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QUENEAU’S ALPHABET: A Story Cycle
Arnie’s mother oversees Queneau’s Library at the end of their street, quite a grand structure if you omit those rotting, flooded lower levels. Still, it’s an interesting place to hang out with his three best friends. This boy’s dark adventure introduces us to Queneau’s neighborhood, where the pre-WWII bungalows are lettered rather than numbered, originally meant to help young children learn their alphabet. But these quaint-looking facades hide a history of sinister events. There’s a story for each house, each letter of the alphabet, 26 tales in all plus a coda. Over the course of Queneau’s Alphabet a variety of horror themes, characters, and motifs are explored: folk horror, killer clowns, drunken Santas, Halloween terrors, ghosts, possessions, nightmares, nameless creatures, dark crimes, and one ancient, infamous vampire.
Six stories are original to this volume. The reprinted pieces are from a range of sources, including The Dark, Nightmare Abbey, Black Static, Supernatural Tales, Weird Horror, and such anthologies as Wilted Pages, October Screams, Shakespeare Unleashed, and Best Horror Of the Year.
“One of the undisputed masters of the modern genre. “ – Supernatural Tales
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1637891768/
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Classic Story Available on PseudoPod
The new PseudoPod (#601) has a reading of one of my earliest stories, "At the Bureau," from Shadows 3. Spencer Disparti is the reader.
Yours to Tell Excerpt
You can read the first chapter, “Why write?” of Melanie & Steve Tem’s Yours to Tell: Dialogues on the Art & Practice of Writing at the Apex Books website.
The Night Doctor and Others
Announcing a new collection from Centipede Press, The Night Doctor & Others, coming Spring 2019, part of a new line of more affordable hardcover originals. The Night Doctor collects 25 stories, including two unpublished originals, reflecting my best short horror...
UBO News
My novel UBO has made the 2017 Locus Recommended List. It’s also a finalist in the Locus Poll Award in the Horror Novel category. Read my Locus essay “The Long Gestation Period of Ubo”.
Welcome to the New Website!
Welcome to my new website. Here you can read about my latest writings and activities, see some pictures, access my bibliography, contact me, or order books, ebooks, and audiobooks via the links provided on those pages. A link in the menu takes you to a special section...
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