Any Horror authors or future horror authors?

[Bradley Publishing]

Hello everyone, joined this forum to put the word out that Bradley Publishing is accepting submissions for all genres, but we are especially interested in horror stories. Check out our website www.bradleypublishings.com for submission guidelines. Also looking to put together a horror anthology in the near future so get your short horror stories ready! Look forward to hearing from you. Any questions can be directed to zeb@bradleypublishings.com.

[proficient]

Hello everyone, joined this forum to put the word out that Bradley Publishing is accepting submissions for all genres, but we are especially interested in horror stories. Check out our website www.bradleypublishings.com for submission guidelines. Also looking to put together a horror anthology in the near future so get your short horror stories ready! Look forward to hearing from you. Any questions can be directed to zeb@bradleypublishings.com.

I only write horror that advances the genre and I elect to remain independent!

[Bradley Publishing]

Sounds good. Sometimes staying independent is best. What type of horror do you feel most advances the genre?

[proficient]

Good question. i like to create highly descriptive encounters with deep meaningful resolutions. I stress original creatures in my work and I would like to see horror go back to its roots with some great creature based or monster movie type stuff.

In my first work I did B-movie monster flicks a nod coupled with Lovecraft like description. I rebooted the werewolf genre but my best work surfaced from the short story called The Observer. With that shorty I created a horror sandbox where I can basically do anything I want. The strength that drives that particular story is the characters. The original monsters are an after thought and what drives the story is ultimately the human condition.

The main character in the observer goes through a great deal of genetic nightmares originated from a trip I took to a room in a hospital that held a bunch of parasites in jars. I used that disgusting feeling to create anxiety and remedied it by the character reciting a poem I wrote to deal with the stress.

Organ Donor is an examination of the slacker lifestyle coupled with real life rumors about basically being an Organ Donor. There is no happy ending to that story. I like to fuse real life problems with cosmic horror.

So, I guess I'm just trying to be original without being cliche. I feel the genre has just gotten stale.

Do we really need more slasher movies?
I like to create monsters. For some reason I really like to create powerful female characters as well.

From a writing standpoint I drive on metaphorical resolutions and every word means something when I write. In my last story I explored the power of friendship and the old battle of light vs darkness fused with over the top trippy description merged with love, power, clearly defined roles of masculine vs feminine, deceit, mystery, and originality.

I don't like clear cut happy endings at the same time I like an ending that makes sense.

I don't like vampires or zombies. I experiment with cosmic creations. I try to mold horror with real life anxiety. My first book molded climate change, xenophobia, isolation, cold war 50's mentality, and powerful gore to tell a story.

I really like the dystopian idea.

So, in short I feel the best way to enhance the horror genre is to tell a story from the soul sprinkled with originality and the human condition.

If that makes any sense.

The one thing that I do know is every story I write gets more over the top but still makes sense. I'm still learning the craft.

*Important* I stay away from torture porn and political messages in my stories. Call me old fashion but my best work is more cross genre.

Bear, Bird, and Fox is more of an exposition on control and teenage anxiety littered with original gore and deep purple prose. I'm kind of the purple prose guy of horror. Funny, since that is usually associated with romance. I just call it heavy description. According to my first review I have powerful description.

If I could put a visual to my writing style it's a dude with a big scythe cutting through the chaff to get to the heart and marrow of each story by elite characterization, a clear narrative, poetic prose, and a left field approach of originality.

The Observer, as I said before, is a true horror sandbox where I can create a mean monster privately and place it in any kind of reality based simple anxiety of the real world. Here is a quote from someone who read organ donor "Finally finished Organ Donor. Ketcham couldn't have done better. Seriously chilling, dude -- Lovecraftian, even." -John Paul Crawford

[bobbyshane]

Proficient, if you feel the genre has gotten stale, maybe you should find some more authors. Have you read Laird Barron, Joe Hill, or Michael Marshall Smith? These are just a few examples. There are tons of authors out there who keep the genre quite alive.

[proficient]

Proficient, if you feel the genre has gotten stale, maybe you should find some more authors. Have you read Laird Barron, Joe Hill, or Michael Marshall Smith? These are just a few examples. There are tons of authors out there who keep the genre quite alive.

I'll check it out but I still say the genre has gotten stale. However, that's just an opinion.

[Bradley Publishing]

I just want to thank everyone from this site who has sent Bradley Publishing a horror submission. We have received some great ones and have an amazing one author anthology coming out soon, with a few more on the way.