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writer is not the infamous Stephen King antihero Mort Rainey, but the
far more nefarious author of the novels
Dark Shadows: Dreams of the Dark (with Elizabeth
Massie, HarperCollins, 1999),
Balak (Wildside
Books, 2000),
The Lebo Coven (Thomson Gale/Five Star Books, 2004),
The Nightmare
Frontier (Sarob Press, 2006), and Blue Devil Island (Thomson Gale/Five Star Books, 2007);
three short story collections; and over 80 published works of short
fiction (for a complete bibliography, click the button in the left-hand
frame that says "Bibliography" and then run like hell).
Those with long memories
may recall that I edited
Deathrealm magazine, from 1987 to 1997. In its
decade-long
history, Deathrealm won a bunch of nice awards and
featured hundreds of short stories, poems, and essays by authors ranging from the most
established professionals to young, aspiring first-timers, many of
whom proceeded to carve out names for themselves in the horror/dark
fantasy field. Note: Deathrealm has been dead, bereft of life, and pushing up daisies
for over ten years now, so please don't send me your submissions anymore.
Really. Please. |
In 2004, I edited a new anthology for Delirium Books,
titled Deathrealms, which features a wide selection of
short stories from the magazine.
I've edited a couple of other
anthologies as well.
The Song of Cthulhu (Chaosium, 2001) features 20 stories of Lovecraftian horror,
with contributions from Ramsey Campbell, Hugh B. Cave, Fred Chappell, Caitlin Kiernan, D. F. Lewis, Thomas Ligotti,
Brian McNaughton, Tom Monteleone, Tom Piccirilli, Robert Weinberg, and others.
In 2006, I co-edited (with James Robert Smith) a new anthology for Arkham House titled
Evermore,
which features short
stories about Edgar Allan Poe.
In spring, 2008, Dark Regions Press released a new
collection of my short fiction, titled Other Gods,
featuring 16 of my tales, including one
never-before-published story ("Antidotes").
Upcoming short fiction publications include
"The Gaki" in
Cemetery Dance magazine (issue #59); "Demon Jar"
at the
Horror World Web site (November 2008); "Sarcophagus" in
Winter Frights (tentative title) a winter-themed
anthology from Magus Press (late 2008); and "Messages From a Dark
Deity" in
Visages of the Void, a new Cthulhu Mythos anthology from
Elder Signs Press (late 2008). I'll have a number of other goodies coming down
the pike too, which I'll post about when details are available....
"So what's this 'Damned Rodan' business
plastered all over everything?" Well, I'll tell you. My one
gaming vice is playing the World War II online combat flight simulator Aces High. I belong to the oldest organized (and arguably most respected) squadron of flight simmers: "The Damned." And being a
diehard fan of giant Japanese monsters, my flight sim handle is Rodan—thus "Damned Rodan."
I live in Greensboro, North Carolina, with my Damned wife,
Peggy, and a passle of Damned housecats. My Damned daughter, Allison,
lives and works in Gaithersburg, Maryland. I am an active member of the Horror Writers Association
(HWA)
and over the past year have become
an avid
geocacher.
For updates on what's happening currently, visit
The Blog Where Horror Dwells and/or the
News page.
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