Author Interview with Glynn Barrass

Q: If you could have a fantasy pet, what would you have and why?
A: Hmmm a difficult one, as my cat Tiber is the only pet I’d ever want! He’s my best friend.
Let’s go for a Manticore though. They look cool, could fly me places, and really f**k up
my enemies with that scorpion tail of theirs.

Q: What type of music best describes your writing?
A: That truly depends on what genre I’m writing in. I listen to movie scores and soundtracks
while I’m writing, so I guess you could say orchestral?

Q: Tell us about your writing office/space and why it’s special If you could have a fantasy pet, what would you have and why?
A: It’s just a desk in a corner of my front room, so nothing particularly special about it. It has
been there a long time though!

Q: What is your favorite piece of visual art that has inspired a story or two?
A: I would have to say pieces, many pieces, and that’s art by Chrisopher Shy. He’s an
amazing artist and his paintings have inspired many stories. You can find some of his
great images here: https://www.artstation.com/studioronin

Q: If you didn’t write full-time what would your day job be? Is writing a hobby for you?
A: Well preferably my day job would be rich dilettante ha-ha, otherwise I have no idea.
Writing is more of a hobby for me than anything else, because I can’t imagine any day
job being this enjoyable.

Q: What is your writing schedule and how many words do you write in a sitting?
A: I write every day, shortly after getting up. Word count is variable, and I’m satisfied if I
get 300 words written in one sitting, if they’re good words.

Q: How do you celebrate publishing a new story?
A: Nothing special, just the feeling of satisfaction, I guess.

Q: How do you balance your outside life with your writing life?
A: I have no outside life ha-ha. I am quite the recluse by nature and happy with that.

Q: Write your eulogy in three sentences.
A: I would use the Howard Phillips Lovecraft couplet from The Nameless City:
“That is not dead which can eternal lie,
And with strange aeons even death may die.”

Q: What project are you most proud of completing?
A: Another difficult one! I’ve completed many projects so it’s impossible to choose just one.
The anthologies I edited for various publishers make me equally proud, followed by the
campaign book I wrote with Brian M. Sammons for Chaosium: A Time To Harvest.

Q: Do you have any projects you would like to tell your readers about?
A: Absolutely! My most recent anthology, co-edited with Brian M. Sammons. Mystery,
Murder, Madness, Mythos, is a collection of stories that blend the Cthulhu Mythos with
the Murder Mystery genre, and our authors did a fantastic job. It was published by PS
Publishing and is available from their site and all major book outlets.

Q: Who is your favorite character from any of your stories and why? If you had to choose a
popular author to continue writing this character in another book who would you choose
and why?
A: My favorite character is Cassandra Bane, a female Private Detective based in Red Hook,
New York. I’ve written over a dozen stories featuring her encounters with threats from
the Cthulhu Mythos to more traditional horrors. Who would I want to carry her torch?
Perhaps William Gibson? He’s one of my favorite authors, and she would certainly fit in
with his style and imagination.

Q: Where can your readers find you on social media?
A: There’s my website:
https://strangeraeons.godaddysites.com/
And my Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/glynn.barrass/

Bio: Glynn Owen Barrass lives in the North East of England and has been writing since late 2006. He has written over two hundred short stories, novellas, and role-playing game supplements, the majority of which have been published in France, Germany, Japan, Poland, Portugal, the UK, and the USA.

To date he has edited and co-edited ten anthologies: Anno Klarkash-Ton, Atomic Age Cthulhu, The Children of Gla’aki, Eldritch Chrome, In the Court of the Yellow King, Murder Mystery Madness and Mythos, Steampunk Cthulhu, The Summer of Lovecraft, Through a Mythos Darkly, and World War Cthulhu.

He has been the co-recipient of two Ennies awards for his gaming work.