Our next edge-of-your-seat anthology, A Hint of Hitchcock, will be released in time for Halloween, and is available for Kindle pre-order today for just $1.99 instead of $3.99. While the suspense is building, we're interviewing the contributing authors so you know a little more about what makes them tick...
Hi David, thanks for agreeing to be interviewed. Let’s get started!
The first question is inevitable...which Hitchcock film is your personal favourite, and why?
I'm a Psycho person, which is a perfectly constructed chiaroscuro nightmare, with a structure that remains effectively askew.
Which actor or actress do you think was the best he worked with?
Can I say Vincent Price, since he was in one of the TV shows? Okay, Kim Novak.
What is it about Hitchcock's films that makes them so timeless, or is it just the opposite, that the appeal lies in that bygone era?
It seems little known that one of Hitch's early jobs was in 1920s Berlin, the era of Dr Caligari and Metropolis. Discussions with FW Murnau (the director of Nosferatu) seem to have had a strong influence on how he looked at film as a visual medium, and he used expressionism throughout his career. Psycho is one example, and his mastery of the camera in Vertigo is another.
Do you have a favourite director, other than Hitchie himself, of course?
There's always the "Italian Hitchcock", Dario Argento! Not quite as consistent perhaps, but certainly a master of visual style and twisted psyches.
Without giving too much away, how did you come up with the idea for your story in A Hint of Hitchcock?
I literally dreamed the main premise of Relish, and then had to go and make a proper story of it. Some of the ideas in Donald Spoto's biography "The Dark Side of Genius" were an inspiration.
Time to get more personal. Tell us three interesting facts about yourself.
I won a state-wide maths competition in high school. I wrote a combined Doctor Who/horror 'zine back in the day (that got mentioned in the DVD commentary of my favourite story, Ghost Light). I designed a map for Sunnydale California (home to a certain vampire slayer) that became the basis for some official work.
What do you aim to give your readers?
"When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he says, 'But what's my motivation, ' I say, 'Your salary.' "
What are you working on now?
My co-written novel Prismatic (written as Edwina Grey, winner of an Aurealis award for best Australian horror novel) has just been re-released in digital form, so I am spreading the word.
Where can we find you online
https://twitter.com/theunamiable
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