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Darrell Z. Grizzle

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in Marietta, GA, The United States

January 18

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Horror, Fantasy, Crime

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Darrell Z. Grizzle is a queer writer of horror, dark fantasy, and crime fiction. He is the author of "I Never Meant to Start a Murder Cult." His story “Moonlight Sonata, with Scissors” was adapted into a short film by award-winning indie filmmaker Chris Ethridge. Darrell is featured in “Lonely Hollows: 15 Tales of Folk Horror,” “Effigies and Incantations,” “Yay! All Queer,” “Don’t Ask, Ghosts Tell,” and Skelos 4: The Journal of Weird Fiction and Dark Fantasy. Darrell is a former parole officer who now works as a Licensed Professional Counselor in private practice. He lives in shadow-haunted Kennesaw, Georgia, with his partner Michael, their cat Althea, and way too many books. His home on the web is www.ShadowHaunted.com and his social media ...more

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DragonCon 2026! Celebrating 40 Years of Fandom

Happy to be an Attending Professional again at DragonCon, in Atlanta September 3rd through 7th, 2026! This will be my 15th DragonCon! You can find me on the Horror, Urban Fantasy, and Writers Tracks, and this year for the first time on the BritTrack. Here is where I’ll be (and as always, this schedule is subject to change at any time):

Friday 10:00 am, Chastain F Westin (Urban Fantasy Track)
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	Lonely Hollows: 15 Tales of Folk Horror by Cliff Biggers (Editor), Charles R. Rutledge (Editor), Amanda DeWees (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 49 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
	I Never Meant To Start A Murder Cult and Other Stories by Darrell Z. Grizzle (Goodreads Author), Jeff Strand (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.48 avg rating — 42 ratings — 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
	Georgia Gothic: Stories from the Dark Side of the Deep South by Alex Hofelich (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Vicki Greer (Editor), Peter Adam Salomon (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.79 avg rating — 19 ratings — 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
	We Bite Back: A Queer Charity Anthology by S. Moon (Editor), Twilight Sage Moon (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Carolanna Lisonbee 4.33 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2025 — 5 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
	Southern Monsters by D.C. Phillips (Goodreads Author) (Editor), William Sterling (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Marlena Frank (Goodreads Author) 4.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — 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
	Effigies and Incantations by D.C. Phillips (Goodreads Author), William Sterling (Goodreads Author), Kimberly Pinzon (Goodreads Author) 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — 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
	Don't Ask, Ghosts Tell: An LGBTQ+ Horror Anthology by Vince A. Liaguno (Goodreads Author), Sirrah Medeiros (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Amanda Dier (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — 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
	Clarity: Queer Sci Fi's 9th Annual Flash Fiction Contest by J. Scott Coatsworth (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Blaine D. Arden (Goodreads Author), Julie Bozza (Goodreads Author) (contributor) 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — 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
	Gathered Here Today: An Open Casket of Art and Poetry by Daniel Gene Barlekamp, Robin Rose Gavres, Greg Schwartz (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	Pink Triangle Rhapsody by Andrew Wolter (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Darrell Z. Grizzle (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), John Peyton Cooke (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 4 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

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Have Mercy: Following Jesus in Politically Perilous Times

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Darrell Grizzle entered a giveaway Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Deluxe Edition) by Heather Fawcett (Goodreads Author) 5 copies available, ends on November 30, 2026 Enter to win »
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“I like my coffee and my existentialism dark-roasted.”
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“The most memorable horror stories force us to confront our own inhumanity and thereby make us grateful for our humanity.”
― Darrell Z. Grizzle

tags: horror-authors, horror-fiction

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“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: dance, music

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“I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Player Piano

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“If I can't dance to it, it's not my revolution.”
― Emma Goldman

tags: anarchy, music, revolution

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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

tags: darkness, drive-out, hate, inspirational, light, love, peace

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“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

tags: lies, love, respect, self-deception, truth

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