{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/689b7bcb290bdec8f9696fb1/6aef1378218f4807f27e1d6c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Twisted Pike | David Barnett","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/689b7bcb290bdec8f9696fb1/1794052893990-04bb3697-ee7f-4212-912e-221c4b53db63.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong><em>&quot;Sometimes people do terrible things for what they think are the right reasons.&quot;</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>David Barnett</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>Folk horror author <a href=\"https://davidbarnett.wordpress.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">David Barnett</a> joins Nadine Matheson for a coffee break to discuss <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/14776/9781835983164\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Twisted Pike</a>, the fourth book in his folk horror quartet. The conversation covers comic book origins, surprising fox facts, and David&#39;s deeply personal story of being diagnosed with cancer unexpectedly, writing through chemotherapy, and the seven-hour surgery that followed. They also explore the golden age of horror fiction, book recommendations, and David&#39;s upcoming project that turns folk horror tropes inside out.</p><p><br></p><p>David Barnett is a journalist and folk horror author whose quartet of novels includes the recently published Twisted Pike. He has worked in local newspapers since age 19 and writes horror that explores the darkness in everyday communities. His next project reverses traditional folk horror by sending a closed community out into the world.</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/14776/9781835983164\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Buy &#39;Twisted Pike&#39; </a></p>","author_name":"Nadine Matheson"}