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Horror Bound Magazine is a literary magazine primarily for horror fiction, however, we also feature dark fantasy, noir, thriller and speculative fiction.
To submit your work for consideration please review our submission guidelines.
We feature short stories, poetry, art, book reviews and interviews with the top talent in the field today and more!
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| Call for Submissions - Upcoming Anthology - March 23, 2010 UPDATE |
Call for Submissions - Fear of the Dark: An Anthology Published by Horror Bound Magazine Publications
Horror Bound Magazine Publications seeks short stories for an upcoming anthology entitled Fear of the Dark (Temporary Title). The point of the stories should be to investigate the human fear of the unknown, the dark, and the common themes found in nightmares. Please click on the READ MORE tab below to read the entire Call for Submissions |
| ISSUE #12 AUTHOR INTERVIEW - RAY GARTON |
Ray Garton is the author of over fifty books including popular 1980s horror novel Live Girls and its sequel Night Life. He has also written numerous short stories, novellas and has completed movie novelizations for: Invaders from Mars, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4, Nightmare on Elm Street 5, and Warlock. Garton received the 2006 World Horror Convention Grand Master Award at the World Horror Convention in San Francisco, placing him in the company of some of horror’s best!
Read our Issue #12 featured interview with Author Ray Garton here! |
| ISSUE #12 FEATURED ARTIST |
Garret DeChellis is an award winning Illustrator and concept artist. After graduating from Ringling College of Art and Design he moved to St. Petersburg, where he now works as a Digital Illustrator at Creative Arts Inc. He has done a variety of book covers for Permuted Press and concept work for Razed Entertainment. View a sample of his art work and book covers in our featured art section. |
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ISSUE #12 FEATURED SHORT STORIES
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Paul Kane began his professional writing career in 1996, providing articles and reviews for news-stand publications (most recently he has worked for The Dark Side, DeathRay, Fangoria, SFX, Dreamwatch and Rue Morgue), and started producing dark fantasy and science fiction stories in 1998. His work has been widely published in many magazines and anthologies on both sides of the Atlantic, – alongside writers such as Ramsey Campbell, Peter Straub and Michael Marshall Smith. Paul is the author of highly acclaimed The Hellraiser Films and Their Legacy.
His story ‘Dead Time’ was developed by Lionsgate/NBC for the US network show Fear Itself. This was adapted by Steve Niles – creator of 30 Days of Night – and Ben Sokolowski of Bad Robot (Lost, Cloverfield) under the title New Year’s Day, directed by Darren Lynn Bousman (SAW II-IV), with effects from Oscar-winners KNB (Chronicles of Narnia).
Read COLD CALL
Michael Robertson lives in Virginia and has written two novels in addition to his numerous short stories. He is an avid reader and writer of all genres of fiction, but is especially interested in horror, supernatural, and thrillers. He spends as much of his free time as he can writing and trying to get his work published, and is very pleased to be featured on horrorbound.com
Read SNOW
Philip Roberts lives in Nashua, New Hampshire and holds a degree in Creative Writing with a minor in Film from the University of Kansas. As a beginner in the publishing world, he’s a member of the Horror Writer’s Association, and has had numerous short stories published in a variety of publications, such as the Beneath the Surface anthology, Byzarium webzine, and The Tabard Inn. More information on his works can be found at www.philipmroberts.com.
Read GOING BACK
Joseph Rubas is a product of central Virginia, and his writings tend to reflect that through use of the scenery that surrounded him in his childhood. After reading Stephen King’s epic The Stand while still in middle school, Rubas instantly knew that he wanted to pursue a career in literature. In the past three years, he has written over 80 short stories, countless poems, several nonfictions pieces, and a comedic play. He is a dedicated student of “weird” fiction, and has tirelessly studied the fiction of Hoffmann, Poe, Lovecraft, King, and many others. He currently resides in Colonial Beach, Virginia, with his family
Read THE TERROR OF THE NIGHT
John Prescott lives in the deep southern woods of Mississippi with his wife Edie, son Grafton Caine, and their three cats. He somehow finds time to umpire baseball and softball and be an art director. John started taking his writing seriously two years ago and is about to publish his first book of short stories. He is currently at work on his first novel, Pray. He also has a website dedicated to his writing at www.john-prescott.com.
Read ENDERS FIELD
J. Thomas Cross is a Durham, N.C.-based writer, but grew up in West Texas and earned two degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. He believes in the magical powers of baseball and a story well told. This is his first fiction publication.
