Vampire Stories: "The Paraplegic" - Farthest Star Publishing

I’m pleased to announce that Farthest Star Publishing has acquired the rights to my vampire novelette, The Paraplegic. The Paraplegic started out as a self-published ebook and went on to see several printings, including Serial Magazine. Making the front cover years ago. Farthest Star now holds reprint rights to my tale of one man becoming paralyzed from the waist down, coping with this new way of…

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Read M. J. McClymont's horror story "Coming Home", in CultureCult Press' anthology 'HAUS', featuring 34 terrifying Haunted House stories. 34 Stories 🎃 286 pages Buy paperback or Kindle version from Amazon (US): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BKMV9VWL Buy paperback or Kindle version from Amazon (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BKMV9VWL HAUS is available on Amazon worldwide! Buy paperback from Pothi (INDIA ONLY): https://store.pothi.com/book/jay-chakravarti-ed-haus-anthology-haunted-house-stories/ Authors featured in HAUS are: Michael Bracken, Alyson Faye, Thomas Stewart, Andrea Ferrari Kristeller, Mark A. Fisher, Dibyasree Nandy, Warren Benedetto, David L. Repsher, M. J. McClymont, Lawrence Dagstine, Glynn Owen Barrass, Sophie Kearing, Ann S. Epstein, Raymund P. Reyes, William Allegrezza, Ursula O'Reilly, Kathleen McCluskey, Fariel Shafee, Frederick Pangbourne, N. A. Battaglia, Melanie Schmidt, Kirsti Sandy, Douglas Ford, Dawn DeBraal, Felica Picano, Harris Coverley, Arun Hariharan, R. J. Meldrum, Jacek Wilkos, Axel Kohagen, Rebecca Cuthbert, Morton Otwell Gourdneck and Astrid Egger . . . . . #BookRelease #BookBlurb #Horror #Fiction #CultureCultPress #BookNerd #HorrorFiction #HorrorGeek #HorrorCommunity #HorrorLovers #LoveForReading #ReadersOfInstagram #Biblio #Bibliophile #HauntedHouse #HauntedHouseFiction #Haunted #Conjuring #Amityvillehorror #GhostStories #bookcollecter #bookcollecting #bookclubofinstagram #bookchat #bookcase #bookcasestyling #bookcollectors https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck0j_6AJp58/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Wicked Shadow Press: "Flashes of Nightmare" - Flash Fiction Anthology

It’s the year of the nightmare. First, my story collection from Dark Owl, The Nightmare Cycle. Now, from Wicked Shadow Press, Flashes of Nightmare. And boy do I love the wraparound cover art for this one. Kind of has a Fatal Frame aesthetic to it (if you are familiar with that horror game franchise). I will put ordering links for print and digital versions at the very bottom of this blog post.…

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The Nightmare Cycle by Lawrence Dagstine - Now available in Barnes & Nobles

Just here today real quick to announce that my latest horror collection, The Nightmare Cycle, from Dark Owl Publishing, is available in Barnes & Nobles. Not just Amazon or horror specialty stores and conventions. You can obtain it online or through “select physical stores,” probably the ones that have a horror section. If they don’t have it in stock, it can usually be obtained within two business…

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CALLIOPE INTERACTIVE - ZOMBIE STORY (Acceptances...)

I’ll have a Professional-Level story coming to Calliope Interactive (I also have another professional level tale floating out there, details to come on that in the coming months, and a horror-themed story collection out from Dark Owl Publishing as well). Calliope Interactive is rather new. It is a reading app specifically for fiction stories, maybe if you are into platforms like Instagram per se,…

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SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINES: "The Triumvirate, Vol. #4" - Journal of Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror

I have an obscure science fiction story (entitled, My Own Private Earth) in the latest edition of David Oliver Kling’s speculative fiction journal, The Triumvirate. Volume Four. The Triumvirate features tales of science ficiton, fantasy, horror, even a little bit of poetry. It is available for your Amazon Kindle (digitally), or as a very affordable paperback in the $7.00 range. It is one part…

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STYGIAN LEPUS Online Magazine - Fall 2023, Edition No. #6

I have a historical story of psychological horror and romance (emphasis on the psychological, and this one is set against the backdrop of the Second World War, called: “Competing for Roses.” And you can read that story in the latest issue of a fairly new online magazine called Stygian Lepus. Fall 2023, Edition No. #6. The author line-up is on the webzine cover below. So those are who I share the…

