In this interview, Randy Nikkel Schroeder talks about noir, character possession, Biblical frisson, and so much more. Randy Nikkel Schroeder is the author of Arctic Smoke (NeWest), Crooked Timber: Seven Suburban Faerie Tales (Green Magpie), and over fifty published short stories. In his spare time, he is professor of English, Languages, and Cultures at Mount Royal University. Books mentioned in this episode: Queenpin; The Turnout; You Will Know Me – Megan Abbott Poetics – Aristotle Book of Greek Myths – Ingri d'Aulaire & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire Save the Cat! Writes a Novel – Jessica Brody Dave Robicheaux novels – James Lee Burke The Story Grid: What Good Editors Know – Shawn Coyne Neuromancer – William Gibson Attack of the Copula Spiders and Other Essays on Writing – Douglas Glover Red Dragon – Thomas Harris Winter's Tale - Mark Helprin The Lottery and Other Stories – Shirley Jackson Rose Madder – Stephen King Mystic River – Dennis Lehane The Magician's Nephew – C. S. Lewis Dialogue: The Art of Verbal Action for Page, Stage, and Screen – Robert McKee Consider This: Moments in My Writing Life After Which Everything Was Different – Chuck Palahniuk Gravity's Rainbow – Thomas Pynchon Old Testament – Various authors