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RYAN HARDING

FEATURED AUTHOR

Ryan Harding is the four-time Splatterpunk Award-winning author of books like Transcendental Mutilation, Genital Grinder and collaborations with Jason Taverner (the Agent Orange slasher novels Reincarange and Reincursion), Kristopher Triana (The Night Stockers), Lucas Mangum (Pandemonium), and Edward Lee (Header 3). He contributed the novella, The Profile, to the anthology Call Me Hoop and his short stories have appeared in anthologies such as Brewtality, The Distended Table, The Big Book of Blasphemy, The New Flesh: A Literary Tribute to David Cronenberg, Splatterpunk Forever, Past Indiscretions, Into Painfreak, and The Year's Best Hardcore Horror Vol. 3. His work has also been published in German, Italian, and Polish. Upcoming projects include a novel with Bryan Smith and the third book in the Agent Orange series.

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KRISTOPHER RUFTY

FEATURED AUTHOR

Kristopher Rufty lives in North Carolina with his three children and pets. He’s written over twenty novels, including ALL WILL DIE, THE DEVOURED AND THE DEAD, DESOLATION, THE LURKERS and PILLOWFACE. When he’s not spending time with his family or writing, he’s obsessing over gardening and growing food.
His short story DARLA'S PROBLEM was included in the Splatterpunk Publications anthology FIGHTING BACK, which won the Splatterpunk award for best anthology. THE DEVOURED AND THE DEAD was nominated for a Splatterpunk award. He can be found on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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Indie horror news, announcements, articles, guest posts, and more!

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Meet Dark Disciple Christopher Besonen

First and foremost, thank you to Candace for this opportunity to share my thoughts on the books I am reading/have read. I met Candace...

Haunted Gettysburg, Pa

This post originally appeared on the House of Stitched Blog in Dec. 2021. I was writing a series of articles called Haunted Locations for...

A Kid from Chicago by Chaz Williams

What if I told you a young black kid from the Southside of Chicago would grow up to be a titan in the indie horror community…… Ok, so I’m...

HOW IS THIS MY LIFE?

By Rachel Schommer How is this my life? That is a question I’ve been asking myself almost daily for a few months now. To truly understand...

My Reason For Writing.

It’s been a full two years since I first began writing my first novel. What began as a challenge and an appeal by a close friend to...

Do Not Go Gentle....

The above image was downloaded from FuneralGuide.co.uk All credits, rights, etc go to them. That being said, this image had the cleanest...

My constant companion.

There is a face haunting me, man or spirit, I cannot tell. I close my eyes and the face appears. Awake or dreaming, day or night, I close...

For my Father.

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This Will be Uncomfortable to read....

Death. Loss. Grief. Such small words to describe the indescribable, the insurmountable mountain of pain that those words bring. Is death...

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