High Strangeness, my Apartment 239 sequel, is making its paperback debut on December 5th! To get ready, Velox Books has kindly made a short story from my collection Ash and Bone FREE. This story is about Haze, a man with an unusual gift who will be vital the story of High Strangeness. Enjoy this prequel story, which can be found here.
Author: Elford Alley
Apartment 239 is on Audible!
If you love horror-comedies about cursed towns, ghosts, monsters, and the joys of late-stage capitalism, have I got audiobook for you! That’s right, Apartment 239 is now on Audible, narrated by the great Geoff Sturtevant, who also narrated by four horror collections for Velox Books. You can find it right here. Enjoy!
Check Out “Halloween Heretics” on The October Children
Every year horror author Patrick Tumblety unleashes his audio series, The October Children. Stories and poems all centered around Halloween and the spooky season. My short Halloween Heretics was featured in the season finale, check it out here.
Find Us is FREE
Today and tomorrow, you can pick up the ebook of my horror collection Find Us for FREE right here. This one has it all, including my slasher novelette (which is one of my favorite things I’ve written) plus my weird western and more.
A New Deadly Drabble: Seance
One of my 100-word stories was chosen by the great Hungry Shadows Press for their Deadly Drabbles! This one is a tale of revenge, check it out!
My Moths to the Flame Interview!
I had the chance to talk with the amazing author Marie Lestrange about writing horror, the paranormal, and all things creepy and weird! Give it a listen right here.
Yes, It’s Fucking Political!
TC Parker is a brilliant horror writer, check out Hummingbird and find out for yourself. But she’s also starting this awesome series where horror writers talk about the influence of politics on their work. I was in the first episodes, talking about poverty and the poisonous influence of right-wing politics, and how this informs my scary stories. Check it out right here!
The Last Night in the Damned House is only 99 cents!
Just in time for Halloween, Velox Books has made the ebook for my ghost story collection only 99 cents! This is a collection that features a haunted house trilogy, a tale of ghost hunter woe, a story about creepy kids, and more. You can find it right here.
Make Up Your Dying Bad in Texas Roadkill Volume 8
I’m so excited to announce my story, Make Up Your Dying Bed, is part of Texas Roadkill Volume 8! I love this anthology series, featuring the best of Texas horror. I’ve submitted before, and third times a charm, it seems! So, never give up on your dream publishers/anthologies/magazines.
Edited by Patrick C. Harrison III, and with stories by Joe R. Lansdale, Emma E. Murray, Jae Mazer, Bret McCormick, Madison Estes, Chris Miller, James H. Longmore, Jonathan Louis Duckworth, Robert Stahl, Matt Micheli,
Iphigenia Strangeworth, Jacob Austin, R. L. Olvitt, Lawrence Buentello, Tom Bont, Bev Vincent, and of course, the awesome E. R. Bills.
My story focusing on the last hours of Blind Willie Johnson’s life, spent succumbing to exposure in the burnt remains of his home. As with many blues legends, whose legacies would make millions for others, the man is often forgotten, even if the music survives.
Check Out “Bad Dreams at Vernon Rest!”
The Nightmare Never Ends, the second anthology from Jennifer Bernardini of Exploding Head Fiction, is out today! This one features my story Bad Dreams at Vernon Rest, which sees a reappearance of the creepy cemetery kids from my story They Eat the Dead. This also features stories by Brian Bowyer, Holly Rae Garcia, Adam Hulse, Mia Dalia, Lena Ng, Patrick Barb, Cat Voleur, Tom Rimer, Phil Ford, Scott Miller, Cindy O’Quinn, and Philip Webb. Plus, killer illustrations by David Bowman!
