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Veterans in Horror Spotlight 2023: Ray Zacek

November 24, 2023
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Ray Zacek Biography

Ray Zacek is a retired federal officer living in Tampa, Florida, with his wife, artist Theresa Beck. A flaneur and inveterate scribbler, Ray writes horror, dark fiction, and crime/noir. His work has been published by Critical Blast, Denver Horror Collective, Tule Fog, Allegory Online, All Due Respect, Shotgun Honey, among other venues. He is a member of the Horror Writers Association.

Book Recommendation: Yankee Echo Tango India

Yankee Echo Tango India is a military horror/thriller in the vein of Dog Soldiers, set in a remote province of Afghanistan during the Late Unpleasantness in that country. The …

Veterans in Horror Spotlight 2023: William R. D. Wood

November 23, 2023
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William R.D. Wood Biography

William R.D. Wood traces his love of science fiction and horror back to a childhood filled with Space: 1999 reruns, frequent visits to the Night Gallery, and a worn-out copy of Dune. A good writing day finds him at any of several overlooks on Virginia’s Blue Ridge Parkway deeply immersed in new works of cosmic horror. His work has appeared in Nature, Daily Science Fiction, and Cosmic Horror Monthly. Will lives in Virginia’s beautiful Shenandoah Valley with his wife, children, and assorted scientific enigmas in an old farmhouse turned backward to …

Veterans in Horror Spotlight 2023: Charles Wood

November 22, 2023
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Charles Wood Biography

Charles Wood is a recent addition to the writing scene and writes horror, dark fantasy, and other light-hearted fabrications. Charles served in the Marine Corps 1988-1996. He also served in the Army Reserve and Air Force National Guard.

Book Recommendation: Dark Corners of the Old Dominion: A Virginia Horror Anthology

His most recently published work is a flash fiction piece, “The Girl Who Sleeps in the Room Next to Me” in the Dark Corners of the Old Dominion anthology published by Death Knell Press. (from the back cover) “From Edgar Allan Poe’s Ragged Mountains to the shores …

Veterans in Horror Spotlight 2023: C.C. Winchester

November 21, 2023
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C.C. Winchester Biography

C.C. Winchester’s love of horror began at the tender age of five, when she started sneaking into the living room late at night to watch zombie movies with her parents. Her mother said that though her infiltration was discovered, and she was promptly removed, she would return in what she thought was stealth mode, only to be removed again. She currently writes in Dallas, Texas.

Book Recommendation: Don’t Break the Oath, the fourth Women of Horror anthology published by Kandisha Press

The following is part of a blog post I did about my first officially published …

Veterans in Horror Spotlight 2023: Jay Whales

November 20, 2023
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Jay Whales Biography

Jay Whales is a US Army Veteran with 25 years of active duty and nine years as a Department of Defense contractor. Jay was a Military Policeman, a CID Special Agent, and an anti-terrorism crime analyst. He owns a small business in Middle Tennessee while submitting his works. Jay grew up in Missouri.

Book Recommendation: Marquand Tales

Marquand Tales: A Non-Politically Correct Novel of Horror by Jay Whales is the no holds barred, non “woke” novel of horror about growing up in a small town infected with more than its fair share of things that go …

Veterans in Horror Spotlight 2023: Ashon Ruffins

November 19, 2023
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Ashon Ruffins Biography

Ashon Ruffins is a native New Orleanian and a Veteran of the Louisiana Army National Guard. He holds a Master’s in Business Adminstration, while holding certifications for several other professions. He loves the art of story telling in all generes and believes the best lessons in life can be told through fiction. Ashon is a huge mental health advocate.

Book Recommendation: The Uncovered Darkness

As a service member I understand what it means to take care of your mental health. It was journaling that turned me into the writer I have become today. Mental health is an …

Veterans in Horror Spotlight 2023: David Rose

November 18, 2023
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David Rose Biography

David Rose served in the United States Marine Corps from 2002 to 2006, during which deploying to Iraq to participate in the second battle of Fallujah. Since trading the sword for the almighty pen, he’s crafted multiple collections and composite novels: Forsaken Fantastic and Amden Bog being fine examples. A forthcoming work is Monsters in the Bush, a collection of Lovecraftian military tales, soon brought to the world by Screaming Banshee Press. He lives in Orlando, Florida. He is a founder and co-chair of the HWA committee Veterans in Horror.

Book Recommendation: The Scrolls of Sin

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Veterans in Horror Spotlight 2023: James Pack

November 17, 2023
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James Pack Biography

James Pack served in the Arizona Army National Guard. He is a member of the Horror Writers Association and has published several collections of poetry and short fiction. Learn more about James and his collected works on his personal blog. He lives in Tucson, AZ.

Book Recommendation: The Hook

I want more people to read my book, The Hook, not just because I wrote it, but because the main character served in the Navy and is still dealing with some of the things he experienced during the Vietnam War. The story is about him dealing …

Veterans in Horror Spotlight 2023: Scott Middlemist

November 16, 2023
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Scott Middlemist Biography

My name is Scott Middlemist, and I am a U.S. Army veteran. My family once owned Burma-Shave, a company known for its memorable roadside jingles, so love for language is in my blood. JIGSAW SOUL is my self-published novel that I’d like to share. To create this story, I leaned on my experience as a former infantry officer and 30 years as an English teacher.

Book Recommendation: Jigsaw Soul

Jigsaw Soul follows a soldier’s terrifying quest to recover the lost pieces of his soul in an epic that echoes Apocalypse Now and The Odyssey. In a …

Veterans in Horror Spotlight 2023: Luciano Marano

November 15, 2023
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Luciano Marano Biography

Luciano Marano is an award-winning writer, journalist, and photographer, the author of a trilogy of werewolf novellas, The Ambush Moon Cycle, and many short stories which have appeared in anthologies such as Year’s Best Hardcore Horror, The Best New Weird Horror, Monsters, Movies & Mayhem, and Crash Code, as well as Nightscript, PseudoPod, and Chilling Tales for Dark Nights. His written and photographic reporting has earned a number of industry accolades, and he was twice named a Feature Writer of the Year by the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association. A …

Veterans in Horror Spotlight 2023: Lori R. Lopez

November 14, 2023
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Lori R. Lopez Biography

Author-Illustrator-Poet Lori R. Lopez haunted graveyards as a child. Entering the U.S. Navy to serve as a Journalist, Lori was nominated for the American Spirit Honor Medal. She has since received honors for books including The Dark Mister Snark, An Ill Wind Blows, The Fairy Fly, and Darkverse: The Shadow Hours (an Elgin Award Nominee and Kindle Book Awards Finalist). Two poems garnered Editor’s Choice Awards; seven have been nominated for Rhysling Awards. Verse and stories appear in numerous publications, among them HWA Poetry Showcases and California Screamin’ (the Foreword Poem). She co-owns …

Veterans in Horror Spotlight 2023: Michael Knost

November 14, 2023
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Michael Knost Biography

Michael Knost is a two-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award® and served in the United States Marine Corps during the mid-1980s. He was the recipient of the Horror Writers Association’s Silver Hammer Award in 2015 for his work as the organization’s mentorship chair. A former HWA trustee, Michael currently serves as the organization’s treasurer and was recognized as the 2021 Mentor of the Year. He also received the prestigious J.U.G. (Just Uncommonly Good) Award from West Virginia Writer’s Inc. His novel Return of the Mothman has recently been filmed as a movie adaption. Michael has taught …