On Episode 93 of The Martin Lastrapes Show Podcast Hour Chanel and recap Halloween 2015 and talk about my Grand Prize at the Southern California Book Festival. I also share some old writing I found from the days before I was a published novelist.

A few topics covered:

• Why Halloween appeals to my creativity
• Dressing up as Karate Man (pre-Karate Kid era) in 1st or 2nd grade
• Halloween stores need to step up their game
• The publication of The Vampire, the Hunter, and Frank
• Book release party
• My first ever live podcast
• Being an introvert
• The vampire poem I wrote in college