Sam Weller's Blog

I was recently a guest on. the Fangoria podcast network’s KINGCAST with hosts Eric Vespe and Anthony Breznican. This is the granddaddy of all Stephen King podcasts, pro...

My collection of essays on the life, legacy, and work of Ray Bradbury will be published in 2027. This book goes deep into subjects I may have just touched upon in my pr...

Happy Halloween, everyone! I thought I would do something special to mark the occasion, so here’s an absolutely free downloadable short story. I wrote the first page of this in Ray Bradbury’s house, hoping to capture some of that elusive Bradburian magic. “The Shadows Behind the Trees” is a title I heard Ray Bradbury say in passing one day and I said, “That’s a great title for a short story.” He encouraged me to use it and so, I did!

I set out to write a melancholy ghost story about a little girl...

Like so many writers, I’ve made the jump over to Bluesky social where I have refocused my energy on posting daily artifacts and anecdotes on Ray Bradbury, as well as ge...

I have a brand new essay published by the Los Angeles Review of Books about the tumultuous relationship between Ray Bradbury and film director John Huston, Bradbury wro...

Thrilled and honored to have my short story, “Creepy Crawly” included in the forthcoming Whisper House Press anthology, The Costs of Living. The book won’t be out for a...

I worked hard for the two Bram Stoker Awards you see here and display them proudly in my home. They are beautiful little statues and surprisingly heavy when you pick th...

So excited to announce that I will be co-hosting the IT CAME FROM GENERATION X! podcast with the brilliant and hilarious Tom Dieboldt. Each week, we will cover rock n roll, movies, television, comic books, literature, and all-around sugary sweet pop culture. We will be joined by awesome guests and provide a respite from the absolute lunacy of our mad, mad, modern-day world. The first episode will be out soon!

The promo trailer for It Came from Generation X! Theme music by Chris Wimsett ©️ 2...

So thrilled to see that legendary editor Ellen Datlow gave my book Dark Black “Honorable Mention” in the esteemed Best Horror Volume 13 anthology! What an honor! Also great to see illustrator Dan Grzeca given a well-deserved shout-out as well. We poured o...

Super proud that my essay, “The Path to Biography” has been published by Author Magazine. This sheds new light on how I became the biographer of the late and legendary Ray Bradbury.