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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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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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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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An author friend of mine was commenting about some of the outlandish novels that he was seeing advertised to him on Facebook, and came up with a hilarious synopsis for a story… So of course, I had to try to write it. From Rory Raven: “When an ancient druid puts out a contract on Cthulhu,…
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Inspired by the news story of a 3400-year-old palace from a mysterious kingdom surfacing in Iraq during drought The desk phone on the old wooden desk rang with a shrill chime, causing Ahmed to jump slightly. He couldn’t remember the last time that phone had rang, in the age of mobile phones. He momentarily marveled…
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Better late than never – I am very happy to announce my newest creative venture – Mysterious Observations in Providence! This is a bit of an experiment in modern information-age storytelling that takes the form of an alternate-reality blog. The main character, Chad Martens, has inherited a mysterious steamer trunk from his recently deceased grandfather,…