Masters of the cinema!Masters of the written word!Masters of imagination! This is a collection of 21 interviews with horror, science fiction and fantasy most intriguing writers and filmmakers. The book features firsthand accounts and conversations from many of the crème de le crème including such iconic filmmakers as: John Carpenter, Linnea Quigley, Adrienne Barbea and Fred Olen Ray. And such world-renowned genre authors as: Ray Bradbury, Peter Straub, Laurell K. Hamilton, Joe Lansdale, Jack Ketchum, Jeff Long, Thomas Ligotti, Frederik Pohl, William F. Nolan, Christopher Moore and more. This interview odyssey features a foreword by speculative fiction scribe Alan Dean Foster and an afterword by filmmaker and author Gregory Lamberson. Nominated for the Stoker Award. Michael McCarty is a former stand-up comedian, musician and managing editor of a music magazine. He holds the David R. Collins Literary Achievement Award from the Midwest Writing Center; and is a third-time Bram Stoker Finalist. This is his fifth nonfiction book. He lives in Rock Island, Illinois with his wife Cindy.