William Cook

Dear Readers, First, let me say how truly grateful I am for your ongoing support as subscribers to my personal website here at www.williamcookwriter.com . Your enthusiasm for my writing means the world to me, and I’m excited to share a brand-new chapter with you. I’m thrilled to announce the launch of my new Substack newsletter, Grey Matter Dispatch .   Grey Matter Dispatch  is for readers, writers, and collectors who share my passion for the macabre. Each post is designed to give you something new — whether it’s a story update, horror news, or a trip into the genre’s rich history. Dark stories, strange finds, and a peek into my world as a horror writer — all delivered to your inbox. Here’s what you can look forward to: Updates on my writing projects – news on my upcoming horror fiction, poetry, and releases. Insights into the horror world – posts about horror culture, films, and the genre’s darker corners. Publishing and writing tips – advice, behind-the-scenes notes...

Apologies for the lack of recent posts. I have been writing and have also been quite active on Medium.com lately. For those of you who are on Medium, please feel free to connect with me there via the link below. Medium has proved to be quite an interactive forum in which to share my work and has motivated me to keep writing and sharing my poems and stories. The poem below is one of my more popular pieces of writing on Medium, so I thought I'd share it with you here on my website.  Thanks for reading. Please be sure to subscribe to my website via the 'Free Books' tab above ⬆⬆⬆. Photo by Manuel Torres Garcia via Pexels.com Shall we dance into the night you & I our words but a whisper? What is it that makes this soft sadness so indeterminable so impenetrable sunk so deep into this endless night? The broken light that comes & goes between the darkness either side of dawn speaking of your memory ushering in each day one, as if a step away from you the next, a step toward...

This article outlines the pros and cons of being an indie horror author on Amazon.com. Hey, fellow writers! If you’ve got a penchant for writing spine-tingling stories and you’re ready to dive into the world of indie horror publishing on Amazon.com, this article is for you.  After ten years of part-time indie publishing with the ‘zon, I’ve learnt a few things along the way. I’m still not at the stage where I’m able to support my family with the profits from my writing, but I’m seeing results (and $) and I hope to go full-time before the end of 2024.  Before switching to independent (‘indie’) publishing, I’d had limited success going down the traditional publishing route. The freedom to control the packaging, marketing, and publishing schedule was the biggest drawcard for me to switch to self-publishing.  When I started making monthly profits from my efforts, without the massive royalty cuts the traditional publishers took from me in the past, my decision was validated and...

I'm thrilled to announce that Blood Related , my debut novel, now has a striking new cover design that perfectly captures the haunting essence of this dark psychological thriller . Are you ready for a bone-chilling plunge into the depths of a psychopath’s twisted mind? Brace yourself for an unrelenting psychological thriller that will leave you gasping for breath.  Step into the shoes of tough-as-nails Detective Ray Truman as he embarks on an intense battle with his own demons while tracking down a family of prolific serial killers. Set in the grim underbelly of the Portvale industrial district, Truman finds himself facing a series of headless corpses, their bodies grotesquely mutilated and arranged with sinister purpose. Truman, who knows the identity of the killer, becomes increasingly frustrated as the evidence needed for a conviction eludes him.  Faced with the imminent threat of the killer expanding his reign of terror, Truman takes matters into his own hands, venturing o...

Dan Padavona: The Business of Writing (Interview)   Welcome to Thriller author Dan Padavona!   You are going to love this interview with Dan! I’ve been following his career since he first broke onto the indie scene back in 2014, with the publication of his dark Vampire Horror novel: Storberry . Over the course of 3 years he continued to make waves as an Indie Horror author, publishing a succession of well-received Horror novels and novellas.   In 2017/2018, Dan took the plunge and re-emerged as a prolific writer of dark Serial-Killer Thrillers with the introduction of his Scarlett Bell series – followed soon after with the Darkwater Cove , Logan and Scarlett , and Wolf Lake series.    With the popularity and success of his thriller books, Dan was able to commit full-time to writing as a career in 2021, retiring from his previous career as a Meteorologist.   With over 40 novels and novellas to his name, and no sign of him slowing d...