William Cook

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 ). ...

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...