Interview With Author Thomas Michael Thomas
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I watch bizarre 70s horror films and read really old occult books.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
A Thin Veil of the Cosmos.
It is a coming-of-age cosmic horror novel, about an occult curious goth teen who stumbles upon an old book that helps her channel her voice through the universe and contacts intelligent life. In Abagail’s last week of high school, she disappears without a trace, returns in the middle of a baseball game with no memory, and deals with small-town religious mania, a UFO cult, and a conspiracy theory tin foil hat man, while dealing with her mother who believes she is a prophet of God.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
No more than any other author. I do run excessively and don’t sleep very much.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Dennis Wheatley. Cormac McCarthy. Douglas Adams.
What are you working on now?
My third novel is called Her Black Magic Hand.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Put out your best work by reading what your peers write and make sure your cover looks great.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
A shoe salesman told me “People can’t see when they can see.”
What are you reading now?
The Sentinel by Jeffrey Konvitz
What’s next for you as a writer?
Possibly moving into a small press publication, I am not certain though. I do many variant covers for the same book, with different color schemes of the main image. A Thin Veil of the Cosmos has three covers, although the story is the same on the inside. A small press company wouldn’t put up with that.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Slaughter House Five
Watership Down
My Brother Sam is Dead
The Devil Rides out
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