How Little Ghosts Books Became a Horror Community Hub

Chris Krawczyk founded Little Ghosts Books (Canada's first horror bookstore) and grew it into a press, a festival, and a travelling book fair. On MAKE // BREAK, Lance Marwood asks how a COVID-era reading catalogue became a Dundas West shop, why Little Ghosts reads every single submission (including 600-plus stories for a monster erotica anthology), and what it took to publish for three years with no arts funding. It's a conversation about burnout, reading slumps, paying artists, and why the horror community turned out warmer than comics ever was. Plus three graphic novels that will convert any horror reader.In this episode:From COVID comic-shop catalogue to Canada's first horror bookstoreBurnout, reading slumps and why paying artists breaks bothReading every submission — including 600-plus for a monster erotica anthologyThree years of self-funded publishing to reach arts-funding eligibilityGraphic novel recommendations and the warmth of the horror communityGuest links:→ https://www.littleghostsbooks.com→ https://www.instagram.com/littleghostsbooks—→ Listen on all platforms: https://pod.link/1831627966→ Watch on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUBRjKMVTI9g9dYHn-G1Eib-LfKLZso6_→ Follow: https://instagram.com/lowkeyhellish→ V13 Media: https://v13.net→ V13 Store: https://v13.store→ The Cherale (horror novella): https://a.co/d/1SZhhwS→ V13 newsletters: https://v13.net/newsletter/Subscribe, and then go spend something at a local indie bookstore; Chris would tell you that's where the whole ecosystem starts.