Chris Bauer discusses his debut novel Scars on the Face of God: The Devil’s Bible and the creative process at Horror Bound Online Magazine.
“Would you tell us a bit about your interest in the horror genre itself?”
“I’ve heard a number of the more successful horror authors describe themselves as thriller writers, and to a large extent I agree with this assessment. Horror really shouldn’t be considered separate from the thriller genre; its antagonists are simply more nightmarish or creepy or fantastic.”
“How do the characters manifest in your creative imagination?”
“I typically know them beforehand. A gruff uncle, a grade school nun, a priest projected to be of suspect moral character because of the way he manhandled the altar boys (physically and verbally, but not sexually), some disabled children I remembered from childhood, all were key to developing the characters in my debut novel.”
To read the rest of the interview go here. To read an excerpt of Scars on the Face of God: The Devil’s Bible go here.
