12/17/2025
What inspired Author Stuart Conover to write “The Desert’s Dead” for Inanimate Things: Volume Two? "When I was a child, I spent a lot of time with my grandparents on days and weekends that my parents had to work. My grandmother really enjoyed westerns and was a huge fan of the author Louis L'Amour. She was also a huge fan of audio tapes for when she would take long trips or to listen to while working before she retired. So, she'd often sit me down to listen to them when I'd be drawing or building and I really became a fan of them as a child. A few years back, I was listening to them again and thought to myself, wouldn't it be fun to make a pulpy horror western that was being narrated by the same cast? So, that's what I did. This is the third of ten stories about the characters that I've started and the second to be published. In edits, I actually try to read the non-dialogue in the narrator's voice and tone. If it doesn't sound right, I end up changing it to fit the style. It's really been a fun world to explore and while most of my work doesn't live in it, I've had fun writing it!” Thanks for the inspiration.
