An Interview With Cody Goodfellow
An Interview With Cody Goodfellow
By: Carrie Lee South
If you’re a fan of horror anthologies, you should already be reading Crystal Lake’s Dark Tide series. Each edition collects three novellas on a particular theme written by some of the genre’s most original voices. Their June release PsychoActive features Ryan C. Thomas, Ed Kurtz, Cody Goodfellow, and Anthony Trevino on the theme of “transformation.” The stories in this 16th volume explore the twisted corners of the human mind.
I found myself particularly drawn to the cosmic terror in Cody Goodfellow’s tale “The Secret Eater” which follows a family reaping the destructive benefits of their farm’s unique product: a strong and hallucinogenic moonshine.
Cody Goodfellow has been a fixture in the “weird” community for decades. Whether you know him from his vast catalog of novels and short fiction or his film and TV appearances, there’s no question that he knows what gets under your skin. I sat down with Cody to talk about his Lovecraftian influences, psychedelic experiences, and pulp existentialism.