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Gerard Houarner, Horror and Dark Fantasy Writer

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About me:

I'm a writer of dark fiction -- horror, science fiction, fantasy, humor, perhaps someday westerns, and when hell freezes over....romance -- who works in the mental health field by day because, well, writing doesn't pay very well. And the publishing business drives me crazy.

I've been writing for well over thirty years, have had 4 novels and over 260 stories published in places big and small. I'm also Fiction Editor for Space and Time magazine, the longest still-active small press genre magazine around (www.spaceandtime.com). Check out an issue and see what's kept it around for so long.

My most recent collection, The Oz Suite, is out from Eibonvale Press in hard cover and trade paperback. Using bits and pieces of the Oz movie and series mythos, I explore alien invasion apocalypse, surviving while living in two separate universes, and childhood trauma in three novelettes. Two are original, one is reprinted from the the out-of-print anthology: Damned.

Yes, there are flying monkeys. The King of the Flying Monkeys, no less. If you go to my site, you can read samples from a link in the news section.

The book is available from www.eibonvalepress.co.uk, amazon.com and horror-mall.com. See my latest blog for more information.

My most recent novel, Road From Hell, is still available from Necro Publications (also amazon.com and horror-mall.com, where they have other books in the Max series as well as various other collections, anthologies, etc featuring my work).

Right now I have stories in Dark Discoveries 4, Tales of the Unanticipated 29, Shroud 4, Cemetery Dance 58, as well as anthologies Midnight Premiere, Abominations, High Seas Cthulu, Sea and Sails, Weird Tales: the 21st Century, volume 1, as well as a couple of pro online sites, Heliotrope and Horror Literature Quarterly.

There are also the two original novelettes in The Oz Suite out there for your reading pleasure.

For new writers out there, I participate in a blog with thirty contributors from the publishing industry, including many working, sweating writers, called www.storytellersunplugged.com

My contribution comes in on the 4th of every month, and I talk about various personal, theoretical and practical aspects of what I do with writing. As I said in my first post on the site over a couple of years ago, I do this as much to explore what I do for myself, as to give others advice. The other contributors absolutely kick butt -- check the site out to get the inside scoop on the writing life, and don't forget to leave comments!

Of course, there's also Dead Cat's Traveling Circus of Wonders and Miracle Medicine Show, a crazy collection/anthology/circus/medicine show/art gallery about about a cat, once sacrificed to the goddess Bast to deliver a prayer for more money, who bounced back and is doing much better now, thank you.

His adventures have been transcribed by myself as well as a host of horror's finest, including Brian Hodge, Tim Lebbon, Linda Addison, Trish Cacek, Gary Braunbeck, Jeffrey Thomas, Trey Barker, Jack Haringa, Mike Huyck, Michele Scalise, Wrath James White, Mark McLaughlin, Garrett Peck, Robert Rhine, Aaron Woorley, and is insanely illustrated by the artist and co-editor GAK, with guest appearances from Alan M. Clark, Erik Wilson and Chad Savage.

This book-making work of art is available from Necro Publications and Horror-mall.com, where they're running all kinds of discounts and specials. ..

My stories are also coming up in the anthologies Infernally Yours, Darkness On The Edge: Dark Tales Inspired by the Songs of Bruce Springsteen, Indian Country Noir from Akashic Press, Dueling Minds, and Blood and Devotion.

You can find the latest news right here on my blog, or at my renovated website www.gerardhouarner.com or at my message board on Horrorworld.org, and check out Horror-Mall.com or Amazon for the books and magazines.

I'm also married to the wonderful Linda Addison, poet, mother, programmer, and first African American to receive a Bram Stoker Award from the Horror Writers Association. She recently received her second Bram Stoker Award for poetry.

After doing this social networking thing for a couple of years, I'm even less of an internet person than I ever was. I'd rather be writing. But I've actually met readers, to my utter amazement, and so many of my betters are here and active, so I stay to keep an eye on things.

You never know what might come in handy in a story.

For more about my writing, check out www.gerardhouarner.com
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Who I'd like to meet:

The ones who run things. Because, you know, I have issues.

Poe. Guy de Maupassant. Kafka. Lovecraft. Philip K. Dick. Not that I think I'd have fun hanging out with any of these guys. But I'd like to get a feel for them.

People who appreciate wonder and terror, and who are not afraid of books and read them. More people who've read my work and don't think I suck.

Details

  • Status: Married
  • Here for: Networking
  • Hometown: NYC
  • Orientation: Straight
  • Zodiac Sign: Gemini
  • Education: Grad / professional school
  • Occupation: Counselor, Writer

Schools

  • Teachers College At Columbia University

    • New York, NY
    • Graduated: 1981
    • Student status: Alumni
    • Degree: Master's Degree
    • Major: Rehabilitation Counseling
    1978 to 1981
  • Cuny City College

    • New York, NY
    • Graduated: 1977
    • Student status: Alumni
    • Degree: Bachelor's Degree
    • Major: Writing
    • Minor: English Lit
    1973 to 1977
  • Stuyvesant Hs

    • New York, NY
    • Graduated: 1973
    • Student status: Alumni
    • Degree: High School Diploma
    • Clubs: Comic Book club, run by current DC Comics President Paul Levitz
    1970 to 1973

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