William Cook

A big shout-out to my readers and viewers of this website (hopefully you are one and the same *wink*), wishing you all the best for 2015 and beyond. This year is going to be a big one for me - for the first time in my short writing career, I have put together a publishing schedule. I know - Shock! Horror!  2015 publishing schedule is as follows: March - 3 x eBooks, 1 x print + eBook June - 3 x eBooks, 1 x print + eBook September - 3 x eBooks, 1 x print + eBook December - 3 x eBooks, 1 x print + eBook I've looked at my progress as an author and feel that this schedule is completely achievable (knock on wood) unless I happen to lose a limb et cetera. At least two of the print titles will be full novel-length works, one of which will be the sequel to my first horror/thriller novel ' Blood Related .' There will be a fresh collection of short fiction (horror-based, similar to ' Dreams of Thanatos '), a collection of non-fiction essays (related to art & lit...

Recently I was interviewed by author and fellow countryman Tim Jones for his wonderful blog 'Books in the Trees' . I first met Tim whilst completing a creative writing course at Victoria University run by Science Fiction author Robert Onopa . Tim is a fantastic writer and I had the good fortune of being able to include his wonderful story 'Protein' in my horror anthology, Fresh Fear: Contemporary Horror . Please note that Tim is running a give-away for 5 e-copies of Fresh Fear so please visit his blog and follow the prompts to win a copy. Anyway, without further ado, here is the interview:   An Interview With William Cook William Cook was born and raised in New Zealand and is the author of the novel Blood Related . He has written many short stories that have appeared in anthologies and has authored two short-story collections ( Dreams of Thanatos and Death Quartet ) and two collections of poetry ( Journey: the search for something and Corpus Delicti ). ...

Hi everyone - time to update my publications page/s. I have recently added a My Books page where you can easily find a display of all my current titles. I will update this page as more come to hand. I am also preparing a new page especially regarding all the anthologies and magazines where my work has appeared (will do a new post when it is ready to go live). Both pages will have live links and excerpts to make it easy for anyone who wants to check out my work. A heart-felt thanks to all of those who have taken the time to read this website/blog and especially to those of you who have taken a chance on a newbie author and actually purchased my work. If you have read something you like please spare a moment and drop a review on the appropriate Amazon page - it really helps a lot to raise my profile and encourages me greatly to continue this crazy occupation and produce more work for you to read. Thanks again. William Cook BLOOD RELATED "Dark and deeply disturbing...

Billie Sue Mosiman Recently I edited/compiled a horror anthology called Fresh Fear: Contemporary Horror . Billie Sue Mosiman was one of the first authors I approached as I have been a fan of her work for years. I was very pleased when Billie Sue submitted a story called ‘Verboten’ for my anthology, and what a great story it is too. The first time I ever encountered her work was in Robert Bloch’s anthology ‘Psycho Paths,’ and then again in his next anthology ‘Psychos. ‘A Determined Woman,’ is the first story I read of hers and is still one of my favorites alongside ‘Interview With A Psycho,’ which blew me away. It’s one of the best dark psychological thriller stories I have read to date. The impact of the story stayed with me for a while and not just because of the subject matter, but because of how good the story actually is. Billie Sue can write and it’s no surprise considering that she has so many novels and collections published over the years. As Robert Bloch, author of P...