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TIH 287: John F.D. Taff on His Childhood Haunted House, Ghost Stories, and The Supernatural

  • July 8, 2019

  • 4 mins to read

In this podcast John F.D. Taff talks about his childhood haunted house, ghost stories, the supernatural, and much more.

About John F.D. Taff

John F.D. Taff is a Bram Stoker Award-Nominated author with more than 30 years experience, 90+ short stories and five novels in print. His first fiction collection, Little Deaths, was named the best horror collection of 2012 by HorrorTalk. Jack Ketchum called his novella collection, The End in All Beginnings, “one of the best novella collections I’ve read.” His fiction collection, Little Black Spots, was published by Grey Matter Press. His latest release, The Fearing: Fire and Rain is out right now. Look for more of his work in anthologies such as Cutting Block Book’s Single Slices, Gutted: Beautiful Horror Stories, The Beauty of Death, Shadows Over Main Street 2 and Behold: Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders. Taff lives in the wilds of Illinois with three pugs, two cats and one long-suffering wife.

Show notes

  • [02:10] Childhood haunted house story
  • [51:15] Getting burnt out on ghost stories
  • [01:06:30] Hundley House in Carbondale, Illinois

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