In this interview, we chat with Paula D. Ashe about writer's block, narrative movement, urban legends, and so much more. Paula D. Ashe (she/her) is an author of dark fiction. Her debut collection We Are Here to Hurt Each Other (Nictitating Books) was a Shirley Jackson Award winner for Single Author Collection and a Bram Stoker Award Finalist for Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection. Recently, she received the Joseph S. Pulver Sr. Weird Fiction Award at NecronomiCon Providence. Paula was also an associate editor for Vastarien: A Literary Journal. She lives in the Midwest with her family. Books and stories mentioned in this episode:  Supplication – Nour Abi-Nakhoul The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood Books of Blood; The Damnation Game; The Hellbound Heart – Clive Barker Midnight Rooms – Donyae Coles Blood from the Air – Gemma Files “each thing i show you is a piece of my death” – Gemma Files & Stephen J. Barringer Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke – Eric LaRocca “Abed” – Elizabeth Massie The Scar – China Miéville Beloved; The Bluest Eye – Toni Morrison Song of the Tyrant Worm – Hailey Piper Flowers for the Sea – Zin E. Rocklyn Cows – Matthew Stokoe The Secret History – Donna Tartt The Color Purple – Alice Walker Where I End – Sophie White