• Summer Writing

    I know a lot of writers have their writing ‘habits’ – writing in a certain room, or writing with certain music on, or in silence, or only writing in the morning – you get the picture.  I’ve never had much of that; when I have something I want to write, I usually sit there with…

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  • My new zombie flash fiction story ‘Bitten’ has been published in the all new flash fiction anthology ‘Flash of the Undead’ – a fantastic anthology featuring 70 flash fiction tales from an international array of authors, dealing with zombies, mummies, and all the various flavors of undead horror! My story is about a man, bitten…

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  • Another story published!

    My tale of blood and murder, ‘The Mask of the Vampire’, is now published in the all new anthology ‘Masks of Sanity: Hidden in Plain Sight’. The anthology is all about ‘secret psychopaths’ and it looks really great – the cover is terrifying and the stories I’ve seen so far look intense. You can get…

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  • New Anthology Released!

    My story ‘Crimson Moon’ is now available in the new flash fiction anthology ‘Femme Fatale Flashes’ from Wicked Shadow Press. I can’t give anything away, no spoilers in a crime story, but this is an all new genre for me and it was really fun and challenging to write, I hope people really enjoy it!…

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  • My first published piece of 2024 has officially been released – my flash fiction story ‘The Shoggoths Next door’ is now available in the anthology ‘Flash of the Dead: Requiem’ from the excellent Wicked Shadow Press. This is my fourth piece published through them; they really like my writing and their anthologies have been really high…

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  • By Chad Anctil I’ve been writing for a long time, let’s say thirty years, give or take.  Novels, short stories, flash fiction, non-fiction.  I’ve been published, I’ve self published, I’ve been featured in anthologies, made the cover of magazines, I’ve even been translated into Spanish once.  I have been professionally edited, I’ve self edited, I’ve…

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  • Bindings

    With this story I wanted to challenge myself to create a horror narrative in the most innocuous place I could think of – a place always associated with safety; the local library. I think I did a pretty good job with that, I hope you do too. Also included in this story are my 200th Twitter follower…

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  • Aphantasia – The inability to form mental images of objects that are not present. Before we get started, I want you to try something.  Close your eyes and picture a skull (I write horror, remember?).  What do you see?   For over 90% of the population, you pictured a skull of some sort in your minds’…

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  • The amazing anthology ‘Christmas of the Dead: Yule Cat Codex’ is now available! It features my story, ‘It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Solstice’, that asks the question “What if the legends of Krampus were based on something much older, much darker? Something ancient and malevolent?” Buy the Paperback: https://rb.gy/j5zoi8 Buy the ePub here and…

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  • New Short Stories Published!

    I have new shorts stories in two great anthologies that have come out recently: My Story ‘Sleeping In The Shadow Of The War Drums’ is in the new apocalyptic anthology ‘Apocalyptales: The End is Nigh’. I’m really proud of this story and I’m glad it’s getting a lot of attention in this anthology!   Paperback Version   ePub…

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