What, Why, How: Patrick Shawn Bagley

What:

I write crime and horror fiction, mostly with a hardscrabble rural setting. My characters tend to be people who are damaged in some way even before I put them through the wringer, and my endings are rarely what you’d call “happy.” I’ve written and published poetry, though not in the last few years. Prose takes up all of my writing time.

Why:

Why do I write, and why do I write what I do? It sure isn’t for the money, though a bit more of that would help keep a roof over my head. I sup...