“The Carolers” – A Christmas Horror Story By Matt Cowan

I wrote this short Christmas horror story a couple years ago. It was published in the anthology Christmas Under The Covers edited by Marc Damian Lawler in 2021. I’m really happy with how it turned out. I’m going to leave it up here through New Years and then will likely remove it. “THE CAROLERS” By […]

NIGHTMARE ABBEY ISSUE #6 IS NOW AVAILABLE

The sixth issue of Nightmare Abbey (edited by Tom English of Dead Letter Press) is now available for purchase. I’ve posted about enough of these issues at this point you all know the drill. It’s filled to bursting with terrifying horror stories and columns by top notch writers of the macabre (See the Table of […]

HORROR DELVE AND “DEAD HANDS CLAPPING” IN ISSUE 2 OF NIGHTMARE ABBEY

BIG NEWS! Issue #2 of Nightmare Abbey Magazine from Dead Letter Press is now available for purchase. My Horror Delve column makes a return appearance in its pages, this time finding me taking a look at dreams and nightmares in short horror fiction. Alongside my column, I also have a new short story published in […]

BLACK INFINITY: ROCKETSHIPS AND SPACESUITS

The new issue of Black Infinity Magazine, edited by the great Tom English (whose insightful Please Stand By columns are not-to-be-missed, by the way), is now available for purchase. The theme this time around is Rocketships and Spacesuits. This issue is filled-to-bursting with classic short fiction by the likes of Ray Bradbury, Robert Silverberg and […]

MY STORY “THE CAROLLERS” IS FEATURED IN A NEW ANTHOLOGY

My short story “The Carollers” appears in the new holiday-themed anthology Christmas Under the Covers edited by Marc Damien Lawler. It’s my tenth story overall to see publication and the fourth of them to be set during the Christmas season. I’m particularly excited to get to share a table of contents with the great Jim […]

FREE READING OF “CHRISTMAS WINE” SHORT STORY

This past week I was honored to have legendary podcaster and literary historian Jim Moon perform a reading of my short story “Christmas Wine” on his Great Library of Dreams podcast. I’ve long been a fan Jim’s podcasts, so it was extra-cool to hear him read a story of mine. As for the story itself, […]

BLACK INFINITY #6: INSIDIOUS INSECTS

Black Infinity issue #6 is now out and available for purchase under $10. This one is especially exciting for me because I make two appearances in it. There’s a new installment of my retro-movie review column Matt Cowan’s Threat Watch – this one focusing on films involving insects or spiders or other such scuttling things, […]

“LOVELY WEATHER FOR AN UNSEELIE SLEIGH RIDE TOGETHER” IS AVAILABLE IN A TREE LIGHTING IN DEATHLEHEM

My new short Christmas-themed horror story “Lovely Weather for an Unseelie Sleigh Ride Together” is now available in the anthology A Tree Lighting in Deathlehem from Grinning Skull Press. This will be my third appearance in the Deathlehem series of anthologies, so I’m excited to make a return visit. To add a bit of context, […]

BLACK INFINITY ISSUE #4 STRANGE DIMENSIONS

BLACK INFINITY magazine returns yet again! This time the theme is Strange Dimensions. The book contains 13 stories dealing with parallel realities in one form or another. There’s also a reprint of a vintage Steve Ditko comicbook story, editor Tom English’s always delve into the issue’s theme, a Todd Treichel weird science article, as well […]

“NUMEN” A SHORT HORROR STORY BY MATT COWAN

“NUMEN” Originally published in Cellar Doors Volume II: Words of BeautyTales of Terror, where it won an Editor’s Choice Award By Matt Cowan “By the way, John, the bathroom speaks at night,” Amanda said, opening a box marked KITCHEN. John glanced over from hanging a picture in the adjacent room. “How unique, surprised they didn’t […]