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Horror Bound Magazine is a literary magazine primarily for horror fiction, however, we also feature dark fantasy, noir, thriller and speculative fiction.
We feature short stories, poetry, art, book reviews and interviews with the top talent in the field today and more!
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| Issue 17 - Featured Author Interview |
| ISSUE #17 FEATURED AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT - JOE R. LANSDALE
Interview by Elvis Podvorac
Joe R. Lansdale is an award-winning American author who has written in several genres, including western, horror, science fiction, suspense and mystery. Lansdale has written and co-written several excellent comic books: including Jonah Hex, Marvel Adventures: Fantastic Four and graphic novels such as Zombie Tales.
He’s been called "an immense talent" by Booklist; "a born storyteller" by Robert Bloch; and The New York Times Book Review declares he has "a folklorist’s eye for telling detail and a front-porch raconteur’s sense of pace." Lansdale is the recipient of 5 Bram Stoker horror awards, a British Fantasy Award, the American Mystery Award, the Horror Critics Award, and a New York Times Notable Book award.
Join us for an interview with the Legendary Joe R. Lansdale. Read our interview here. |
| Issue 17 - Featued Author Interview |
ISSUE #17 FEATURED AUTHOR INTERVIEW - RAY GARTON
Interview by Julie Hamilton
Ray Garton is the author of over fifty books including popular 1980s horror novel Live Girls and its sequel Night Life. He has also written numerous short stories, novellas and has completed movie novelizations for: Invaders from Mars, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4, Nightmare on Elm Street 5, and Warlock. Garton received the 2006 World Horror Convention Grand Master Award at the World Horror Convention in San Francisco, placing him in the company of some of horror’s best! His most recent fiction includes Trailer Park Noir and MEDS.
Read our Ray Garton Interview here . |
| Issue 16 Featured Interview |
ISSUE #16 FEATURED INTERVIEW
Interview by Jason Rolfe
Rocky Wood is widely regarded as a leading expert on the works of Stephen King. His books include, The Complete Guide to the Works of Stephen King; Stephen King: Uncollected, Unpublished; The Stephen King Collector’s Guide; Stephen King: The Non-Fiction; and The Complete Guide to the Works of Stephen King, a six-thousand page encyclopaedia on CD-ROM, which summarizes every story, every character, every place, and the entire timeline of King’s work. His latest endeavour, Stephen King: a Literary Companion (McFarland Literary Companions) was published in April, 2011.
Stephen King aside, Rocky is currently serving a two-year term as president of the Horror Writer’s Association, a community that “exists to promote and protect the careers of professional horror writers and those seeking to enter their ranks.”
Rocky was kind enough to share his time and his thoughts on Stephen King and the horror genre. An invaluable resource for veteran horror writers and newcomers alike, Rocky Wood is an important and influential member of the horror community.
Read our featured interview with Rocky Wood here. |
| Issue 16 Featured Artist - Duncan Long |
ISSUE #16 FEATURED ARTIST
Duncan Long has created over a thousand cover and interior illustrations for HarperCollins, PS Publishing, Pocket Books, ILEX, Paladin Press, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, and many other presses. Talk-show host Victor Thorn named Long one of the three “best graphic artists in the entire world.”
Long recently completed the 80-plus illustrations for Moonstone Book's upcoming Werewolves of New Idria graphic novel written by John Chadwell; he's also created concept art for the screenplay created from the graphic novel (written by Chadwell and Ron Shusett, writer/creator of Alien, Total Recall, etc.).
When not wearing his artist hat, Long writes books, and has authored 13 novels (published by Avon Books, HarperCollins), and over 80 technical and how-to manuals, most of which he also illustrated.
View our featured Duncan Long images here
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| Issue 16 Featured Short Stories |
ISSUE #16 FEATURED SHORT STORIES
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Mimi Vizinau's love affair with horror began with a copy of Christine that she filched from her father's dresser. The story scared the bejeezus out of her and she liked it. She studied creative writing at SFSU, but has been too busy preparing for the zombie apocalypse, and honing the fine art of loafing to get her work out. She is currently in an epic battle (aka editing) with her first novel and her short stories can be seen on www.wix.com/icecreammm/screamingmeanielit. If you choose, you may also cyber stalk her via Twitter@screaminmeanie but don't get mad if she stalks back.
Read Making Things Clear
Josh Wittenberg is a writer/illustrator living in St. Paul, Minnesota with his wife, cat and dog. He has had three short story collections published by Holzinger Press which are now out of print, as well as having work published in Bad Science magazine.
