HORROR AND FANTASY WRITER
On Saturday, I returned from a week at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, the one place I feel comfortable walking around without my shirt. Despite being an Alabama boy, I suffer from Pale Pasty Syndrome. My upper body is a fish-belly-white mass covered with patches of wiry, black fur. It’s not a pretty sight ... unless... Continue Reading →
Most horror writers like to scare and unnerve with their fiction. We’re a little twisted that way. In today’s digital age, when everyone can see everything ever created to scare people by hitting play, the opportunities to terrify readers, moviegoers, and video gamers are more challenging than ever. A lot of people enjoy being scared... Continue Reading →
My favorite horror columnist, Bloody Disgusting's Meagan Navarro, delivered a halftime report for horror films released in 2018 with her June 11th post titled "Here Are the Best Horror Movies of 2018 (So Far)!" Navarro lists nine movies, and as usual, she nails it. I added a 10th at the end, but I totally agree... Continue Reading →
With the seemingly impenetrable jungle of websites featuring horror news, entertainment, and columns, it was initially tough for me to find a consistently horrific watering hole for interesting, in-depth reporting on the topics I love, like extreme horror and 1980s horror films. Enter Bloody Disgusting. More specifically editorial columnist Meagan Navarro. Navarro writes two of... Continue Reading →
An article on April 12 by The Associated Press titled “Horror, cheap and in-demand, comes to Hollywood’s rescue” is an example of the utter lack of perspective and depth prevalent in the mainstream media. Obviously, the article is a reactionary piece to the recent success of A QUIET PLACE. Citing last year’s box office hits,... Continue Reading →
During my first three months in the blogosphere, I’ve noticed horror writers, readers, and bloggers are a tight-knit community. They love what they do. They have to because they're not writing all those stories and reading all those books for the money. As a horror writer who started his website in January, I had no... Continue Reading →
Newly released THE HEART OF A DEVIL: A HORROR VILLAINS ANTHOLOGY features 33 stories, including my dark tale "Demon's Lament." Released April 3 by Fantasia Divinity Publishing, the anthology challenged writers to tell a story from the perspective of the villain. Using the publisher's theme as a prompt made writing "Demon's Lament" much easier for... Continue Reading →
Thirty-one days into 2018 and my New Year's resolution of writing a blog entry weekly remains intact. My two other resolutions of exercising more and eating fewer donuts have gone completely awry. Somehow I've actually ended up doing the opposite: exercising less and eating more donuts. How does that happen? Oh yeah, Dunkin' Donuts keeps introducing new... Continue Reading →
One of the most encouraging parts of joining the blogosphere is seeing the number of people who still love to read books. You hear all the time how no one ever reads anymore because of cell phones, the Internet, Netflix, and video games. But when you enter the blogosphere, you witness a whole world of... Continue Reading →
LIONEL RAY GREEN 