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Larry Hinkle

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Born

in Columbus, The United States

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https://www.thatscarylarry.com

Genre

Horror, Science Fiction, Humor and Comedy

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January 2015

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Larry Hinkle is still probably the least famous writer you’ve never heard of. A copywriter living with his wife and two doggos somewhere in America, when he's not writing stories that scare people into peeing their pants, he writes ads that scare people into buying adult diapers, so they’re not caught peeing their pants.

His newest collection, An Hour Before Dark, comes out in February, 2026. His cosmic horror novella, The Eris Ridge Trail, was released to great reviews in March 2025, while his debut collection, The Space Between, was published in February 2024. His short stories made the preliminary ballot for the Bram Stoker Awards (horror’s highest honor) in 2020 and 2022. His stories have also appeared in The Rack: Stories Inspired by V ...more

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	The Rack: Stories Inspired By Vintage Horror Paperbacks by Tom Deady (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Will Errickson (Goodreads Author) (Introduction), Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 785 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	October Screams: A Halloween Anthology by Kenneth W. Cain (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ronald Malfi (Goodreads Author), Richard Chizmar (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 415 ratings — 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
	100 Word Horrors: Book 3: An Anthology of Horror Drabbles (100 Word Horror Collection, #3) by Kevin J. Kennedy (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ryan Colley (Goodreads Author), Eric J. Guignard (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	An Hour Before Dark by Larry Hinkle (Goodreads Author), Linda Hartley (Editor), François Vaillancourt (Illustrator) 4.21 avg rating — 90 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
	The Eris Ridge Trail 4.13 avg rating — 90 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
	The Rack II: More Stories Inspired by Vintage Horror Paperbacks by Tom Deady (Goodreads Author), Joseph Lansdale, Poppy Brite 3.70 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	The Space Between 4.43 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
	Deep Magic Spring 2020 by Jeff Wheeler (Goodreads Author), A.C. Cobble (Goodreads Author), Aimee Ogden (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2020	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
	Red Room Issue 1: Magazine of Extreme Horror and Hardcore Dark Crime by Jack Ketchum (Contributor), Meg Elison (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Tim Waggoner (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.96 avg rating — 28 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
	Rock and Soul by Larry Hinkle (Goodreads Author), Matthew Wildasin (Illustrator) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	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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Larry Hinkle liked Valerie Williams's review of An Hour Before Dark: "Larry Hinkle is a master of doing a lot with a few words. His trademark humor comes through in many of the stories, lightening the darkness (physical and metaphorical) in the collection. I loved this collection of stories in the shared world of the E" Read more of this review »
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Larry Hinkle and 1 other person liked Menion's review of An Hour Before Dark: "An Hour Before Dark is the author's second jaunt down his multi-dimensional hiking path, the Eris Ridge Trail. The first book, The Eris Ridge Trail was good, but this one is actually a bit better. Where the first book was a novel, this one is a colle" Read more of this review »
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Larry Hinkle liked Paul Chropek's review of Rock and Soul: "Gifted this by the author at bookfest, and it contains two short (horror) stories. The first one was gory, and the second one has you rooting for demons"
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Larry Hinkle made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — New cover for my book topic " Hi, I have an updated cover for my book, An Hour Before Dark, with a new blurb. Could you please update the cover? • Title: An Hour Before Dark • Author ...more "
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