Read Smoke on the Water
Michael Lejeune lives and works in New York. He has work published in Battered Suitcase, Static Movement, ShriekFreak Quarterly, and others. If he could choose his death, he'd be caught in some kind of Lovecraftian nightmare, and almost make it out.
Read Three Days with Harold
Darren Traver's horror short story, “The Visitor” came 5th in the ‘Spinetinglers’ February 2010 online competition and is published on their website. His action adventure short stories, “Tunnel Of The Dead,” “Pit Of Terror” and “Bony Creek Cabin” which also have a blend of horror, are published on the American Wild West website, ‘Rope And Wire.’ He has written an action adventure novel, “The Five Stars Of Cordrye” which he is currently trying to get a publishing deal with in America. He has also written 2 poetry collections, 10 acting monologues and several scenes for his future novels. He is a very experienced stage and screen actor. Screen highlights include playing the ‘Crusader’ in “The Da Vinci Code,” ‘Arthur Palmer’ in ITV’s “Martina Cole’s Lady Killers” and being lead actor, writer and producer on the double award nominated short film, “The Detective.” Stage highlights include playing ‘Robin Conway’ in J.B. Priestley’s “Time And The Conways,” ‘George’ in Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?” and ‘Boxer’ in George Orwell’s “Animal Farm.”
Read The Darkened Figure
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Rekha Ambardar is the author of two contemporary novels, HIS HARBOR GIRL (Whiskey Creek Press) and MAID TO ORDER (Echelon Press). She also has over ninety short stories, articles, and essays published in print and electronic magazines, including The Writer’s Journal, ByLine, The Indian Express, Writing World.com, Her mysteries have appeared in Shots in the Dark and other mystery anthologies. She is a regular contributor to The World and I Online where she has published articles on current topics.
Read Ghost Writer
Danielle Paradis is a writer of all trades. She moves between the forms of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and business writing. Her work has included web content writing and how-to article writing in addition to her published works in Other Voices, Papercuts, Intercamp, and Wufuniks. This is her first published horror story and she is looking forward to writing and publishing at least as many horror novels as her horror hero Poppy Z. Brite.
Read Roses and Charcoal
Evan Pettit was born and raised near the sea. Now she lives near mountains. She's been attempting poetry and short stories since she was introduced to Shel Silverstein at age 7. Her writing grew darker as she grew older and gravitated towards the morbid and unusual. She is currently Assistant Editor and contributor to Luna Station Quarterly.
Read The Snake with No Mouth |
| ISSUE #15 FEATURED AUTHOR PROFILE |
ISSUE #15 FEATURED AUTHOR PROFILE
Lisa Mannetti’s debut novel, The Gentling Box, garnered a Bram Stoker Award. She has authored a macabre gag book, 51 Fiendish Ways to Leave your Lover, as well as non-fiction books, and numerous articles and short stories in newspapers, magazines and anthologies. Recent and upcoming works (2010) include “Resurgam” in Dead Set: A Zombie Anthology; “Condemned” in Legends of the Mountain State 4; and “1926: A Fall River Halloween,” Shroud Magazine. Her story, “Everybody Wins,” was made into a short film by director Paul Leyden starring Malin Ackerman and released under the title Bye-Bye Sally.
Horror Bound welcomes author Lisa Mannetti to our Issue 15, featured author profile |
| ISSUE #15 FEATURED ARTIST |
ISSUE #15 FEATURED ARTIST
Issue 15's featured author profile features the work of the very talented Canadian Digital Artist, Dan Crockett. His work is a mix of fantasy, science fiction, and horror. Dan's artwork is inspired by finding a twist to everyday things and finding a way to embellish and pull the viewer into the world he creates in his digital works.
View the work of Dan Crockett here .
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| ISSUE #15 FEATURED SHORT STORIES |
ISSUE #15 FEATURED SHORT STORIES
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Robb Grindstaff has served in various editing and business management positions, including executive editor of Stars and Stripes, the international daily newspaper for the U.S. military forces overseas, and five years living and working in Asia. He now writes and edits fiction full-time, and has had five short stories appear in various print anthologies and e-zines, as well as articles on the craft of writing published in writer magazines and websites. He's a contributing writer to the American Independent Writers Association (AIW) upcoming book, “35 Years of Writing Essentials,” and has edited fiction and non-fiction for published and agented authors from the U.S., Australia, and Europe.
Read Desert Rain
David Fleissig is a lawyer who specializes in white collar criminal defense and commercial litigation in Manhattan. He graduated with a degree in English from the University of Pennsylvania in 1987. After that, his career in law and the demands of family life put his writing on hold. David's return to writing occured two years ago and he has been published in Demon Minds anthology.
