Interview With Stuart R Brogan

I interviewed author Stuart R Brogan at The Slaughtered Bird:

Other than entertainment, tell us what you’d like the reader to take away most from your novel Jackals.

Hi David, and thanks for having me. For me as an author, one of the main things I want a reader to take away from reading Jackals is some sort of deep rooted “feeling”. It could be shock, intensity or the sensation of helplessness or solitude. They themselves are locked into the world of the Jackals and are along for the ride wherever it may lead; it’s a roller-coaster from which they can’t escape. Life is harsh and brutal and I want the reader to admit to themselves that it could actually happen. I am a huge fan of realism and as such it comes through in my writing. I want the reader to feel the elation or despair of the characters, to have a sense of empathy with the horrendous odds levied against them. The reason I write what I do (apart from enjoyment) is even though the monster under the stairs scenario is all well and good and the threat of some dystopian pandemic makes for a solid base for the genre, I believe the cruelty and horror mankind can inflict on others is far more terrifying than any boogeyman, and as such I believe the more plausible and likely the story arc, the more the reader will react to the progression of the story told.

There’s a lot of very strange and interesting stuff in the interview, so click and read!