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Just Finished Reading: Why I Love Horror (Spratford) Why I Love Horror:

Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature, by Becky Siegel Spratford, is such a thoughtful collection of essays and reflections on horror, edited by one of the genre's true...

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Some of my music... Sonic Inkwell: Deep Water If you're curious about the

If you're curious about the music I've released over the years, here's a sample track from my artist/project name SONIC INKWELL called Deep Water. The link below is a music...

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New short story "The Showing" releasing next month! I'm happy to announce

I'm happy to announce that my short story "The Showing" will be included in the upcoming DARK AND DREARY: A BASEMENT HORROR ANTHOLOGY edited by Cassandra O'Sullivan Sachar....

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A.J. McWain
A.J. McWain

A.J. McWain is an author and musician living in Massachusetts with his wife, daughter, and their gray rescue cat. He’s been telling stories his whole life and is now finally spending more time writing them down. Trained as a jazz pianist and composer, he spent years performing, teaching, and recording avant garde, electronic, and cinematic music before turning to writing. A veteran who served as a military police specialist in Iraq and Kuwait with the Massachusetts Army National Guard, McWain brings varied experiences to his storytelling. His published work blends sci-fi, horror, dystopian, and post-apocalyptic elements. Read more at ajmcwain.com.

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Dark and Dreary: A Basement Horror Anthology

To some, the basement is simply a place to store holiday decorations and old paint cans. To many, though, it’s a source of terror—a residence for creepy crawlies and the unknown. Dive into the depths of these twenty tales of basement horror, and you’ll run up the stairs a little faster the next time you go down to reset your circuit breaker!

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MARS: A Hard SF Anthology (Mohs 5.5)

The time has finally come for humanity to conquer Mars. Or die trying.Though robotic explorers have vastly increased our knowledge about the Red Planet, there's still so much we don't know. Will Mars be a second home for humanity? Or will it usher in our destruction?Thirteen hard science fiction writers take on the big questions in this...

Hellcats Anthology (The Erada Anthologies)

Volume 2

Revenge, reckoning, and redemption: HELLCATS, THE ANTHOLOGY has it all.

Presenting the second volume that makes up the sixty nine stories of feline adventure that will make you chortle, chuckle, gasp, and guffaw.

We have: Pirates, cowboys, and spacewalkers.

Soul suckers, seers, and swashbuckling heroes.

With guest appearances by Mr. Darcy, The...