HORROR AND FANTASY WRITER
Splatterpunk legend and award-winning horror author Edward Lee announced his retirement on August 20 with a brief but earnest Facebook post. "Friends, on this memorable day that is August 20, the great HP Lovecraft's birthday, I must announce my retirement," Lee wrote. "Getting too old and too hobbled with health problems to continue. The tank... Continue Reading →
(Editor’s note: The 2024 Cryptid Quarterly Awards are based on the Cryptid Quarterly Top 10 Lists compiled by lionelraygreen.com in 2024. Today’s list features the Top 10 Books of the Year. Click here to check out the Top 10 Authors of the Year released March 12.) I released the 2024 Cryptid Quarterly Authors of the... Continue Reading →
(Editor's note: The 2024 Cryptid Quarterly Awards are based on the Cryptid Quarterly Top 10 Lists compiled by lionelraygreen.com in 2024. Today's list features the Top 10 Authors of the Year. Later this month, lionelraygreen.com releases the Top 10 Books of the Year.) In between watching AI-generated videos of kittens singing the Rosé/Bruno Mars song... Continue Reading →
I don't have a vote for the Bram Stoker Awards, but if I had one, I'd nominate What Hides in the Cupboards by Cassondra Windwalker as the best novel I read in 2024. As 2025 begins and I look back on the previous year, Windwalker's gothic tale set in the New Mexico desert is the... Continue Reading →
I received a sneak preview of a two-page spread in the upcoming issue of Rants From The Black Lodge Magazine. I interviewed Bram Stoker Award-winning author John Everson about his passion for Italian giallo for the magazine, and the publisher sent me a peek. I'm always honored to interview Everson because he's one of my... Continue Reading →
"The stench of decaying children was palpable." That's the opening line of my short story "Lex Talionis," one of the eighteen tales in the new anthology Inferno, inspired by Dante's Inferno. Released December 5th, Inferno was guided by editors Stephanie Ellis and Alyson Faye, both outstanding writers themselves. I'd say "Lex Talionis" is my darkest... Continue Reading →
(Editor’s note: I moved from an apartment into a house starting January 1st, 2020, and I had to toss all my CDs into a big garbage bag during the move. The idea for this feature is I write a review about each CD as I unpack that bag, one CD at a time, and rank... Continue Reading →
My latest short story, "The Case of the Troll with No Eyes," is in the new anthology Unveiled Secrets. Released September 22nd by Fantasia Divinity Publishing, Unveiled Secrets features eleven detective fantasy stories and is available on Amazon HERE. As I mentioned in my last post, I write mostly dark and grim horror stories, but... Continue Reading →
(Editor’s note: I moved from an apartment into a house starting January 1st, 2020, and I had to toss all my CDs into a big garbage bag during the move. The idea for this feature is I write a review about each CD as I unpack that bag, one CD at a time, and rank... Continue Reading →
Five years ago today, the world lost Larry Ray Green of Arab, Alabama. I called him Dad. It was the worst day of my life, but I got to say goodbye to him as he was surrounded by all his loved ones. Gone but never forgotten, Dad still inspires me every day. I keep his... Continue Reading →
LIONEL RAY GREEN 