The Witch Hunting King
Catherine Cavendish is one of the stellar British authors in the Samhain Horror family. I’ve loved everything she’d written, including her latest, The Pendle Curse. She has an enviable mastery of...
View ArticleInterview With Kristopher Rufty
I’ve met Kristopher Rufty at several horror cons and he’s a great guy as well as a prolific, horrific author. I pulled him out of his creative juggenaut for a few minutes to share some thoughts on his...
View ArticleUpdate #2 The Impact of Kindle Lending
I did an earlier post on the impact of Amazon’s new Kindle Unlimited option on book sales for MLG Publishing’s benefit anthology OUT OF TIME. My theory, based on limited data, was that Kindle Unlimited...
View ArticleCopy Edits With Old Friends
Here’s how writing a novel works, at least for me. I spend about a year creating it. A first draft, a second draft, then a third draft after another round of revisions from Beta readers. Then it goes...
View ArticleGlenn Rolfe on Lousy Imitations: The Fear of Within
Glenn Rolfe joins me this month with some thoughts behind his great new novella BOOM TOWN that came out this month. Glenn is a multi-talented dynamo of a guy who can really tell a story. I’ve read his...
View ArticleA Work in Progress
This Work in Progress is called The Portal. In it, Satan returns to a small island town in Long Island Sound to use an enchanted portal to permanently open the doorway between our reality and Hell....
View ArticleBrian Kirk Talks “Monsters”
I’m visited by Brian Kirk this week, who has a new horror novel out by Samhain Horror called We Are Monsters. It is a great read about things going horrific in an asylum. It is rare that the first...
View ArticleMore Scary Tales From Catherine Cavendish
Catherine Cavendish writes some wonderful horror stories set in the United Kingdom. She likes to have a real life basis for many of the fictional stories she spins. She joins me here to share some...
View ArticleOne of Those Milestones
In 4th grade, Pete, one of the cool kids, used to sneak Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine into school under the nuns’ radar. He’d hold court on the playground and boys would gather around for a...
View ArticleA Visit from Hunter Shea
Hunter has been a friend since we both were in the initial crop of Samhain Horror authors to debut in 2011. His latest is Tortures of the Damned and he offered to give us all some insight into this...
View ArticleChristmas on Q Island
Copy editors are excellent. They have the detail-oriented personality to read through a text, catch every typo, flag every incorrect reference, and erase any continuity errors. Their value cannot be...
View ArticleA Visit With the Monster Men
Here’s a fun interview about Q Island and a lot more with the always entertaining Monster Men, Hunter Shea and Jack Campesi. Monster Men Episode #93
View ArticleThe Only Thing Constant…
Last Friday, my publisher, Samhain Horror announced they were closing shop. It was like announcing a death in the family. In 2011, Don D’Auria was the editor for the line. The man was already legendary...
View ArticleCatherine Cavendish and a Demonic Home
Catherine Cavendish is a wonderful writer who has just released to spectacular novel The Devil’s Serenade. I loved this book! She’s offered to share a real life ghost story with us below: My new novel...
View ArticleTalking with Stuart West about Q Island
Stuart West is a true lover of horror and has written a great novel called Demon with a Comb Over. I chat with him here about Q Island. Stuart West Interview.
View ArticleCon Game
Want the low down on attending a con as an author? Look no further. It’s one stop shopping time. Part 1– How to prepare. Part 2– What it will cost. Part 3– What you can earn. Part 4– How you … Continue...
View ArticleCat Cavendish is Back!
Cat Cavendish has a great guest post today with a spooky tale of a real life version of the demonic presence in her excellent horror novel Dark Avenging Angel. Check it out right here.
View ArticleWelcome to the Site!
As soon as my novels became available on Kindle Unlimited, there’s been lots more traffic on the website here, which tends to be behind the times. Writing time keeps getting spent on fiction instead....
View ArticleResurrection on Q Island
In 2015, Samhain Publishing released my post-apocalyptic horror novel Q Island. At the time, editor Don D’Auria, a legend in horror publishing, added a note to the acceptance letter reading “This could...
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