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Ink Blots: Author Interviews

Fear, Film, and Fiction – A Conversation with James Kaine

This week, host Rob Southgate descends into the chilling world of horror with bestselling author, publisher, and filmmaker James Kaine. From his roots in Trenton, NJ to becoming a #1 Amazon horror author, James shares how his passion for visceral storytelling, cinema, and fear fuels his work — including his acclaimed novel The Dead Children’s Playground, which Publisher’s Weekly’s BookLife praised as a read that “will chill readers to the bone.”

As the founder of Horror House Publishing and a pro member of the Horror Writer’s Association, James dives deep into what makes horror stick, how to keep readers up at night, and what it means to write stories that linger long after the last page.

🔖 About James Kaine James Kaine is a bestselling author, publisher and filmmaker born and raised in Trenton, NJ. An active pro member of the Horror Writer’s Association, he brings readers visceral, haunting tales of terror via his Horror House Publishing imprint. BookLife by Publisher’s Weekly proclaimed his novel, The Dead Children’s Playground, “will chill readers to the bone.” The book, the first in his American Horrors anthology series, has been a number 1 bestseller in U.S. Horror on Amazon, a reader selection for the 2025 Books of Horror Indie Brawl and is being translated into multiple languages, bringing James’s cinematic style of scary storytelling to a global audience.

📚 Check Out James Kaine’s Books

🩸 Explore his terrifying tales and #1 bestseller The Dead Children’s Playground on Amazon: 👉 James Kaine's Amazon Author Page

🔗 Connect with James Kaine Online:

• 📘 Facebook: @JamesKaineWrites

• 📸 Instagram: @JamesKaineWrites

• 🐦 Twitter/X: @JamesKaineBooks

🔍 Episode Keywords:

James Kaine, horror author, The Dead Children’s Playground, indie horror, psychological horror, horror writing tips, cinematic storytelling, horror fiction, Horror House Publishing, American Horrors, horror novels, indie publishing, Books of Horror, horror interviews, writing process

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