If you’re a fan of podcasts and horror (and of course you are!) then chances are you’ll recognise our guest. Jonathan Sims is the author of Thirteen Storeys, but you may know him (or his voice) as the creator and narrator of The Magnus Archives. Yep, that’s right, I’m interviewing The Archivist himself.
Thirteen Storeys takes a lot of what makes The Magnus Archives great, and blends it with contemporary social realism to create a book that’s horrifying in more ways than one. It’s an anthology novel that comprises … well … thirteen stories, all about the haunted corridors of an inner-city tower block. Horrible things happen to good and bad people and, true to form, stuff gets very, very weird!
Jonny is every bit as good an interviewee as you’d expect from someone who does his day job. We get into all sorts of nooks and crannies about both the book and the show. We discuss how to create a singularly horrifying image, why M.R. James is still the man, and delve into the birth and forthcoming end of The Magnus Archives. Oh … and Kenny Loggins makes an appearance.
Enjoy!
Thirteen Stories is published by Gollancz on November 26th, 2020.
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Thanks to Terry Smith Audio for sound editing.