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Book Tours/Book Events: "The Nightmare Cycle" by Lawrence Dagstine - (and OTHER Dark Owl authors and surprise guests)

Chugging right along on the 2023 to 24 Nightmare Cycle Book Tour and Book Event calendar sponsored by Dark Owl Publishing comes the following spooky extravaganza by Arizona’s Number One horror specialty retailer, Terror Trader. With their annual Gathering of the Ghouls event. Held at the Mesa Convention Center. I believe this might be the first (of hopefully many) GOTG events. There will be food,…

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The Nightmare Cycle by Lawrence Dagstine - Now Available in Waterstones UK

I was supposed to put this book post up a few weeks ago, but I have been busy with diet, fitness, and some much-unneeded (for lack of a better term) surgeries. But The Nightmare Cycle has been out for three-plus months, and it’s doing pretty well on the convention circuit and in digital format (Kindle Unlimited subscribers get to read the collection absolutely free). My editor Andrea is doing a…

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Cursed Books: "An Ancient Curse" - Anthology of Ancient Curse Stories

My latest short story appearance comes to a “cursed book.” Not just one volume, but two… I’m in the first. Book One is where my story can be found, but I recommend both. I will supply pictures and info below, as well as little book photos to the right-hand side. Culture Cult Press (imprint of Pulp Cult) presents: “An Ancient Curse.” – An anthology featuring stories about ancient curses. My tale,…

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"The Nightmare Cycle" by Lawrence Dagstine - Dark Owl Publishing

So today is here. Today is the day of my third official story collection: THE NIGHTMARE CYCLE, from Dark Owl Publishing. It is available in print and digital formats (Paperback and on Amazon Kindle). And as the year goes on, straight thru 2024, will be available at book fairs, from various literary vendors, horror and comic-themed conventions, the odd novelty or specialty store, or wherever other…

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NEW HORROR ANTHOLOGIES: "Quarantine" - Red Polka Books

It is with great pleasure to announce that I’ve nabbed my fifth “Zombie-themed fiction” acceptance in the last year, and it goes to the new publishing outfit Red Polka Books. The name of the anthology this time is called QUARANTINE, and it is a book of short stories featuring many different authors from many diverse backgrounds. I am headlining the book (I’m actually the first short story as soon…

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FLASH FICTION ANTHOLOGY: "Flash of the Dead" Wicked Shadow Press

Pleased to announce I have a flash fiction piece, along with 52 other authors, in the new Wicked Shadow Press anthology: FLASH OF THE DEAD. All the pieces contained within this book are “micro tales” under 1500 words in length. Also known as the short-short, in story form, that is what flash fiction essentially is. Small, QUICK stories, that you can read on the bus or subway on your daily commute…

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NEW DARK ROMANCE ANTHOLOGY: "Soulmate Syndrome Vol. 1 & 2" - Wicked Shadow Press

My latest credit comes to the dark and doomed romance anthology series, Soulmate Syndrome! Volumes One and Two. My story, a tale about forbidden love (the kind you cherish but can never have), curses, affliction, and lycantrhropy, can be found in Volume One. The name of the story, “The Romance of Vegada.” Just who and what are the Wolves of Caliente? Why is the love in my story, at its core,…

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UPCOMING BOOKS: "The Nightmare Cycle" by Lawrence Dagstine... (Dark Owl Publishing)

UPCOMING BOOKS: “The Nightmare Cycle” by Lawrence Dagstine… (Dark Owl Publishing)

Coming Spring 2023. A new collection, with mostly new stories. Along with some of the best and most obscure tales from the author’s earliest years as a horror writer. Thirteen stories that transcend the meaning of sleeplessness. Each story a nightmarish scenario or circumstance, one after the other, from beginning to end. From Dark Owl Publishing. THE NIGHTMARE CYCLE. Prepare yourself for a LOT…

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New Zombie Books: "RISE: Anthology of the Undead..."

New Zombie Books: “RISE: Anthology of the Undead…”

If you are a fan of zombies, then I am pleased to announce that I have a brand new undead tale about parenthood, life after death, belonging, and unrequited love, in Wicked Shadow Press’s debut anthology: “RISE: Anthology of the Undead.” Interesting lineup of authors here, and some really interesting and original zombie stories. 250 Pages, Edited by Parth Sarathi Chakraborty, and available in…

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