The 2013 Gentlemen of Horror
The following Gentlemen will be contributing to
The Ladies of Horror 2013
W. C. Morrow
A native of the South, W.C. Morrow is a Gentleman dressed all in black. At an early age he developed an interest in monsters, the undead, and the spooky. A self-described atheist and practicing epicurean, Mr. Morrow is an amateur weird/horror poet of speculative fiction with a goal to one day have his work turned into a graphic novel. Heavily influenced by American and Japanese comic book art and early pulp fiction stories. The poem is the method in which he writes with great satisfaction and expresses his most inner creativity. Though poetry as a form of expression isn't popular with readers.
Mr. Morrow has never lost his passion for things that go bump in the night and dwell in the dark. Instead he has used this passion to fuel his creativity. Recently, being published twice by Infernal Ink Magazine and efiction Magazine. The dream has become more real and tangible with future becoming more bright with possibility. Mr. Morrow has always had a passion for were-beasts and vampires and all weird horrible creatures from the pit which is man's imagination. The two authors who have the biggest influence are the early twentieth century writers, H.P.Lovecraft and R.E. Howard.
For the past five years serving his country as a soldier in the United States Army; deployed twice Afghanistan in 2009, with 3/82 AVN REGT, 82ND CAB, Ft. Bragg for six months and Kuwait/Iraq with 416TH TC, 260TH QM BN( Deactivated), Hunter Army Air Field in 2010, for one year. Mr. Morrow is a veteran with two world tours under his belt and proud of his service. Getting out of the army next year and looking forward to his future. Mr. Morrow understands the are obstacles to life but finding his way over or around them is half the battle. And no one can set limitations more than himself and what he can accomplish.
Having started writing seriously a little more than a decade ago, Dylan honed his craft by constructing short stories. He received his first acceptance in 2003. Since then, Dylan has had more than a dozen short stories published in different markets both online and in print, most of which are now defunct (as often happens in the small press word). Some, like Necrotic Tissue #9, can still be purchased. Almost his entire back catalog of short stories will be released in both paperback and e-book format in 2013-a collection that will include previously unpublished stories, in addition to the two tales featured in the 2009 Gentlemen of Horror anthology.
Focusing on longer works over the last few years, Dylan has release three books. His debut novel, HOSTS, was first published in 2009 by Wild Child Publishing in eBook format. A year later, Dylan re-released the novel in both print and kindle versions through his own imprint, DJM Entertainment. A novella, OCTOBER RAIN, was released in 2009 by Sonar4 Publications. In 2011 Dylan received back the rights to his novella and it has subsequently been re-edited and re-released on the Kindle platform by Hazardous Press in 2012. Described as, "an action-movie of a novel" by Shroud Book Reviews, his werewolf-vampire-hybrid novel, BLOOD WAR was release in 2011 by Pill Hill Press in all available formats.
Now living and working in Norway, Dylan J. Morgan was born in New Zealand and raised in the United Kingdom. He writes during those rare quiet moments amid a hectic family life: and after dark, with limited sustenance, and when his creative essence is plagued the most by tormented visions.
Dylan J. Morgan
Erich Allen Johnson
Born and raised in the heart of Maryland, Erich Johnson spent most of his childhood bouncing between beaches and barns. He fell in love with books at an early age, from Dr. Seuss as a toddler to his recent fixations on Ernest Hemingway and Stephen King, discovering a bevy of styles and stories that all influence his writing today.
Even at a young age, Erich had a love for story telling, and has been putting them to paper since he was a child. He looks forward to his first publication with the Ladies and Gentlemen of Horror, and hopes his first full novel, The Beast of Bryer, will follow close behind.
When he's not enjoying the tranquility of the Atlantic coast in Ocean City, he can be found in the local pubs and bars of beautiful and historic downtown Annapolis, where'd he's always willing to share a toast and a story.
Sean Patrick Little
Joseph DeRepentingy
My Biography is quite simple. I was born March 12, 1961 in Monterey California. We moved back to Massachusetts but we moved around quite often so I grew up on the east coast of America. By the late 70’s I was living in Georgia and had read everything from Jules Verne to J.R.R Tolkien and after complaining to myself that there weren’t any good fantasy books I started writing them myself. In that few years, I filled a shelf load of composition books with everything from bad detective stories to a fantasy epic even I cannot follow.
All this past me and was nearly forgotten until I announced I was going to become a writer again at age 50. I found those notebooks picked out the best stories and submitted them. They rejected them all, so I came up with a plan. Writer a good short story, rewrite and rewrite until it worked and send it in to 100 magazines. I received 75 no answers, 20 rejection form letters, and 10 letters telling me what I did wrong. I pouted for a week and then reread what I did wrong; I fixed the story and resubmitted. “The Cracked House” published in Sunny Park Fun on April 2004. From there the rest is history. To date I have an unknown number of short stories out there. (I stopped counting after 50 in 2010) but I figure it to be around 70 or more.
M. P. Fitzgerald
M. P. Fitzgerald is a new comer to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Horror. He has been writing since he was a child, and claims Shakespeare, Neil Gaiman, Langston Hughes, Edgar Allen Poe, and Isaac Asimov as some of his major influences. Matt, as known to his friends, majored in English and has a love for theater management and mixing music.
He’s currently maintaining four different jobs while working on his first contribution to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Horror, including part-time jobs as a bartender, insurance salesman, and theater technician. “Sure, it’s tough to keep up some days; it can be a bit overwhelming. But, it’s like Charles Swindoll said: ‘We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations’, and I’m never one to pass up a good opportunity.”
Fitzgerald’s contribution is a Shakespearean story told through poetry. We’re looking forward to great things from this young man.
Christopher Steel
Christopher Steel grew up in Baltimore City. His life was pretty much standard while growing up. He had a few crushes and a lot of friends, and a lot heartache and loss. When he was really young, he thought he wanted to be nothing when he grew up. He had a plan to buy a Volkswagen Bus and travel the world. That all changed when he was around 11.
It was early in the morning, or late at night, depending on which way you look at time. He had just moved into a new room in his house, and he was checking out all of the different nooks and crannies in the room. The room was previously a kitchen so there were cabinets and a sink. In the cabinet under the sink, he found a strange blue box that turned out to be a type writer. There, in the middle of Baltimore City, in the wee hours of the morning, a writer was born.
For the past 15 years Chris has been writing everything from short stories to poems to beginning a novel. When he isn’t working as an Addiction Counselor, he can be found in his tiny apartment in Baltimore County with his girlfriend, Amber and his dog, Natty Boh. Chris hopes to one day make the bestsellers list, anywhere on the list, even dead last, as long as he knows he has entertained others for a short time.
