HORROR AND FANTASY WRITER
Kristopher Triana won Best Novel for his survival tale The Old Lady at the 2025 Splatterpunk Awards presented at KillerCon in Austin, Texas, on August 2. Triana is now a three-time honoree in the category, previously winning Best Novel for Full Brutal in 2019 and The Night Stockers (co-authored with Ryan Harding) in 2022. Visit... Continue Reading →
Aron Beauregard, Sidney Shiv, and The Obituaries #6: Red Romance led the list of nominations for the 2025 Splatterpunk Awards with three each, according to a release by briankeene.com on April 29. Beauregard’s nominations include Best Novel for Benjamin, which he co-authored with Shane McKenzie; Best Novella for A Life of Crime; and Best Short... Continue Reading →
Two of my long-time favorite authors plus a new favorite are releasing horror fiction books in October. JOHN EVERSON Bram Stoker Award-winning author John Everson returns with his 15th novel, The Bloodstained Doll. The book is set for release October 8 from Flame Tree Press and is billed as a modern giallo in the style... 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 →
Credit: KillerConAustin.com A pair of two-time past winners, Bryan Smith and Candace Nola, each received two nominations for 2024 Splatterpunk Awards, leading a field that features 12 first-time nominees among the 25 works of fiction being honored. Smith's Dead End House earned a nomination for Best Novel and "Night People" (a bonus story from his... Continue Reading →
The deadline for the 2024 Splatterpunk Awards nominations is Sunday, Dec. 31. Works of Extreme Horror fiction published in 2023 are eligible, and anyone can email their nominations to splatterpunkawards@gmail.com. The emails must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Co-founded by authors Wrath James White and Brian Keene, the Splatterpunk Awards honor the... Continue Reading →
(Editor’s note: SHORT SHOTS is a column where I review short stories from horror anthologies, collections, and zines.) Illinois author John Everson’s horror novels and short stories often use the disturbing combination of the occult and taboo sex to explore infidelity and obsession. While he won a Bram Stoker Award for First Novel with Covenant... Continue Reading →
(Editor’s note: DOUBLE FEATURE is a column where I read at least two horror books per month in 2020 and review them for my website.) April’s DOUBLE FEATURE: Allison by Jeff Strand and The House by the Cemetery by John Everson. Allison The 2020 novel Allison is one of Splatterpunk Award-winning author Jeff Strand’s best... Continue Reading →
My first three author interviews for the wonderful website Horror Tree have been with three of my top ten literary horror heroes: Jeff Strand, John Everson, and Bryan Smith. Not surprisingly, they've written three of my top ten favorite horror novels. I'm a horror writer myself, but I'm a much bigger horror fan, so I... Continue Reading →
I follow several professional book reviewers in the horror genre because I learn a lot from their passionate and pinpoint critiques. I also get a lot of recommendations for my towering to-be-read pile. As I’ve scrolled my Twitter feed this summer, I’ve seen the hype for various horror novels, and some have received noticeably more... Continue Reading →
LIONEL RAY GREEN 