Paranormal Underground Radio: Art Mills - Author of The Empty Lot Next Door
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Who is Art Mills and what is his background before becoming an author?
Welcome to Paranormal Underground Radio. Join us each week as we delve into some of life's most complex questions. It's time to explore the unexplained with your hosts, Karen Frazier and Rick Hale.
Well, the Karen Fraser part was right, but the Rick Hale we jettisoned him for the night. It's his anniversary and so he wanted to be with his wife. So setting in for Rick tonight on our first night back after a little time off is our good friend Chucky G. Chucky G What's up, Ken? What's up? That's there! Well now you just sound like Cheryl's voice when she called her
dear. Yes, I'm gonna be Cheryl tonight. I am Cheryl Knight.
Cheryl is now living in Tennessee. She no longer lives in California, so we are now coming to you from Tennessee. She she doesn't have a southern accent yet. I'm a little surprised by that. I expected immediately that the southern accent would take over. But she does have a bad cold, so Cheryl, say hi to the people. Hi y'all Oh I I was expecting
There you go. Hello. Hello. Hi y'all, what's up?
Thanks for making fun of me in my cold, by the way. She's from
like the Southern Hood there for a minute. Sorry about that.
So you and Chad are all moved in and you're now Tennesseeites, or what do you call that? People from Tennessee. Tennessee Mount Folk.
Tennesseans. What are we called now, Chad? Tennesseeites? Sega Witz. I don't think he doesn't know. I don't think that's right. What the heck? Oh, he says we're just called uh hillbillies, so okay. So have you learned the banjo yet? Not yet, but I have signed up for a class. Okay, and the accordion. No.
Is Chad gonna play the accordion and you the banjo or are you gonna just do the dueling banjos thing? I think we're gonna do dueling banjos. Mm, it's a pretty cool song. It you know, it makes you think of deliverance, but that's okay. You probably need to have that image in your head just so you can be on alert.
Have you found any oil lately?
No. No oil.
No bubbling cr no bubbling crude. No
bubbling crude? No, but we did have the oil in the car changed.
A what?
So we have the oil and the car change. She totally doesn't know that we're Beverly Nobilies. No, no, no. I knew exactly what you guys were talking about.
Well you just moved away from the swimming pools and the movie stars, darling. Yeah. I know. Well, welcome to your new home. Thank you. And it's so good for all of us to be back. And we actually had to we w it it was hit or miss as to whether we were gonna get on the air tonight. Oh
yeah. It was like first
of all, my Skype stocked working.
Mm-hmm.
And we do the show with Skype.
Yep.
Then my internet was out this morning, but I managed to fix it myself because doing
fixed it yourself? It's because you're doing everything, Karen. You're doing everything.
That's right. And then I get this call from a guy that says he's Cheryl.
My voice doesn't that bad. Yeah, and what did that guy tell me, Cheryl? Well, our cable got knocked out. Our cable got yeah, knocked out by accident. Janked out of the wall. Yeah. And then we were like, Well, can we fix it or not? And then so we finally determined that Chad was able to fix it. So we are here. And then the hazy sight was down. It was. It was down. But against all odds in a world where the universe doesn't want no Chuck should be doing this in a world where the universe doesn't want paranormal underground on the air. One woman overcame it all.
Persevere to become on the radio live.
That's right. And this is this result that you're hearing, this uh weirdness This is what we fought so hard to do today. You're welcome, world. Joy.
So we have a good guest tonight. It's Art Mills. And he is the author of remind me of the name of the book which I just downloaded.
It is called The Empty Lot Next Door, Ma'am. The Empty
Lot Next Door. And if that doesn't sound creepy as heck.
Oh the the the creepiest heck part there is is the chilling bone chilling ghost candle face. Sweet.
I love bone chilling ghosts. I know so do I. So
Cheryl, in the new home, what do you think? Ah the verdict is still out, All right. I'm I'm gonna say yes. Okay.
There's gotta be a change in like uh like when you go out for places for food, there's gotta be that's gotta be totally different for you.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who is Art Mills and what is his background before becoming an author?
0:14–9:08
2
What are Branching Plot Books and how did Art come up with the idea?
9:08–24:10
3
How did a third‑grade writing assignment inspire Art to become a writer?
24:10–35:39
4
How much of *The Empty Lot Next Door* is based on real events and what research did Art do?
35:39–48:51
5
What role does bullying and “fighting back” play in the story’s themes?
48:51–1:02:06
6
What are the paranormal elements (Candleface, handprints, etc.) and how did Art experience them?
1:02:06–1:14:30
7
How can listeners share their dreams for interpretation on the show?
1:14:30–1:24:58
8
Where can listeners buy *The Empty Lot Next Door* and learn more about Art’s other projects?
1:24:58–1:26:49
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