Interview with horror author Elijah Frost )O(

Merry meet all,

Welcome everyone. Today we chat with the horror author Elijah Frost. 

I chose horror because as I’ve said in previous interviews I grew up with very bad night terrors and as a way of curing myself of them I forced myself to watch a lot of horrors. The double sided blade to that is now I’m desensitised to most things so now I want to write a story that scares me and not just my readers. Another reason is when I used to wrestle I did so as the villain and the one time that I wrestled as the good guy it didn’t go as well and it showed in my performance and that was when I knew I write better from the villain’s perspective. Now that I really think about it I think creature feature is my favourite subgenre of horror because I enjoy all the detail of the different monsters that authors use and my least favourite is comedy horror. For me personally, horror should be scary not funny.

Stephen King is naturally at the top of the list because of the many stories he’s written. The vast array of different types of fear he’s explored from slasher to psychological is exactly what I want to do but with my own twist on it. Other big names for me are Dean Koontz and James Herbert but I also read authors who are maybe lesser well known like Charlie Higson, Alison Littlewood and Stephen Jones because the detail they put into their work makes seeing what’s happening easier which again is what I want. I find a well written, highly detailed story pulls you into it and helps increase the fear factor. I don’t have a specific writing process but I find that I tend to write better when I’m sitting in bed at night. Having a big family hinders my writing because there’s always something that needs doing or someone that wants something so at night when it’s dark outside and quiet with the kids in bed I find the words just tend to flow out of me so on a good night I can write a few thousand words. As for the editing side of things I go over my work as many times as I need to with as fine tooth comb as I can correcting punctuation, grammar and adding or removing to the story to make it as perfect as I can.

What inspires me to write horror? The answer is life. I’ve seen what nasty things people can do to each other, I’ve been on the receiving end of it but I don’t and won’t let it define me or stop me. I’m going to use it and the demons I’ve acquired to become not a good writer but a great horror author and cement my legacy for my kids. I use everything from song lyrics to images and random conversations to objects around me to conjure ideas and expand on those and other ideas to form captivating and terrifying stories.

I love Indie Publishing because they care. They put time and effort into each and every author they have because they know that if they win so does the publisher. They want you to succeed just as much as the author wants to.

Over the years I’ve watched many horror movies and I would have to say that my favourite horror movie has to be The Grudge because it’s really the only horror movie that sends shivers down my spine. The movie that’s inspired and impressed me is Alien. It’s dark, foreboding, nerve wrenching and it all stems from one single entity that although is blind is an extremely efficient killer. I don’t listen to music as such when I’m writing, preferring inside the quiet solitude of my own head but I do have a go to violinist that I listen to get my head in the game as far as writing goes. That means that once I’ve listened to her songs.

I’m raring to go with writing. Yes I do. I’m currently heading up two very important projects, both of which are very dear to my heart. The first is I’m part of a small group that is in the early stages of creating a new superhero universe. All new heroes, villains and hopefully new powers. Most of the stories are in the early stages but I have big plans for these stories and I’m hoping that in the near future we have a universe that is comparable in popularity to Marvel or DC. The second project is one that me and a few other authors have been working on for a few years. It’s a shared world interdimensional fantasy that is based on the star signs. By the end of it there will be 12 separate stories that co-join and co-exist within the same universe.This particular story idea is one that I firmly believe can be bigger than Lord Of The Rings.

Readers can find me on Facebook, TikTok and Instagram all of which are under the name Elijah Frost horror author. I also have an account on Threads and I’m trying to get started with a newsletter on Substack as well.

Blessings, Spiderwitch )O(