In Episode 6 of Our First Fears, novelist and illustrator Ethan M. Aldridge shares their own personal tales of growing up in a supposedly haunted house in Utah. And I chime in with some stories about my own experiences as a haunted pre-teen in north-central New Jersey. We talk about ghosts as metaphor, visit some familiar haunted tropes from favorite fantastical fiction and film, as well as how and why we both ended up connecting so deeply to the horror genre, and hauntings in particular.

This one gets kinda personal, and Ethan was generous enough to go there with me. 

Ethan M. Alrdridge’s best-selling work includes the graphic novels Estranged, Estranged 2: The Changeling King, The Legend of Bright Blade, and most recently, the illustrated gothic novel, Deephaven, about a teen who comes to a mysterious boarding school only to learn that the place is chock-full of the darkest hallways, and secrets, imaginable. Find all their books now at your favorite local bookshop!

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