THE CARETAKER with Marcus Kliewer

Marcus Kliewer on The Caretaker | Horror Author Interview | Quills & ChillsWhat happens when grief, money, and bad decisions collide?In this episode of Quills & Chills, I sit down with Marcus Kliewer to break down The Caretaker, a psychological horror story that starts grounded and keeps tightening the screws.Macy is a broke college grad, grieving her father and trying to care for her younger sister. When she takes a questionable Craigslist job, survival overrides instinct, and the story doesn’t let up.We get into:Writing flawed characters whose choices still feel inevitableThe story’s “rights” system and its connection to OCDStructuring a narrative as a one-way descentInfluence from Dark Souls IIBalancing reality vs perceptionWhy Oregon, specifically Salem, shapes the toneMarcus also previews what’s next, including another release this year and a darker, more expansive story in the same universe.FIND MARCUS KLIEWER ONLINE:IG: marcus_kliewerTikTok: marcus_kliewerReddit: r/oldhousearchiveFollow Quills & Chills on social:IG: @quillsandchillsBluesky: @quillsandchills.bsky.socialYOUTUBE: @quillsandchillspodcast