William Cook

Thought it was about time I gave a shout out to some of the publishers who've taken a chance on my work over the past few years; in particular, James Ward Kirk Fiction and Nicholas Grabowsky from Black Bed Sheet Books . Here is the complete list (including links) of anthologies in which my stories have appeared, in reverse chronological order. The title denotes the anthology name/title and the following title is the name of the story/poem of mine that appears therein. JWK Fiction Best of Horror 2013 - 'Return of the Creep'  Terror Train Anthology - 'One Way Ticket' Serial Killers Quattor - 'Pretty Boy' Memento Mori - 'The Kaleidoscope Kid'     Ugly Babies (Vol II) – ‘Conceived By Death’ Bizarro, Bizarro: An Anthology – ‘The Colony’ Songs For The Raven - ‘Til Death Do Us Part’, ‘Aspects of Infinity’ Four Ghosts – Dead and Buried (Novella) Splatterpunk Saints Antho...

Thought it was about time I gave a shout out to some of the publishers who've taken a chance on my work over the past few years; in particular, James Ward Kirk Fiction and Nicholas Grabowsky from Black Bed Sheet Books . Here is the complete list (including links) of anthologies in which my stories have appeared, in reverse chronological order. The title denotes the anthology name/title and the following title is the name of the story/poem of mine that appears therein. JWK Fiction Best of Horror 2013 - 'Return of the Creep"  Terror Train Anthology - 'One Way Ticket' Serial Killers Quattor - 'Pretty Boy' Memento Mori - 'The Kaleidoscope Kid'     Ugly Babies (Vol II) – ‘Conceived By Death’ Bizarro, Bizarro: An Anthology – ‘The Colony’ Songs For The Raven – ‘Til Death Do Us Part’, ‘Aspects of Infinity’ Four Ghosts – Dead and Buried (Novella) Splatterpunk Saints ...

I have been venturing beyond the realms of Horror lately. My latest excursion into other-worldly genres has resulted in an acceptance in Bizarro Pulp Press 's anthology: Bizarro Bizarro .  I wrote my story 'The Colony' many years ago under the influence of a low-strain LSD trip, with a few revisions and the tightening of prose it extended itself into quite a poetic work of short fiction. In the guise of a 'manifesto,' it tells the tale of a deluded literary hack who imagines a colony of versifiers that will revolutionize the canon of western literary tradition.  You'll have to wait until the official release of the anthology to read it but, suffice to say, I think I like the Bizarro genre - it is so open-ended that anything qualifies as long as it is so whacked-out that it can't fit into any other genre classifications.  That's my understanding of it, however, if you'd like a more in-depth definition, I stole the following from the ho...

A wee while ago an online friend took a shine to my artwork and commissioned some pieces for the interior art in his new poetry book. His name is Vincenzo Bilof and his book is titled The Horror Show . I was honored to do some designs specifically for this amazing book of verse. VB sent me an ARC and it blew my mind - as a result, the vivid imagery easily produced the images that follow. These are not all the pieces I designed - you'll have to buy a copy of Vincenzo's fantastic verse novella to see the others. I have taken the liberty of reposting the following book description complete with links for you to view/purchase a copy. You will notice the different covers; the colorful blue one is my design but I must say I prefer Pat Douglas's amazing final design. Pat is a great graphics guy (writer, publisher, musician . . . the list goes on) so if you need a cover or web-design check out what he's done here. From the Bizarro Pulp website: The Horror Show , by V...