Radar DeBoard: Witches, Body Horror, and Working Class Nightmares

Radar DeBoard joins The Dark Mind Podcast to discuss his visceral novella Everything But the Skin, published by Uncomfortably Dark.Set in the cursed town of Shallow Root, the story follows a young girl named Sophia who finds herself psychically connected to an ancient evil hunting children.We explore how Radar blends body horror with supernatural elements to create what he calls comfort horror steeped in splatterpunk violence.Radar shares the origin of the infamous flagpole scene that sparked the entire book and discusses writing children in extreme horror without reducing them to symbols.We dive into themes of generational trauma, community denial, and the terrifying ways people ignore evil to preserve their comfortable lives.The conversation touches on his working class upbringing and how economic anxiety and inequality thread through all his work.Radar opens up about his writing process, creating morally gray monsters readers almost cannot blame, and his approach to implication versus explicit violence.We discuss his other projects including Drowning in the Drink, a grief horror novella based on his aunt's struggle with alcoholism, and A Year Spent in Horror, a collection of 365 micro horror stories.Radar reflects on being active in the indie horror community, where he draws the line in extreme content, and how becoming a new parent has changed his perspective on writing about children.Available now on Amazon and Godless.RADAR DEBOARD - AUTHOR LINKSAmazon Author Page:https://www.amazon.com/stores/Radar-DeBoard/author/B0937GYFP8Barnes & Noble:https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/%22Radar%20DeBoard%22Godless (Everything But the Skin):https://godless.com/products/everything-but-the-skin-by-radar-deboardLinktree:https://linktr.ee/radardeboardInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/radardeboard/Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/WriterRadarDeBoard/Publisher - Uncomfortably Dark:https://www.uncomfortablydark.comSupport The Dark Mind Podcasthttps://www.patreon.com/c/thedarkmindpodcast​