Ok, let's go. See that guy next to these words? That's me. Well, 35 pounds heavier, but I assure you it is me. See that one book in front of him? Now it would be 13 anthologies with him. And now the solo stuff is coming. The pic is from Horrorfind Weekend in 2011 where I read …
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Wow, I’m An Award Winner?
I would like to thank Rose. This evening I was given the Liebster Blog Award. It is a German term for 'dearest' and is given to up-and-coming bloggers. If you would like to check out Rose's blog you can click here and drop by. I hear someone in the crowd shouting, "Speech, speech, speech!" So I …
The Year That Was 2011
Well, this is it. Here we are at the end of 2011 and it was one hell of a year. When the year first started, I had just finished out 2010 with a fun reading at Mo*Con IV and a few rejection slips from editors. That was pretty much my writing career till 2011. Considering …
Coffin Hop Day 3: Sad News and Author of the Day
Welcome to-day 3 of the Coffin Hop! I realized that my blogs about me are no longer on the front page, so I will recap what has gone on before. My name is Brent Abell and I write horror fiction. I have only been writing for a year and a half and have already had …
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Coffin Hop- All Hail the Pumpkin King
Welcome to the show, step inside...step inside. Rather you are a regular visitor or just passing through the graveyard on the Coffin Hop, let me welcome you to the official home of me. Let me introduce myself, I am Brent Abell and I write horror and dark fiction. The things that go bump in the …
Believe the Unbelievable
When I was a kid, my parents, brother, and sister lived in an older two-story house. It was the first house that my parents bought and as kids, we thought it was a mansion compared to the other places we had lived. I was only in kindergarten, so my knowledge of the paranormal was minimal at …
Horrorfind 13 Part 1
This not what the 'going to be' standard Friday blog is for the week, but will instead be a few short blasts from the Horrorfind 13 Convention in Gettysburg, PA. As I sit here partaking of cold pizza for breakfast in my hotel room, I realize that for the first time during this trip, I …
Our Darkest Fears 