I'd worked at a small town newspaper, and I was thinking of all the strange stories that I had seen float through the newsroom in my time there that were dismissed as kind of amusing curiosities. Somehow from that I got to this idea of an eccentric alcoholic who built a lighthouse in the woods.
Band of Skulls is joining Cage the Elephant as my new musical caffeine. - Michael Koryta
Band of Skulls is joining Cage the Elephant as my new musical caffeine.
- Michael Koryta
I made a very conscious effort to finish 'The Cypress House' before 'So Cold the River' launched, because I thought that would help build a buffer be… - Michael Koryta
I made a very conscious effort to finish 'The Cypress House' before 'So Cold the River' launched, because I thought that would help build a buffer be…
Stephen King, by far, is the standard-bearer. I think anyone who writes suspense fiction and says that King isn't an influence is either lying or bei… - Michael Koryta
Stephen King, by far, is the standard-bearer. I think anyone who writes suspense fiction and says that King isn't an influence is either lying or bei…
We understand tornadoes scientifically, but it still feels supernatural. The randomness makes it feel supernatural. - Michael Koryta
We understand tornadoes scientifically, but it still feels supernatural. The randomness makes it feel supernatural.
I started writing as soon as I started reading. - Michael Koryta
I started writing as soon as I started reading.
You should be writing for the love of the story, and when it comes time to return to the manuscript, everything else belongs behind a closed door. - Michael Koryta
You should be writing for the love of the story, and when it comes time to return to the manuscript, everything else belongs behind a closed door.
I think pressure can be an incentive toward improvement, and while I'm not denying that I feel some, I will also stress that it is self-inflicted and… - Michael Koryta
I think pressure can be an incentive toward improvement, and while I'm not denying that I feel some, I will also stress that it is self-inflicted and…
I think if you looked at the kind of ebb and flow of supernatural fiction and horror fiction, it does seem to be more popular in times when were hamm… - Michael Koryta
I think if you looked at the kind of ebb and flow of supernatural fiction and horror fiction, it does seem to be more popular in times when were hamm…
I think anyone who writes suspense fiction and says that King isn't an influence is either lying or being foolish. - Michael Koryta
I think anyone who writes suspense fiction and says that King isn't an influence is either lying or being foolish.
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