Category: Posts by L. Andrew Cooper
Things that Mess with Your Head: Author Devin James Leonard on The Buddy Snatchers
by L. Andrew Cooper I caught up with Horrific Scribes veteran author Devin James Leonard to talk about his debut novel just in time for its release… About the Author Devin James Leonard’s tales often take place in rural, blue-collar settings, featuring working-class characters who go to great lengths to avoid legitimate work. His writing
Fruiting Bodies of Extremely Weird Splatter: Authors’ Other Works, Part Three
Some authors who contributed to the Extremely Weird Splatter anthology (which fuses extreme/splatterpunk and weird horror) are established with hundreds of publications, and some are geniuses at the beginning of their transgressive paths. This series of three articles highlights career landmarks or, where appropriate, career trajectories. JG Faherty “The Fishhook Prophecy” “Hellrider is a thunder
Fruiting Bodies of Extremely Weird Splatter: Authors’ Other Works, Part Two
Some authors who contributed to the Extremely Weird Splatter anthology (which fuses extreme/splatterpunk and weird horror) are established with hundreds of publications, and some are geniuses at the beginning of their transgressive paths. This series of three articles highlights career landmarks or, where appropriate, career trajectories. Nick Badot “The Copper Merchant” Read moreMeet Silas the
Horrors that Know Your Name: Interview with Author Raymond Brunell
by L. Andrew Cooper About the Author Raymond Brunell writes literary and speculative horror from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, where the mines closed but the paperwork never did. His short fiction has appeared in Horrific Scribes, Skeleton Flowers Press, Moss Puppy Magazine, TrashLight Press, and Across the Margin, among others; he holds a Best American Science
I Am Publishing Noir Falling Because I Hate Anti-Intellectualism (And It’s a Fun Read, Too)
by L. Andrew Cooper American anti-intellectualism is stupid. Anti-intellectualism doesn’t have to be American to raise questions about the, um, intellects of the people who support it. Anti-smart isn’t smart. We’re at the level of the definitional, the self-reflexive. Read moreMeet Silas the Scribble Man!Not that self-reflection is a strength of the anti-intellectual. Self-reflection is
EXTREMELY WEIRD SPLATTER Written in Its Authors’ Guts: Interview with Monica J. O’Rourke
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 sorted the responses into
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