#195: Brian McAuley - Author of Candy Cain Kills

This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes Brian McAuley back to the program to discuss Candy Cain Kills Again: The Second Slaying and more! Brian grew up in Weird, NJ on a steady diet of Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark? episodes. He received his BA in Creative Writing and Horror Theory from NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study before getting his MFA in Film from Columbia University. As a WGA screenwriter, Brian has written five films for the Lifetime Network in addition to writing and producing the award-winning thriller Dismissed for BoulderLight Pictures. He sold his TV series pitch Affliction to Syfy Network in a pilot development deal and penned an episode of Fuller House for Netflix. Brian’s debut novel Curse of the Reaper was published through Simon & Schuster and named one of the Best Horror Books of 2022 by Esquire. His Christmas horror novella Candy Cain Kills released in 2023 through Shortwave Publishing with the sequel dropping on November 12, 2024. Brian McAuley is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Screenwriting at the Sidney Poitier New American Film School of Arizona State University. Facebook: https://facebook.com/capestightspod Twitter: https://twitter.com/capestightspod Instagram: https://instagram.com/capesandtightspodcast YouTube: https://youtube.com/@capesandtights Website: https://capesandtights.com