THE DEATH OF A HORROR WRITER is my first non-fiction book. It’s also the first book in three years I started writing before signing a contract. I had some things I wanted — no, needed — to say and I wasn’t going to let anything, or anyone, stand in my way. Fortunately, Paul Fry with SST Publications in the UK took notice of my vision and decided to publish this tome at the end of 2014.
Essentially, THE DEATH OF A HORROR WRITER is my “goodbye” from writing any new fiction come the end of this year. I’ll still be around the genre (I hope) for years to come with reprints, foreign editions, films (if they ever get funded), some more non-fiction work, etc, but that will be it. That’s right! No New Fiction from me after 2014! Why, you ask? Well, shit. If I told you that I would ruin the book, wouldn’t I? But, I suppose I can give you a sneak peek with the Table of Contents, listed below.
Foreword by Paul Fry
Introduction by Ann Laymon
Chapter One – Why This Book?
Chapter Two – Beginnings
Chapter Three – The Tale of the First “Novel”
Chapter Four – Being an Anthology Editor
Chapter Five – Running an Imprint
Chapter Six – Articles
Chapter Seven – A Lieutenant in the Genre
Chapter Eight – Interviews
Chapter Nine – Blurbs
Chapter Ten – The Early Stuff
Chapter Eleven – House Call
Chapter Twelve – The Business of Publishing (or how it affects you!)
Chapter Thirteen – The Proposal
Chapter Fourteen – The Horror Genre (and those within it)
Chapter Fifteen – The Power of One Thousand
Chapter Sixteen – Traditional vs Self Publishing
Chapter Seventeen – A Writing Class
Chapter Eighteen – Richard Laymon
Chapter Nineteen – End Game
Eulogies
Published Works
You can Pre-Order one of the 125 signed, limited edition hardcovers at:
SST Publications (Publisher)
Cemetery Dance (Update 9/25/14: CD has sold out of their copies)
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