Behind This Way Lies Madness

If you caught Tuesday’s episode, you’ll know that this week on the LIVE AND SPOOKY edition of the podcast, we’re spotlighting our anthology, This Way Lies Madness. A collection of short stories that presents fictional interpretations of madness with the hope of reinventing the over stigmatized representations of mental health in horror. In that episode, we included a discussion between the editors, Lee Murray and Dave Jeffery, and shared two brand new short stories along with insights from their authors. Today’s bonus episode gives the rest of the anthology’s contributors a platform to share their thoughts and inspirations behind their work. We’ll also be revealing an exclusive discount code that will get you 30% off the anthology on our website!A big thank you to all of the anthology contributors who sent in audio clips for the podcast: Lee Murray, Dave Jeffery, Sara Larner, Sean Hogan, Emily Ruth Verona, Ryan Cole, Callum Rowland, Kayleigh Dobbs, Sayan J. Soselisa, Amanda Cecelia Lang, Alan Baxter, Stephen Volk, Ramsey Campbell, Alma Katsu, Marie O’ Regan, Grace Chan, L.E. Daniels and Sumiko Saulson. Lee Murray in discussion with the book’s illustrator, Greg Chapman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-3hwbqGF_U&t=1sThis episode was hosted by Bea. .....................................................................................................................................Music is an extract of Sunbeams by Allen Stroud, from his Fractal Series album, licensed courtesy of fpl-digital 2025.This podcast is hosted and sometimes narrated by Beatrix Ambery (also audio editor), Olivia Jackson (also podcast coordinator), Shilpa Varma and Nick Wells (also producer). Chosen from hundreds of wonderful tales, short stories such as these are selected by our short window open submission process, giving opportunities to writers of all levels of experience, culture and location. Look out for our submission announcements, and see the full list here:  flametreepublishing.com/gothic-fantasy-book-series-list.htmlOur full range of thematic short stories, epic tales, mythology and folklore titles are available at all good bookstores, online and in retail, and at flametreepublishing.com Flame Tree Publishing, Best Indie Press 2024 & 2025 (British Fantasy Society). Beautiful Books, Timeless Storytelling, Fresh Perspectives.The Flame Tree Myth and Fiction podcast is created and © copyright 2025 Flame Tree Publishing Ltd.