Read GETTING AHEAD
Ray Prew's work has been published in Alienskin magazine and in S N M magazine.
Read LET ME OUT
Jenna Moquin has been an avid fan of the horror genre for years, fascinated by the fear element as it's an emotion that binds us all. In addition to her story featured on HorrorBound, she has another published short story and is currently trying to publish her novel, Deluded Blood.
Read THE REWARD PROGRAM
Adam Smith is an English Literature grad student currently studying for an MA. Although this often means that he has to write about texts in an academic way, he still enjoys writing creatively. Dark fantasy and horror have long been his favourite genres.
Read CHARLOTTE |
| Issue #11 Featured Interview |
ISSUE #11 FEATURED INTERVIEW: AUTHOR NANCY KILPATRICK
by Liz Worth
NANCY KILPATRICK is about to introduce you to the “new undead.”
The award-winning writer based in Montreal, Canada, has authored an immense body of work, much of focused on vampires, including 19 published books, over 200 short stories, and five short story collections. She’s received accolades from horror luminaries the likes of Brian Lumley and Poppy Z. Brite, to name but two, and is often cited as Canada’s “literary queen of the undead.”
Horror Bound welcomes author Nancy Kilpatrick in our Issue #11 FEATURED INTERVIEW
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Contributor Profile:
Liz Worth is a Toronto-based writer and the author of Treat Me Like Dirt: An Oral History of Punk in Toronto and Beyond (Bongo Beat, 2009) and Eleven: Eleven, which is surreal punk fiction about death and debauchery, available through TRAINWRECK PRESS.
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ISSUE #11 FEATURED SHORT STORIES
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Stephanie L. Morrell has always been a fan of horror whether it was in films, novels, or short stories. She was fortunate to have played Lucy in a theater production of, Dracula, one of her favorite books. Writing is a great passion of hers and she has completed her first book, Notes From a Vampire. She is currently working hard to get it published, until then; Morrell is writing her second book as well as several new short stories.
Read Inside the Box
Matthew Burgess is currently attending The University of Massachusetts and is working towards a degree in Creative Writing. He has written several novels, the latest an urban fantasy, Leviathion's Touch is currently under consideration. In addition he has written and published numerous short stories, the most recent The Girls of the Apocalypse was published in “The Nautilus Engine” magazine. He will also have a story featured in “The Zombie Chronicles” anthology by John Savoie (friend to Horrorbound.com). His writing interests revolve around horror and urban fantasy however, he enjoys reading all types of fiction.
Read Never Show Fear
Michael Lee is an aspiring author of horror and dark fiction. His works have won several online fiction contests, and he has one previously published short story to his credit. He makes his home in Connecticut.
Read The Road To World's End
Matt Leukroth is the author of dozens of short stories, some of which have been previously published in The Edge, Tickled by Thunder, Black Satellite, and Outer Darkness. His novella, Devil’s Mountain, is currently available as a Crystal Codice from Scribblers & Inkspillers Press. Aside from writing shorts, Matt is enjoying the soft publishing industry by querying literary agents on an impossible-to-synopsize novel. Matthew lives in Naples, Florida where he is an avid student of the Martial Arts, camping enthusiast, and slightly loony single father to three single-digit-aged kids."
Read Pink Eyes
Paul Nemeth was born in 1970 in Wheatridge, Colorado and raised in neighboring Arvada. The son of two music teachers and youngest of four siblings, Paul learned to read by age three and spent much of his childhood writing stories to entertain himself and his family. His debut novel "Cataclysm Children" is now available from Amazon and online through Barnes & Noble: go to www.paul-nemeth.com for details.
Read The Monkey in the Mirror
Steven Whitfield lives in Greenville, South Carolina with his wife Anita, a writer of fantasy and children’s stories. He feels it's an honor to again be published in Horrorbound Magazine because of the opportunity to be published among other writers with such fine talent. He enjoys reading each issue of Horrorbound immensely. Whitfield has been published in Suspense Magazine, and the Anything Ghost podcast.
Witch's Cemetery
Brian Wright lives in the United Kingdom. He spends part of his days trying to come up with short stories. His other interests include history, rock music and learning Japanese. Somehow he has managed to get one or two of his stories into print magazines like Twisted Tongue and online magazines like The Harrow.
Read Honeymoon in Vegas and Crazy Love
ISSUE #11 FEATURED POETRY
A long time zombie lore enthusiast, Marion Reed enjoys using the element of horror in order to explore the human condition or sometimes, to simply generate a bit of humor. As a student of Long Ridge Writers Group and a member of the Shoreline Cluster of Poets, both in Connecticut, Marion enjoys storytelling whether in prose or verse.
