How Little Ghosts Books Became a Horror Community Hub

<p>Chris Krawczyk founded Little Ghosts Books (Canada&#39;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&#39;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.</p><p>In this episode:</p><ul><li>From COVID comic-shop catalogue to Canada&#39;s first horror bookstore</li><li>Burnout, reading slumps and why paying artists breaks both</li><li>Reading every submission — including 600-plus for a monster erotica anthology</li><li>Three years of self-funded publishing to reach arts-funding eligibility</li><li>Graphic novel recommendations and the warmth of the horror community</li></ul><p>Guest links:</p><p>→ <a href="https://www.littleghostsbooks.com">https://www.littleghostsbooks.com</a></p><p>→ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/littleghostsbooks">https://www.instagram.com/littleghostsbooks</a></p><p>—</p><p>→ Listen on all platforms: <a href="https://pod.link/1831627966">https://pod.link/1831627966</a></p><p>→ Watch on YouTube: <a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUBRjKMVTI9g9dYHn-G1Eib-LfKLZso6_">https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUBRjKMVTI9g9dYHn-G1Eib-LfKLZso6_</a></p><p>→ Follow: <a href="https://instagram.com/lowkeyhellish">https://instagram.com/lowkeyhellish</a></p><p>→ V13 Media: <a href="https://v13.net">https://v13.net</a></p><p>→ V13 Store: <a href="https://v13.store">https://v13.store</a></p><p>→ The Cherale (horror novella): <a href="https://a.co/d/1SZhhwS">https://a.co/d/1SZhhwS</a></p><p>→ V13 newsletters: <a href="https://v13.net/newsletter/">https://v13.net/newsletter/</a></p><p>Subscribe, and then go spend something at a local indie bookstore; Chris would tell you that&#39;s where the whole ecosystem starts.</p>