Withersin’s Damned Interview with:
Pamela K. Kinney
As Pamela K. Kinney, I am an author of published
horror, science fiction, fantasy, horror, poetry, and so far, two nonfiction
books, Haunted Richmond, Virginia and Haunted Virginia:
Legends, Myths and True Tales, both published by Schiffer Publishing. Using
the pseudonym, Sapphire Phelan, I have published erotic and sweet
paranormal/fantasy/science fiction romance, also poetry and a couple of erotic
horror stories, including the current ones, erotic urban fantasy, Being
Familiar With a Witch by Phaze Books and erotic Lovecraftian horror novella,
Unwitting Sacrifice, by Under the Moon. I have also done some acting on stage and in
films.
List some of your works (stories, books, poems, songs, albums,
movies, etc): Haunted Richmond, Virginia, Haunted Virginia: Legends, Myths and True
Tales, Beyond the Four Walls (out
of print and stories back in my hands), Spectre
Nightmares and Visitations (a collection of my horror stories and one poem,
to be soon published by Under the Moon), “Azathoth is Here,” Unwitting
Sacrifice (erotic Lovecraftian horror novella by Sapphire Phelan and published
by Under the Moon), “Werewolf for Hire” ( was published in 2006 and is a
reprint flash fiction in Spectre
Nightmares and Visitations), "Abuse" online at PrettyScary.Net, "Dark
Eyes" in Parasitic Sands Anthology, "Prey" in Mining the Muse, the Collective Works of
Chesterfield Writers Club Anthology, the poem, "The
Dragon" in Chesterfield Writers Club's second 2008 anthology,
"Pukwudgies: Little Monsters of New England" in Northern Haunts: 100 Terrifying Tales of New
England anthology, and
the ghost story, "Misery Loves Company" in The World Outside the Window anthology. Under the pseudonym, Sapphire
Phelan, I have published: "Wedded Magic", the science
fiction vampire paranormal short story, "Crimson Promise" by
Phaze, "Soul Seduction" in Forbidden
Love: Bad Boys and "Being a Predator is a Bitch"
in Forbidden Love: Wicked Women by Under the Moon, , "The Dark Man" in Forbidden Love: Sacred Bands, "Shadow
Lover " in Coming Together: Under
Fire anthology, the poems, "Costumed Scare" and
"Full Moon Lover" in Phaze in
Verse poetry anthology, the erotic paranormal novella, Beast Magic, that is also included in
the anthology, Shifting Desires,
a historical romance short story, "Old Friends" that was in the
December 2007 issue of Cobblestone Quarterly Press, "Jack" in
Sinister Tales Magazine and the erotic Lovecraftian horror novella, Unwitting Sacrifice, published
by Under the Moon, and an erotic urban fantasy, Being Familiar With a Witch, published
by Phaze Books. There’s more, but this is enough
for now.
Your website: http://FantasticDreams.50megs.com
How can you be contacted? Just click on
my email link at bottom of first page of my website.
In your own words,
define Withersin.
Dark, mysterious, like chocolate... addictive.
If you were a sideshow
act, what would you be?
What is your
greatest non-literary influence? Acting. I’ve done
acting in films and on stage.
Describe your most
irrational fear.
Spiders. Hate them.
How about your most guilty pleasure?
Chocolate.
Name the most
disturbing nursery rhyme/fairy tale you can recall.
Ring Around the Posey. Especially when I read
in a book that it had to do with the Black Death.
Do you eat meat?
Yes.
What were the skies
like when you were young?
Blue. Except,
when there was a storm, then they were dark and scary. Which
was cool. Still cool, actually.
Name your favorite
garden tool.
A rake.
Name your least
favorite color, first job and worst job.
Purple is my
fave color. First job and worse was walking around, conducting poll for a
polling company—I was 18 then.
Favorite:
Author, Movie, Music Group, Song, and Quote.
Shirley Jackson and Ray Bradbury.
The Haunting
(1963) and Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back.
No real music
group fave. No favorite song either.
Current fave quote: “You must stay drunk on writing so
reality cannot destroy you.” ~Ray Bradbury
If you were a loaf of
bread what kind would you be?
Crusty European bread.
Weirdest news you have
read in your local newspaper:
Can’t
remember and haven’t read any lately.
If you have a message
to the people of Earth, tell us what it is:
Be scared, very
scared.
And finally, a
question you can take anyway you like: But Why?
Because I can.
Here’s
a photo titled, “INEDIBLE NOT INTENDED FOR HUMAN
You have 112 words.
Go.
It saw the truck rolling down the highway and caught sight
of the words on the back of the tank.
Its tummy rumbled. After a season of hibernation, it needed
to eat. It rushed the truck and hooked it with its claws. Lifting the whole
vehicle, it took a bite. Toxic waste spilled out. Two more bites and the whole
truck vanished down its throat, including the screaming driver.
It picked its fangs with a claw. Part of a door dropped to
the asphalt.
It spied another tanker full of toxic waste heading up the
highway. Hunger pangs tore through it. It needed to catch up with a hundred years
of not eating.