Read For the Love of Brains (a zombie sonnet)
Jason Baki is an aspiring writer of dark speculative fiction, an artist and a poet from London, UK. He has worked as a police officer, a prison resettlement worker, and a tarot reader amongst other things. He has an abiding interest in Classical Mythology, European Paganism and Central Asian Shamanism. He is a supporter of rights for tribal people worldwide.
Read Ghost |
| ISSUE #10 - INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT |
David Gaider is the principal writer for the awesome "heroic dark fantasy" video game DRAGON AGE (BioWare). Gaider takes us into a day in the life of a video game writer and discusses the writing process, challenges and opportunities of the field, as well as offering a closer look at the game itself.
Horror Bound is pleased to present an interview with David Gaider as conducted by Rex Chance, Horror Bound Video Game Specialist. Read the interview HERE! |
| ISSUE #10 - FEATURED SHORT STORIES |
ISSUE #10 - FEATURED SHORT STORIES
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Charlie Loudowl was born and raised on the Canadian Great Plains where he developed an appreciation for solitude, an interest in writing, and an attraction to robots, rayguns, zombies, horror, and the weird. He currently lives in the quiet suburbs of Calgary, Alberta with his wife, twin girls, and dog, where he divides his time between writing, painting, and playing music. Loudowl is the author of THE STILL BEATING HEART. A short story featured in the anthology RETURN OF THE RAVEN (Horror Bound Magazine Publications, 2009).
Read Destruction a Go-Go
Born in Philadelphia, PA, T.A. Bradley served with the Army Medical Corps during Vietnam as a Clinical Specialist. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Microbiology with Master's work in Virology. He has since worked for a number of biotech companies as a virologist.
Bradley is the author of several short stories, with one completed novel and two in the works. Two of his short stories, Weeping Willow and The Progeny have been accepted for publication in Horror in Words magazine. Weeping Willow appeared in their August 09 issue.
Read House for Sale and The Last Transaction
Wayne C. Rogers is a 59 year old Las Vegas casino worker whose passion is writing. His first horror/suspense story was published way back in 1986 in Stephen King's old alma mater, Cavalier magazine. Since then, he's written over three dozen short stories and over four hundred book reviews, two novels, the last being The House of Blood, which was published in 2007.
Read Shanghai Ed
Jerry Budinski is a retired engineer now free to engage in his dream pastime, writing fiction. His short stories have been published in Eclectica, Quantum Muse, Paumanok Review, Writers’ Post Journal, and many other publications. Two works were nominated for Story South’s best on- line stories of 2005. Inspirations may come from history, travel, weird science or just things that warp out from the daily news. He lives high on a hill in Western New York with his wife of forty years, in the home of a West Highland Terrier named Hildy.
Read The World's Greatest
Steven Whitfield was born in Anderson, South Carolina. His fascination with horror began at a drive-in movie when he was a small child, sitting between his parents, in the front seat of a 1963 Buick. Alfred Hitchcock’s film “The Birds” filled him with a terror as big as the screen itself. Since then he's read many books, seen many movies, and written quite a few stories.
Read The Empty Chair
Stephanie L. Morrell was born and raised in Southern New Jersey. Writing has always been her greatest passion in life and she is happy to have completed her first book, Notes From a Vampire. The horror genre greatly appeals to Stephanie whether it’s in films, novels, or short stories, and she was fortunate enough to have played Lucy in a theater production of Dracula.
Morrell is the author of the following short stories: No More Brains for Jack (Another Realm Magazine, December 2009), Sasha'a Red Tea (The Random Eye Anthology,2010) and don't miss the January issue of Death Head Grin Magazine with Morrell's story, Under the Floorboards.
Read Catie Benson’s Infection |
| ISSUE #9 - FEATURED AUTHOR PROFILE |
P.S. Gifford was born on April 28, 1965 in Birmingham, England. He discovered at a remarkably early age that he was completely fascinated with the written word. By the age of nine he was already a voracious reader and had begun to write.
Paul is the author of 3 excellent collections of short stories. Your dark fiction bookshelf is not complete without: The Curious Accounts of the Imaginary friend, The Further Accounts of the Imaginary Friend and for younger readers, Dr Offig's Lessons from the Dark Side. Author Kimberly Raiser states "Brilliant, witty, spooky & spilling over with Gifford-s best work yet. This is a collection that will keep you coming back for more!"
