William Cook

Jamie's Darker Side of Nonsense.: In The Spotlight: William Cook : October 20th, 2011 In The Spotlight: William Cook It is with absolute pleasure that I present to you an interview with an outstanding writer and artist, William Cook. For a long time now I have been a fan of his artwork; I discovered him a few years ago while surfing the net and have kept tabs on him since. Recently however, I found him on a social networking site and we have become friends. When I found out he was releasing a novel, I knew I had to be the one to interview him. So here he is. The one, the only William Cook! Introduce yourself, William. My name is William Cook and I’m a writer from New Zealand. I also illustrate in my spare time and have done a few book covers and other work. I have had a few short stories and poetry previously published but Blood Related is my first novel, due to be released by Angelic Knight Press on November the 15th. I write mainly in the Horror/Thriller genre...

The Dark Poetry of William Cook: Aspects of Infinity : I remember how it all began, as clearly as if it were yesterday. It was a fine morning, crisp and cold, but full of sun. I woke up...

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Blood-Related/239923426057340 " Blood Related , William Cook's great thriller/horror tale scheduled for release by Angelic knight Press in November, has its own Facebook page now. We will be adding new information and cover art as it becomes available. Go over, visit, and like the page!" New 'official' author's blog for 'Blood Related' here .   

More sneak peaks at the origins of 'Blood Related' Throughout the book you will find these adages referenced to some degree. Inescapable truths about the evil of humanity. The degree to which some of us can go, parasitic hominid but essentially as those who have come before, right back to the ocean, the shallow end of the gene-pool. After all, in some ways we are all Blood Related. Food for thought. 'Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god.' - Jean Rostand For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ.  - William Shakespeare Source:  Hamlet Prince of Denmark (Hamlet at II, ii) The very emphasis of the commandment: Thou shalt not kill, makes it certain that we are descended from an endlessly long chain of generations of murderers, whose love of murder was in their blood as it is perhaps also in ours. - Sigmund Freud It takes two to make a murder...

In researching my new novel, 'Blood Related,' I started out with a mission to read the majority of first person accounts of serial homicide, stream of consciousness-style fiction. Not for material, more for inspiration and admiration - just like those crazy books, quite glad my tastes are slowly shifting to a more classical appreciation of the dark arts! Not a soft option by any means! Here is my list. 1. Killer on The Road by James Ellroy 2. A Special Place: the heart of a dark matter by Peter Straub 3. The Killer by Colin Wilson 4. Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite 5. Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates 6. The Girls he Adored by Jonathan Nasaw 7. Head Hunter by Michael Slade 8. Stray Bullets (series) by David Lapham 9. The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson 10. I AM Not a Serial Killer (John Cleaver) by Dan Wells 11. Frenzy by Rex Miller 12. The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks 13. American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis 14. Slob by Rex Miller 15. Psycho by...

'Monkey Love' by John Paul Allen, Cover Art by Keith Minnion This is the first work of John Paul Allen's that I have had the pleasure to read but certainly won't be the last. i liked it so much that i read it twice. My first reading of 'Monkey Love' revealed a dark, ironic sense of humor that had me in stitches, building the pathos in this unique work until i thought i knew what 'kind' of novel it was, only to flip my notions upside down with surprise after surprise.  This great little book is laced with cultural references and metaphor that take on a new life afforded by the foresight of a well-deserved second reading. This is a well-crafted story centered on a tragic situation and the pursuit of a love that knows no bounds.  As the title suggests and the exceptional cover art, the quest for love through tragedy is fraught with the horror of new and bizarre discoveries of the self and the surrounding world. Other reviewers have mentioned the basic ...

Angelic Knight Press: William Cook : Angelic Knight Press is excited to announce that William Cook, a very talented author, poet, and artist/ illustrator from New Zealand will be gracing us with his presence in the form of his fantastic novel "Blood Related" which we are slating for release in December. We have to take advantage of the holiday season sales mania!  Yvonne, Stacey, and I are in love with this chilling horror, mystery tale. William sent us a very polished Ms. Below is a portion of the synopsis sent to us by him. Meet Caleb Samael Cunningham, a diabolical serial-killer with an inherited psychopathology, passed down via a blood-soaked genealogy. Caleb is a disturbed young man whose violent father is a suspected serial killer and mother, an insane alcoholic. After his Father’s suicide, Cunningham’s disturbing fantasy-life becomes reality, as he begins his killing spree in earnest. His identical twin brother Charlie is to be released from an asyl...