Author Archives: darkscrybe

Mark Edward Hall is a marvel in the horror genre. He’s published numerous novels and novellas – many of them self-published – but each and all have proved very successful with just the right balance of visceral and psychological terror. I had the privilege to read The Haunting of Sam Cabot, published by Damnation BooksContinue reading “Damnation Books Author Interview: Mark Edward Hall”

Sometimes I worry about how quickly time seems to pass these days (where did January go?), but then I realise that the quicker the days go by, the closer I am to the release of my novella Torment on March 1. While waiting with trepidation for the big day to arrive, I’ve been preparing aContinue reading “Countdown to Torment”

Lee Mather is a horror author from the UK and a fellow Damnation Books scribe. His first short story for DB, The Green Man was released in December, but I’ll let him take it from here: Exploring My Dark Side. This Christmas, my brother bought me The Making of the Empire Strikes Back book byContinue reading “Guest Blogger: Author Lee Mather”

Brett McBean is a phenomenon in the Australian and international horror genre. His first mass market novel The Mother, about a woman’s quest along the Hume Highway to find her missing daughter, is a psychological tour de force.In 2009, after joining the Australian Horror Writers Association I was selected into its Mentor Program. I wasContinue reading “Author Interview: Brett McBean”

So I decided to create a sister website to profile some of my dark artwork. Dark Artisan With my comic strip Allure of the Ancients, written by Mark Farrugia appearing in Midnight Echo #5 this month, I thought I needed another format to get my “visual horror” out there. Some of the images on theContinue reading “A Tale of Two Sites”

2010 was a mixed bag for me with a number of highs and too many lows, most recently with a downer over Christmas when a historical health problem reared its ugly head and put me in hospital. But I’m back at home now and looking forward to 2011 and here’s why: 1. An eight-page comic,Continue reading “Greetings 2011, farewell 2010”

So I can finally reveal the front cover of my forthcoming novella “Torment”. Many thanks to the very talented Neil Jackson for creating the cover and of course head cover artist at Damnation Books Dawne Dominique! Damnation Books will publish “Torment” in March 2011 and I think the cover sets the tone very nicely. TormentContinue reading “Can you judge a book by its cover?…”

Ok… given my forthcoming book Torment is centred around an exorcism, I just had to see The Last Exorcism. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOQTxalr334 Despite feeling a little let down by the ending, there is a hell of a lot to like about this film. The story: disheartened and maybe a little disillusioned Reverend Cotton Marcus sets out toContinue reading “Exorcisms … are they the new black?”

E-Books are all the rage in publishing at the moment, with many publishers, including large publishers, using the instant digital world as a marketing tool. Take the novella The Painted Darkness, written by Brian James Freeman and published by Cemetery Dance Press. I was lucky enough to be able to download a free PDF versionContinue reading “The E-Book revolution”

So I’m a writer, but one of the other skills I have is as an artist. When I left school I had good grades in English and Art; I had two choices: Journalism or Graphic Design. I chose Graphic Design and finished a Diploma. On the side though I was heavily into comic books andContinue reading “Dark Scrybe .. Dark Artisan?”