Summary: Marty Young is president and founder of the Australian Horror Writers Association. Currently finishing his Ph.D in paleo-oceanography, Marty is co-editor of Macabre: The New Era in Australian Horror, which will be published in 2006. Marty's first short story will be released on Halloween 2005 as part of the Shadow Box e-anthology, and his first novel, 809 Jacob, is finished but awaiting some minor edits before he finds a home for it. In this creepy interview, Marty reveals: * Why we love being scared to death * How writers can build tension and suspense * How writers can frighten readers * How horror stories from various world regions differ * How horror writing has changed over the decades * Why horror movies are scarier than books--or are they? * What horror writers are really like
