do you prefer writing short stories or novels? Short stories are my go-to, although I am trying my hand at novels. There is a wonderful challenge with short fiction, trying to capture so much in so few words. 4. Is there another genre that you write in? I have written horror, thrillers, science fiction, and even a few fantasy stories. I have also been an author on scientific research articles published in...