Ask the Author: Malachai Blackthorn
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Malachai Blackthorn
I normally don’t answer these types of questions, since my work lives in longer, more sustained horror. But here’s your two-sentence story—
I pressed my ear to the nursery door and finally heard the baby crying.
She died thirteen years ago.
I pressed my ear to the nursery door and finally heard the baby crying.
She died thirteen years ago.
Malachai Blackthorn
Every horror writer has a private mystery. Mine isn’t about ghosts or missing people. It’s about the silences in my past that still feel louder than any scream. That’s the book I haven’t written—because even now, I’m not sure I want the answer.
Malachai Blackthorn
Most readers choose worlds of escape. Mine would be a world of confrontation. I’d go wherever the shadows press hardest — because that’s where stories stop pretending, and start telling the truth.
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