View our P.S. Gifford Author Profile here.
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FEATURED SHORT STORIES - ISSUE #9
P.S. Gifford is completely fascinated with two things; the darker side of life and the written word. By the tender age of nine he had combined these two passions and was devouring several horror books a week and, perhaps more significantly, started to write. In the early 1980s he relocated from his native England to California. Since then he has acquired dozens of professional writing credits including three books. His latest is the short story collection: The Further Accounts of the Imaginary Friend. For more details visit www.psgifford.com
Read The Fly
S.P. Miskowski writes the horror blog Shock Room, and is currently revising her first horror novel and preparing to write a second. Identity Theory, Fine Madness, Other Voices, and The Stranger have published her short fiction. Her recent story collection Red Poppies: Tales of Envy and Revenge is available from booksellers online (including Powell's, Amazon, and Poisoned Pen), and has been described by readers as "creepy, suspenseful" and "gleefully nasty entertainment."
Read Sweat Equity
Wayne C. Rogers is a 59 year old Las Vegas casino worker whose passion is writing. His first horror/suspense story was published way back in 1986 in Stephen King's old alma mater, Cavalier magazine. Since then, he's written over three dozen short stories and over four hundred book reviews, two novels, the last being The House of Blood, which was published in 2007.
Read Garbage Disposal
Steven Michael Sarber is a 33 year-old husband and father of two who hails from the St. Louis area. Sarber's favorite authors are: Dean Koontz, Stephen King, James Patterson and, lately, Jeffery Deaver and his greatest writing influences are Koontz, King, Straub, and James Patterson.
Read The Dental-Phobe
Dave Teeuwen is a writer and researcher living in Mt. Albert, Ontario, Canada. His two main passions are the work of William Burroughs and horror stories. He is currently at work on a couple of horror novels and a non-fiction work concerning William Burroughs in the 1960’s.
Read New Haven Case
A.M.Crenshaw is a nonviolence activist and writer from Reading, PA. His poetry can be found in the Conversation Poetry and AGON literary magazines. He is a regular contributor to and editor for the "Swords into Plowshares" newsletter. In July, The Short Story Library featured his micro-horror story, Dental Records. "The Death of Dr Maghee" is his first published Weird Western.
Read The Death of Dr. Maghee
Bradd Quinn was born and lives in Rochester, NY. He attended Rochester Institute of Technology where he earned a degree in Fine Art Illustration, and a Masters degree in Print Publishing. He's always had the creative arts in his blood, at least that's what his mother always told him...and his therapist. From being absolutely certain he wanted to be a comic strip artist at age 11 (despite his work’s very obvious similarity to Garfield), to political cartoons at 13, to comic books and graphic novels throughout high school, to turntablism and music production, Bradd just always knew he wanted to create.
Read Mother - A Zombie Tragedy
S.S. Hampton Sr. is from the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, and is a divorced grandfather to 11 grandchildren (one more on the way). He is a published photographer, photojournalist, fiction writer, and is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. His stories have appeared in Ruthie’s Club, Lucrezia Magazine, Megaera, River Walk Journal, The Harrow, and Dark Fire, among others. He currently lives in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Read The Mistress of the Fourth Seal
Philip Roberts lives in Nashua, New Hampshire and holds a degree in Creative Writing with a minor in Film from the University of Kansas. As a beginner in the publishing world, he’s a member of the Horror Writer’s Association, and has had numerous short stories published in a variety of publications, such as the Beneath the Surface anthology, Byzarium webzine, and The Tabard Inn. More information on his works can be found at www.philipmroberts.com.
Read Rewards |
| NEW FEATURE - eNOVELLA BY DAN OMEGA |
“What if your life—and death—hung on the meaning of a nightmare?”
Young Boman, barely clinging to life at the end of his days, is captured within the loop of a vivid, recurring dream—inside every detail of it—for the last time. He struggles, fighting to survive within the dream that is now mutating from the inside-out, a power inside it bent on slaughtering him. His life—and death—hang on the meaning of this dream-become-a-nightmare. A family friend enters the middle of his own waking nightmare that unites the carnal to the unseen, opening a doorway that cannot be shut by any human being. The night-terror is born, powerful, screaming and bloodied, into the human dimension . . . and right into Boman’s own neighbourhood before he is prepared to face it.
Read Chapter 3 (Section 1 and 2) of Dan Omega's Phantasmagoria: Gall and Wormwood, in our eNovella Section here. |
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