I started out the year with some modest goals while I tried to build on the beginning success of last year. 2011 was my first full year of writing and I finished the year with 10 stories in 8 anthologies. My goal was 5, so I thought I did ok. Raising the bar higher for …
Continue reading The Year So Far…(and a pretty good one to boot!)
Today it is my great pleasure to hand the wheel over to author, editor, and all around kick ass guy Armand Rosamilia. He is the editor at Rymfire Books and is one hell of an author. His newest novella, Dying Days 2 is now out and I found it a really fun read. So my …
When I first opened the package containing the book, I was greeted by this really great cover hiding all sorts of wicked mutation fun inside. Rainstorm Press put together a really good-looking book, but I was curious as to if the tales would stand up to the theme. Almost all of the tales fit really nicely, …
Continue reading My Review of Rainstorm Press’s “Mutation Nation”
Rebecca is afraid of the dark and hates being alone, but that is how she finds herself in the beginning of Jeff Strand's new novella Faint of Heart. When her husband Gary takes off on a camping trip in the Alaskan wilderness with some buddies, it leaves Rebecca all by her lonesome to deal with …
Well, the 2012 Invasion has left the states and landed on the shores of the UK. Crowded Quaratine Press has accepted my story "For Our Sins: A Fable" for their Ten Silver Bullets anthology coming soon. The book will be available in the US, UK, and other places around the world. I would like to …
Looking down at the still water, I pull out a penny from my worn and tattered jeans. Glancing down at the copper piece I close my eyes, make a wish, and flip it into the still glass-like pool. The coin plunges through the surface and sinks to the bottom while the serene water above forms …
First off faithful readers, Happy New Year! Things are already looking up for 2012 (except for my book buying ban for part of the year). I hope everyone has a good year and we don't die on December 21st like the crazies think we are. I will prepare myself and consume mass quantities of rum …
Welcome to the Friday night edition of the 2011 Coffin Hop Author of the Day. Hang on to your trick-or-treat bags and get ready for an early Halloween treat as we talk about John Everson's new novel The Pumpkin Man and then John entered the arena and faced the 10 Questions! So let us begin... …
Continue reading Coffin Hop Author of the day…John Everson (and he’s here!)
Welcome Coffin Hoppers to my blog page. I am Brent Abell and I welcome you to the home for my fiction and other goodness. This is a busy time for me, so rather you are a new reader or a regular reader, hang on tight we have a lot to cover! 1. News time! In …
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 …
Our Darkest Fears 