Horror – coming in May

Coming May 2016

“Everyone makes mistakes; that is how we learn. You just have to hope that the mistakes you make in life don’t cost you everything.”

Skin Job – A NY tattoo artist conjures a demon to destroy a rival tattoo artist but pays for it in a way that will torment him for the rest of his life.

Release Date: TBD

My novelette, SKIN JOB accepted by publisher for eBook release

SKIN JOB by Michael Thomas-Knight chosen for Terry M. West’s Car-Nex Project

I guess you could call this my first book publishing deal. Terry M West’s publishing company, Pleasant Storm Entertainment, has accepted my story ‘Skin Job’ to be included in the Car-Nex series of books. The novelette will be released in 2016 as part of the related story series originated by Terry’s story, Night of the Car-Nex.

More about the he Car-Nex series:
Select writers were invited to create an original story featuring the demon creature Terry invented and first wrote about in his tale, Night of the Car-Nex. The story of this conjured beast was originally published in his top-selling short-story collection, What Price Gory. Car-Nex is short for Carnivore from the Nexus and stands as the unifying thread in the subsequent book series. Much like Lovecraft’s Necronomicon, which had shown up in many other stories and mediums, The Car-Nex creature lives on in these separate tales.

My story will be released as its own Kindle book. It can be read as a stand alone piece and you don’t have to read the other tales to know what is happening. They are not chronologically connected.

However readers are also enjoying the series as a whole, purchasing other tales and seeing how different writers approach the same subject matter.
Prior to the release of SKIN JOB, you may want to read Terry’s original story, Night of the Car Nex from the What Price Gory? Collection.

You can also check out the other books in the series which have been released at different times during the year.
The Car Nex series on Amazon.com

SKIN JOB – the Car Nex series
Coming soon!

I wasn’t sure when I should make this announcement because a lot can happen between now and the next six months. But, the contract is signed and everything is moving forward, so I thought I would relay the info…

My Halloween tale, Bon Fire posted on Cemetery Tomes

My Halloween fiction story, Bon Fire,
posted on Cemetery Tomes – modern gothic fiction site.

Have you ever sat around a campfire or backyard fire-pit with a group of family or friends and take turns telling scary stories. Bon Fire is about that kind of get together. Who has the creepiest tale, the most believable urban legend, who’s just recycling the same story from last year? Sit in with my group of friends and find out.

This is semi-autobiographical and makes for some traditional Halloween reading. When I was younger, we used to go camping with friends. Besides enjoying the great outdoor scenery, the only other good part was sitting around the campfire at night, drinking Ale and telling wicked tales. (in a bar it’s beer, but when you’re in the great outdoors it’s automatically called Ale) This is what happened on one of those nights.

The story is light on horror, more like a strange tale with gothic overtones. A perfect read for all ages and with a little personalizing, a great tale to relay at your own scary storytelling get-together this Halloween.

read here:
Michael Thomas-Knight – Bon Fire

Originally published in my chapbook, The Clock Tower Black, from Goblin Press (2007). Out of print.

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Nate over at Cemetery Tomes is new to wordpress. Head over to his blog and check out what he’s got going on. For all you horror writers and authors, Nate says he will be open to submissions in November for several story themes. Subscribe to his blog so you don’t miss his calls for submissions. 

My year in writing Fiction and getting published – 2014

 

My year in writing – 2014

My Horror Fiction stories published

Anthology books
Terror Train – my story, Steel Deliverance
Journals of Horror – my story, Night Terrors: Journal
Stomping Grounds – my story, The Devil’s Avatar

   

Horror Websites (read for free)
Fictionterrifica.com – my story, My All Time Favorite
Fictionterrifica.com – my story, Urban Legend #9
Microhorror.com – my story, The Opaque Veil
Bizart Pod cast – my story, The Station

Horror Magazines/E-zines
Dark Eclipse #28 – my story, The Memory Thief
The Best of Dark Eclipse issue Dec. 2014 – my story, The Memory Thief
 

My guest articles

I wrote a true life ghost hunting story, guest article for the Fox True Ghost Story Project
The Witch Tree

I continue to contribute periodic articles to Vic’s Movie Den

My Top 5 Gothic Vincent Price movies
My Top 5 Horror and Sci-Fi Sequels that Rock
10 Things you Didn’t know about John Carpenter

 

This year I’ve written several guest articles for Halloweenforevermore.com

Why do Grown Men Watch Godzilla Films
Ouija Boards and other Fortune Telling Games
To Own a Monster – Aurora Monster Models

 

My work recognized!

