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Dead Languages

Carson Winter, P.L. McMillan

Authors P.L. McMillan and Carson Winter have joined forces to have lively, irreverent, and hopefully helpful conversations on the craft of writing horror fiction. Expect weird tangents, frank industry discussions, interviews, and more!

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Episodes

178 episodes

  1. Episode 177: Winners of the 2026 Drabble Contest 1:46:53
  2. Episode 176: WTF is Survival Horror? 1:37:17
  3. Episode 175: Spooky Season Vibe Check 1:54:46
  4. Episode 174: Gendered Genres (with CJ Subko) 1:33:05
  5. Episode 173: Worst Line is it Anyways 1:28:34
  6. Episode 172: The HWA Demonstrates a Healthy Death-Drive (Part II) 1:27:06
  7. Episode 171: The HWA Demonstrates a Healthy Death-Drive (Part I) 1:24:16
  8. Episode 170: Afraid of THE DARK 2:29:51
  9. Episode 169: Mental Illness in Horror 54:57
  10. Episode 168: History of Horror (Part II) 1:09:58
  11. Episode 167: History of Horror (Part I) 1:17:30
  12. Episode 166: Promptly Delivered Prompts 1:03:25
  13. Episode 165: Trendcasting Horror 1:38:29
  14. Episode 164: Work, Life, Repeat 1:24:51
  15. Episode 163: AI Keeps Making Everything Worse 1:24:38
  16. Episode 162: We Answer Questions from R/Horrorwriters 1:28:03
  17. Episode 161: Live Editing (with Kai Delmas) 1:56:35
  18. Episode 160: You Should Start a Newsletter 1:07:35
  19. Episode 159: Writer Insecurities 1:26:52
  20. Episode 158: The Future of Horror 1:18:00
  21. Episode 157: Best 5 So Far - 2026 1:33:16
  22. Episode 156: Mothers in Horror 1:10:16
  23. Episode 155: Why Your Story Is Getting Rejected 1:17:04
  24. Episode 154: WTF is Folk Horror 1:16:34
  25. Episode 153: Sizzling (Hot Off The Grill) Takes 1:38:59
  26. Episode 152: What the Slash Is Up With These Killers? 2:07:23
  27. Episode 151: "How Far is Too Far?" Ask the Dorks on Reddit 1:31:43
  28. Episode 150: Conspiracy Theory Horror 1:15:55
  29. Episode 149: Publishing a Book - Start to Finish 1:16:06
  30. Episode 148: Horror at Home 1:17:35
  31. Episode 147: Updates and Reddit Questions 1:18:04
  32. Episode 146: Dealing with Professional Envy 1:14:11
  33. Episode 145: Demon Horror 1:11:41
  34. Episode 144: Apocalypse Horror 1:19:49
  35. Episode 143: Regional Horror 1:28:38
  36. Episode 142: Why Mainstream Horror Sucks 1:36:24
  37. Episode 141: Bug Horror 1:24:23
  38. Episode 140: Fairy Tales (with Ivy Grimes) 1:17:15
  39. Episode 139: Our 2026 Writing Resolutions 1:20:46
  40. Episode 138: The Winners of the Second Annual Cummies 1:02:14
  41. Episode 137: Favorite Reads of 2025 (Part II) 1:51:40
  42. Episode 136: Ho-Ho-Holiday Horror 1:44:51
  43. Episode 135: Final Girls 1:08:48
  44. Episode 134: The Big, The Bigger, The Biggest - Kaiju in Horror 1:45:35
  45. Episode 133: The Annual Dead Languages DnD Extravaganza (Part 2) 1:14:11
  46. Episode 132: The Annual Dead Languages DnD Extravaganza (Part 1) 1:24:49
  47. Episode 131: Situational and Speculative Hooks 1:19:11
  48. Episode 130: Drabble Contest 2025! 1:23:21
  49. Episode 129: Live Editing! (with Kai Delmas) 1:59:23
  50. Episode 128: Editorial Services 1:28:51