First Word on Horror is a fifteen-part documentary series that profiles five of the finest horror writers working today.
Across multiple episodes, each author discusses their life, inspirations, philosophies, and writing techniques while reading one of their short stories. As fact and fiction blend, secrets are revealed, and the delicate alchemy that turns human experience into creative expression begins to emerge.
The series is a love letter to writers of all ilk, to the primacy of the human experience, and to the simple act of reading a damned good story.
The authors profiled are New York Times bestsellers, multi-award winners, and cult favorites. In this first season, they are Stephen Graham Jones, Paul Tremblay, Elizabeth Hand, Laird Barron, and Mariana Enriquez.
Through the authors’ lives, the series takes viewers from a harrowing Iditarod dogsled race in Alaska to the lurking terror of growing up under the Argentinian dictatorship, from the unbridled energy of the early DC punk scene to an ill-fated hunting expedition on the Blackfeet reservation in Montana.
Click here to watch the trailer.
First Word on Horror – FULL Episode Release Dates:
February 7 – Stephen Graham Jones
February 21st – Paul Tremblay
March 14th – Elizabeth Hand
April 4th – Laird Barron
April 24th – Mariana Enriquez
First Word on Horror will be released exclusively via Substack on February 7, 2025.
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