The Memory Thief chosen for The Best of Dark Eclipse issue Dec. 2014

Ann Rice tweets about my article, Why Do Grown Men Watch Godzilla Movies

Interview on Jim Pyre’s Dead Letter Office

Interview on Whispers in the Dark Podcast for Journals of Horror

Terror Train podcast, Steel Deliverance reading

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Thank you to all the wonderful editors, site managers and fellow bloggers I’ve dealt with this year who strive to put something special into the hands of horror readers and fans out there. It’s been a pleasure working with you all. 

I have about 25 written, unpublished, horror short stories that I’ll be looking to find placement for this year, as well as, many ideas for articles and blog posts that will appear here and with other sites on the web. I have yet to finish my first novel but the first draft is nearly complete. I hope to get it into the hands of some BETA readers within the first six months of 2015. 

To all my fellow writers out there, good luck on your endeavors, and best wishes in achieving all you goals for 2015. 

Michael Thomas-Knight

My writing in 2013 – an overview

Fun facts about my Fiction:

My favorite horror story I’ve written this year: Motel Impressions is a ghost story that takes place in a motel room. It is set in Long Beach NY and was sparked by a true story (of a murder, not ghosts) for which I built a fictional story around.

My favorite creature/monster that I created: The giant tentacled worm from The Gates of Lament is part Lovecraft and partly inspired by my post, Scariest Creatures of the Sea

My best opening line in a story: Upstanding Citizen  – The moment old lady Ambrose bent over to look in my basement window, I hit her in the back of the head with a hammer… (read more at the Carnage Conservatory)

My favorite character: Jason from The Suitcase is probably most like myself. This story takes place on Long Island and was written in 2011 when the state police were finding the remains of several female victims off of Ocean Parkway.

My favorite message/bigger meaning in a story: Holiday Icon demonstrates the hypocrisy of people during the Christmas holiday. Most of my stories have some alter/bigger meaning, moral or message. Some are more obvious than others.

The two demons in Lessons in Demonology are named after the two moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos – Greek mythological words that translate to ‘fear’and ‘terror’

In The Gates of Lament, there are three blatant nods to 1970’s Americana in the names of the characters.

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A list of published works for 2013:

(story title/place where published/date published)

Upstanding Citizen – the Carnage Conservatory (website) 2/6/13

The Suitcase – From Beyond the Grave (anthology) 4/15/13

Lessons in Demonology – Twisted Dreams Magazine 6/1/13

Pig – Shadow Masters: An Anthology From the Horror Zine – 6/23/13

X-Ray Specs – SNM Horror Magazine (website) – 7/1/13

Maynard’s Secret – SNM Horror Magazine (website) – 8/1/13

Awakening – Twisted Dreams Magazine – 10/1/13

Bloodsuckers – Infernal Ink Magazine – 10/1/13

Uninvited – 100 Doors To Madness (anthology) – 10/12/13

The Memory Thief – Dark Eclipse Magazine – 11/3/13

Motel Impressions – Miseria’s Chorale (anthology) – 11/26/13

The Gates of Lament – Cellar Door II (anthology) – 12/06/13

Holiday Icon – Oh, Little Town of Deathlehem (anthology) – 12/24/13

total: 13 for 2013 – more info on my Bio page
– published stories in the horror fiction short-story market to date – 24

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Visit my Amazon.com Authors Page: Michael Thomas-Knight

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I would like to thank the editors of all the publications for taking the time to work with my fiction and for seeing something original and provoking enough to accept them for publication. Look forward to working with you all in the coming year.

   

My latest story published in Dark Eclipse Magazine #28

Michael Thomas-Knight published in Dark Eclipse Magazine

I am very happy to have a story published in Dark Eclipse, a prestigious publication in the horror genre!

My story, The Memory Thief, has been accepted and published in issue # 28 of Dark Eclipse. Discover The Memory Thief and his oddball band of miscreants searching the land of dreams for nourishment at the expense of the human mind and the risk of one man’s sanity. Only in the new issue of Dark Eclipse.

Check it out here:
Amazon Kindle

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