Read Lost in a Supermarket
Walter Campbell's work has appeared in Dog Oil Press, Six Sentences, Dogzplot, Weirdyear, Vestal Review, Flashshot, Eclectic Flash, and Toasted Cheese. Publications in Yesteryear, Jersey Devil, and Glossolalia are forthcoming.
Read Hot Shower
Denny Carter is a staff writer for a national education-technology publication eCampus News, based in Maryland.He graduated with a journalism degree from the University of Maryland College Park in 2005, and worked for three years as a reporter for The Gazette newspaper, where he covered local government and the Prince George's County school system. His first short story was published in November by online magazine Death Head Grin (http://www.deathheadgrin.com/id226.html).
Read Death on the Newsfeed
After a year of teaching English in a rural South Korean town, Matt Athanasiou has moved himself and his writing to Chicago. His prose and poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in The Blotter Magazine, Danse Macabre, Frightening Fables and Freaky Fairy Tales, Menda City Review and other publications.
Read Doctoring Folklore: The River Walker
Nik Houser's work has previously appeared in Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, Best American Fantasy, Weird Tales, Gargoyle, and others.
Read The Gubblebum
L. B. Kröger is writer of horror and supernatural fiction. Her work has most recently been featured on MicroHorror.com. She lives in Mississippi, where she enjoys a quiet life of reading, writing, and scaring the wits out of her husband, who doesn't fully understand her love of all things horror. Follow her newest work on Twitter @LBKroger or on her blog http://lbkroger.blogspot.com/
Read the Lazarus Effect
John Claude Smith has had over 40 short stories published in such magazines and ezines as The Hive Mind, The Freezine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Lenox Ave., and antholgies such as, Cthulhu Unbound, Darkness Rising 2005, and Heavy Metal Horror. He is currently shopping two novels to agents and publishers, while writing a third one to add to the chaos. He lives in San Leandro, California, where he writes (of course), reads (absolutely), and enjoys all of the arts, working out, and dreams of moving to Rome.
Read Marissa Says
William “Bill” Blick, when he isn’t thwarting humanity’s demise, tries to be a writer from the mean streets of a town on the Queens/Long Island border in New York. He has dual master’s degrees in English Literature and Library and Information Studies from Queens College. He has published over two dozen stories in print and on-line in Twisted Dreams, Twist of Noir, Powder Burn Flash, Beat to a Pulp, Pulp Metal, Everyday Weirdness, Mysterical-e, Ascent Aspirations, Inscribed: A Magazine for Writers, Clockwise Cat, Pulp Pusher, Underground Voices, Revisions: A Queens College Zine on Writing, Scribal Tales, Alien Skin, Thrillers, Chillers, N’ Killers, Soul Fountain, Seven Seas Magazine, Straitjackets Magazine, and Bewildering Stories. He also writes film criticism and has published work in Senses of Cinema
Read Mississippi Mud and The Bucket O' Blood
ISSUE #15 FEATURED POETRY
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Alexis Child hails from Toronto, Canada; horror in its purest form. Her poetry and fiction have been featured in numerous online and print publications, including Black Petals, Estronomicon eZine, Midnight Lullabies Anthology, Sein und Werden, Sinfully Twisted Magazine, Tales of the Talisman, Whispers of Wickedness and elsewhere. Her book, Devil in the Clock, will be released in print in the near future by Witch Finder Press. Visit her website:http://www.angelfire.com/poetry/alexischild/
Read our Issue 15 featured poetry here .
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| ISSUE #14 FEATURED INTERVIEW |
Interview by Elvis Podvorac
Foreshadows: The Ghosts of Zero is an experiment – a sci-fi hydra of a project. It’s packed with 19 pieces of multi-media fiction; and each of those 19 is one part music, one part illustration, and one part short story written by either an up-and-coming or a well-established writer—with a few who fall between the two. Taken individually, each of these 19 is one little slice of a hypothetical future Earth. Taken as a whole you’ve got a multi-faceted gem of a dystopian future that’s beautiful in the right light but severely cracked, and cracking.
Join us for interview with Jeff LaSala, editor and contributing author of Foreshadows and Josh Wentz, publisher, and a contributing musician for the upcoming project. |
| ISSUE #14 FEATURED ARTIST |
Courtney Morgan is a photo-realist painter inspired by macabre portraits, B-horror movies and silent films. She specializes in portraits of monsters, villains, fiends, and also everyday people and their families and pets. Courtney is currently attending school in Tempe, Az majoring in fine arts. She also designs/sews clothing, models for life drawing classes, and plays roller derby with the Phoenix Renegade Rollergirls.
View a selection of work from Courtney's portfolio here.
Visit her site here |
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