We probe the minds of brilliant writers and fantastic artists until we understand what makes them work. Here we talked to Joe Lansdale, a writer extrodinair, who provides us insight into where his ideas come from and how he makes them work. And Richard T. Monk, who has developed an incredible technique with mirrors for his art. In the super editor department, Kaolin Fire weighs in on what it takes to run a successful print/pdf magazine. And Jason Hughes, writer extraordinaire, tells us about not just scaring reader, but SCARRING them.