Category: Fiction News
EXTREMELY WEIRD SPLATTER: Teaser Quotes from the Stories
PART ONE: Extremely Weird Sex Whenever she called him to arrange an assignation, she always signed off by saying, I’ll get myself ready, turning up to meet him with a little bag of make-up to touch up the candyfloss-pink lipstick he always kissed away and a bottle of lube to counter vaginal dryness, because even
Interview with Maxim Volk, Author of Deadbeat and “My Love, Like Moss, Envelops You”
by L. Andrew Cooper I caught up with Maxim Volk, author of the story “My Love, Like Moss, Envelops You” in the anthology Extremely Weird Splatter forthcoming from Horrific Scribblings, to talk about their book Deadbeat just in time for its release. About the Author Maxim Volk (they/he) is not in a cult anymore. Now
EXTREMELY WEIRD SPLATTER Written in Its Authors’ Guts: Group Interviews, Part Three
by L. Andrew Cooper As I put together the table of contents for the forthcoming anthology Extremely Weird Splatter, I asked authors to answer three basic questions about why they and their stories fit with a project aiming to fuse extreme horror and splatterpunk with weird fiction. Not entirely randomly, I’ve sorted responses into three
EXTREMELY WEIRD SPLATTER Written in Its Authors’ Guts: Group Interviews, Part Two
by L. Andrew Cooper As I put together the table of contents for the forthcoming anthology Extremely Weird Splatter, I asked authors to answer three basic questions about why they and their stories fit with a project aiming to fuse extreme horror and splatterpunk with weird fiction. Not entirely randomly, I’ve sorted responses into three
EXTREMELY WEIRD SPLATTER Written in Its Authors’ Guts: Group Interviews, Part One
by L. Andrew Cooper As I put together the table of contents for the forthcoming anthology Extremely Weird Splatter, I asked authors to answer three basic questions about why they and their stories fit with a project aiming to fuse extreme horror and splatterpunk with weird fiction. Not entirely randomly, I’ve sorted responses into three
Splatterpunk, de Sade, and the Infinite Set Piece
by L. Andrew Cooper This article is my second bit of content created in support of Extremely Weird Splatter, the first anthology from Horrific Scribblings that’s paying its contributing short fiction authors professional rates. To pull it off, though, we’re crowdfunding, so please visit us, follow us, and consider backing us at https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/horrific-scribblings/extremely-weird-splatter Read moreMeet
Horrific Scribes: End of the First Wave
Horrific Scribes reopened to submissions of provocative, scary, and strange short stories (and some poetry) May 19, 2025, and good stuff has been pouring in, becoming our second wave of contenders for inclusion in the archive. The first wave ended when we had to close March 31 to catch up on reading, and as of
Expanding the Canon of Epic Horror Novels: THE MIDDLE REACHES
Horror novel The Middle Reaches, Cycle One: Shadow Man is still in the cradle. Nevertheless, Horrific Scribblings spawned Cycle Two: A Rift in Time and Space today. It is available on Amazon. The few who have begun this epic dark fantasy / horror series can now continue into the story’s tormented realms. Watch for signed
A Solid Foundation of Scribes
The first of the Horrific Scribes have been cemented. Silas and I welcome them happily as the foundation of the archive, invite you to enjoy their work, and encourage you to seek their brilliance wherever it reaches. We have more to offer about these authors; here we collect tantalizing previews. The archive’s first Exhibit is
Alex’s Escape: Why I Wrote Such Horrific Filth
by L. Andrew Cooper With my novel Alex’s Escape, I set out to write a sick, twisted, deplorable, outrageous work of horror that would stand out among other sick, twisted, etc. works of horror. If the limited pre-release feedback I’ve received is any indication, I have succeeded. Read moreNo One Escapes… ALEX’S ESCAPE!ARC (advance reader