A Spooky Interview with Brian Moreland

Samhain Screams will be released on the 17th of October—but the Kindle version is available for pre-order today at just $1.99 instead of $3.99. You can also add the anthology to your Goodreads list. Our aim is quite simply to make Halloween 2025 the spookiest ever with this anthology featuring twenty scary tales handpicked by Greg Chapman and Cameron Trost. Do you dare peek into the troubled minds of our contributing authors?

Hi Brian,

Do you have a favourite Halloween tale?

I have three that are equally thrilling horror movies. First, I saw John Carpenter’s classic Halloween when I was just a kid in 1978. Halloween is the ultimate horror film for my favorite holiday. Micheal’s creepy mask, his eerie silence as he stalked a normal-looking neighborhood in Haddonfield, and that Michael didn’t die were uncanny. He became an authentic bogeyman on the screen. Halloween III: Season of the Witch was an odd diversion from the Michael Myers slasher format, but that movie was so dark and strange that I found it unsettling during my first viewing; and when I watched it again years later, Season of the Witch still creeped me out. My third favorite Halloween tale would be the horror anthology film Trick r’ Treat. This movie of interwoven, comic-book-style stories was just plain fun. The movie captures the essence of Halloween with a number of creepy stories. I also love Sam, the pumpkin-headed boy, as the mascot. What I loved most about these three movies was the first time I watched them, they were original, unpredictable, and offered some genuine scares.

Would you share something about yourself that your readers don’t know yet?

Before I began my career as an author, I spent 25 years working as a video editor of corporate videos, documentaries, and TV commercials. I traveled all over the globe with a video crew. Highlights included a gig in Paris, three trips to Hong Kong, and two jobs with the USO at U.S. military bases in Baghdad, Iraq. I even survived a mortar bombing and got to take refuge with troops inside Saddam Hussein’s palace. While freelancing on the side, I also edited and designed books for authors. My dream has always been to be an author of horror and thrillers. I’ve been writing fiction since I was nineteen. I attempted writing many manuscripts in my teens and twenties. After college, it took me 14 years to finally break into the publishing business with my first novel, Shadows in the Mist. I have since published over 10 books and numerous short stories.

What are you working on at the moment? What are you writing?

For the past two years, I’ve been writing novellas, novelettes, and short stories with the intention of releasing two collections, beginning in Spring/Summer 2026. One collection is entirely folk horror stories, headlined by a detective thriller novella. The second collection is a mix of horror short stories and novelettes that I’ve written over a span of 30 years.

Where can we find you online?

You can find my bio and all my books available on Amazon.com.

Thanks for playing along!

It’s been fun. Happy Halloween!