One piece of genre fiction writing and submitting advice that has always annoyed me: The speculative element must be introduced right away in a story. I saw this “rule” a lot when I was starting out, and though it’s obviously not written in stone (hence the quotation marks), it usually felt pretty rigid, a semi-official […]
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Eddie Generous at Unnerving Magazine recently called me up to grill me with excellent questions for their podcast. You can listen to it over at their site and hear me use my real voice in real time. Sadie AKA Mother Horror asked me some questions for her blog, covering everything from what scares me to what […]
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Yesterday the UK newspaper The Guardian published an article titled “How post-horror movies are taking over cinema.” I recommend reading it, not only for context but for writer Steve Rose’s thoughts on recent horror films vs. the history of horror cinema. Don’t expect to give it an A+, though. But I enjoyed the article and […]
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The Haunted Omnibus recently posted an in-depth and thoughtful review of Greener Pastures. I very much appreciate the time and effort put into this just as much as the kind words themselves. I was also asked to answer some interview questions, and I was pleased to find that they were equally in-depth and thoughtful. The […]
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Adam Nevill, one of my favorite horror authors, has a short list of highly recommended horror fiction books up at his blog. Leading off is Greener Pastures, and I couldn’t be happier with what he has to say. Nevill, primarily a novelist, is based in the UK, where his books are extremely popular. He’s getting […]
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My debut collection, Greener Pastures, is available to pre-order in three places: Shock Totem Publications’ web store and the US Kindle and UK Kindle stores on Amazon. The book collects eight previously published stories and three that are exclusive to the collection. The gorgeous wraparound cover from Michael Bukowski still kills me every time I look at […]
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Welcome to the online home of author Michael Wehunt. Here you’ll find my latest news, announcements, and musings. My fiction tends to the darker end of the spectrum, but the only true constant is a love of the literary, words strung in a line, be it the beauty of regular old life or old things that shouldn’t be scratching at the inside of the closet door. These differences really aren’t that different. Enjoy.
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Michael Wehunt 