#122: Exploring Extreme Horror with Jonathan Butcher

This week on Curio, Tom and George are joined by extreme horror and splatterpunk author, Jonathan Butcher. Jonathan is best known for his books What Good Girls Do, Chocolateman, and Motel Styx. Jonathan also recently won the Gross Out contest at Killercon for his short story Last Night's Gig. __Follow Jonathan and check out his website Website: https://jonathanbutcherhorror.bigcartel.comTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drbutchermdInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/drbutchermd_author__00:00:00 Introduction to Jonathan and extreme horror 00:05:55 What is Splatterpunk? 00:10:37 What Good Girls Do 00:14:27 Why on earth have you written this? 00:20:09 The power of morbid curiosity 00:23:11 Does shock value trump good writing? 00:25:03 Extreme horror writer recommendations 00:29:34 The backstory of Chocolateman 00:38:40 What makes a Jonathan Butcher book? 00:42:22 What inspires extreme horror writers? 00:47:00 Research required for extreme horror 00:50:02 The difficulties of writing as a collaboration 00:58:58 The morality of pushing horror to its extreme 01:03:46 Jonathan's Killercon Gross Out winning short story