Listen to Craftwork S1E12: Cruel Elegance, Cosmic Pessimism, & Rust Belt Vibes w/ Paula D. Ashe.

In this interview, we chat with Paula D. Ashe about writer’s block, narrative movement, urban legends, and so much more.

Paula D. Ashe (she/her) is an author of dark fiction. Her debut collection We Are Here to Hurt Each Other (Nictitating Books) was a Shirley Jackson Award winner for Single Author Collection and a Bram Stoker Award Finalist for Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection. Recently, she received the Joseph S. Pulver Sr. Weird Fiction Award at NecronomiCon Providence. Paula was also an associate editor for Vastarien: A Literary Journal. She lives in the Midwest with her family.

Books and stories mentioned in this episode:

• Supplication – Nour Abi-Nakhoul
• The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
• Books of Blood; The Damnation Game; The Hellbound Heart – Clive Barker
• Midnight Rooms – Donyae Coles
• Blood from the Air – Gemma Files
• “each thing i show you is a piece of my death” – Gemma Files & Stephen J. Barringer
• Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke – Eric LaRocca
• “Abed” – Elizabeth Massie
• The Scar – China Miéville
• Beloved; The Bluest Eye – Toni Morrison
• Song of the Tyrant Worm – Hailey Piper
• Flowers for the Sea – Zin E. Rocklyn
• Cows – Matthew Stokoe
• The Secret History – Donna Tartt
• The Color Purple – Alice Walker
• Where I End – Sophie White