Sep 17, 2026 · 42 min · 12 segments
As if the Lansdales weren’t dominating fiction enough, here comes Kasey Lansdale with a crackerjack debut Southern Gothic Noir that will make your hair stand on end. “First Chance” is the kind of…
Kasey LansdaleGuest
Sean O'ConnorHost
The Lansdale name may bring some people to the bookstore, and that's fantastic.
But I really do feel like people are just going to pick this book up, one, because the cover is fantastic.
They sent about 14 comps, and I went through and I gave some notes, and then they came back two months later.
I was like, okay, well, that's how you know it's it because, like, my heart responded.
And it's going to pop off the shelf at your local bookstore, and I think people are really going to gravitate toward it.
And you and I both know, you know, we've talked to multiple authors and sometimes you get feedback of like, well, I didn't have a lot of feedback.
So when you do have a cover that is that's just that creative and dynamic and the colors are fantastic, you're like, whew, OK. Yeah.
I knew to put in my contract that I got final cover approval, and that was important.
The Lansdale name may bring some people to the bookstore, and that's fantastic.
But I really do feel like people are just going to pick this book up, one, because the cover is fantastic.
They sent about 14 comps, and I went through and I gave some notes, and then they came back two months later.
I was like, okay, well, that's how you know it's it because, like, my heart responded.
And it's going to pop off the shelf at your local bookstore, and I think people are really going to gravitate toward it.
And you and I both know, you know, we've talked to multiple authors and sometimes you get feedback of like, well, I didn't have a lot of feedback.
So when you do have a cover that is that's just that creative and dynamic and the colors are fantastic, you're like, whew, OK. Yeah.
I knew to put in my contract that I got final cover approval, and that was important.
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