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Darryl Shaw

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Canada, Canada

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Horror

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Bret Easton Ellis, Jon Athan, Aron Beauregard, Stephen King, Douglas A ...more

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Hello Mysterious Stranger!

As of writing this I've just launched my third extreme horror book. Before this I was primarily a movie guy, pursuing indie films and writing screenplays. Anyhow three years into novel writing, and I am still loving exploring this twisted genre.

I have a new decidedly less extreme micro budget web-series , which is more of an 'emotional horror' but perhaps to most a black comedy.

You can find it here:

https://www.youtube.com/@TheHoundsOfA...

Also feel free to check out some of my films on vimeo; www.vimeo.com/godinthegrass.

And thanks for sampling my bizarre brand of transgressive horror!

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Bad Appetites

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The President's Son

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The Mailman

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Darryl Shaw liked Matthew Clarke's review of Double Dank: "Astral projection! Mysterious deaths! Graphic violence! If you like any, or all of these things, then Double Dank is a must read. Though geared toward those that enjoy extreme horror, the story itself would stand solid without the gut-wrenchingly deta" Read more of this review »
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