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My journey to becoming a writer began with a love of books, Goosebumps to start followed quickly by Stephen King and Dean Koontz. I later found and fell in love with Robert McCammon as well as works outside of the genre. I wrote stories about alien abductions and sentient scarecrows. I still have some of these stories and...wow. Awful! I never stopped writing but my life would only allow it to be a hobby until I was around thirty. I submitted my first story to a competition and was given an honorable mention. That gave me the confidence to submit elsewhere, including The NoSleep Podcast. My fist acceptance barely caused a ripple, but it lit a fire in me. I placed stories with homegrown anthologies, cobbled together my own collection, and ev ...more

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	Dark Matter Presents Human Monsters: A Horror Anthology by Sadie Hartmann (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ashley Saywers (Editor), Christopher Golden (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.13 avg rating — 547 ratings — published 2022 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stargazers by L.P. Hernandez (Goodreads Author), Sadie Hartmann (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.18 avg rating — 485 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Valley of the Headless Men 3.66 avg rating — 358 ratings — published 2024 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Howls From the Wreckage: An Anthology of Disaster Horror by Christopher O'Halloran (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nick Cutter (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Cassandra Khaw (Goodreads Author) 3.61 avg rating — 219 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Monstronomicon: 100 Horror Stories from 70 Authors by Tobias Wade (Goodreads Author), Grant Hinton (Goodreads Author), Savage Cardigan 4.03 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Gods, Only Chaos 4.24 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 2024 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dreadful: Tales of the Dead and Dying 4.31 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rat King: A Horror Collection 4.23 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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L.P. Hernandez rated a book it was amazing Death of a Clown by Catherine McCarthy (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I am a fan of Catherine McCarthy's horror adjacent fiction. This dark fairy tale was a wonderful departure, though threads of existential suffering do persist. Chester Brown's story takes place in a fictionalized version of Europe, London to begin, w ...more
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Biased because I'm one half of the publishing duo that launched this rocket into the world. Empty Devils is singular. It is the story for this moment. It is our greatest fear and our remedy. Loss of a child, but not just a loss. A loss to monsters. I ...more
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(I don't give star ratings in my own genre) Drew Starling writes prose that will stop you on the page and hold you there. Seriously. It is not without purpose. It adds depth and texture to a story that is both harrowing and horrific. The lush imagery, ...more
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(I don't give star ratings in my own genre) I can't remember the last book I began and finished in one day. Mosaic was my introduction to Catherine McCarthy, and I devoured it. This story was a masterclass in building dread. I kept one eye on the (digi ...more
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(I don't rate with stars in my own genre) What a rush that was! I started this book a couple of months ago and made it my "son's gymnastics class" read. With holidays and bad weather, several classes were canceled. That it took me a while to finish is ...more
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L.P. Hernandez and 4 other people liked Jamedi's review of In the Valley of the Headless Men: "In The Valley of the Headless Men is an excellent novella which blends together folk horror and cosmic horror, written by L.P. Hernandez, and published by Cemetery Gates Media. An incredibly emotional story, intriguing and weird at some points, follo" Read more of this review »
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I do not give star ratings in my own genre. I purchased The Militia House based off Brian Keene's endorsement. I went into the plot blind, knowing only that the author was a service member. This short novel has a lot to offer. As an active duty servic ...more
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“Sometimes it’s the pain that gets you out of bed in the morning. Sometimes it’s the pain, not love that makes you question your place in the Universe. You chose the pain to discover something about yourself.”
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