Michael Arruda is the author of numerous short stories and movie reviews. His work has appeared in anthologies, magazines, and online publications, including BE VERY AFRAID!, AMAZING HEROES, LOVECRAFT'S WEIRD MYSTERIES, FAR SECTOR SFFH and DAWNSKY. Michael's an Active Member of the HORROR WRITERS ASSOCIATION and served as the HWA's NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER co-coordinator from 2001 to 2007. He's also been penning the movie review column "In the Spooklight" for the HWA Newsletter since 2000.



Maurice Broaddus is a writer, scientist, and lay leader at The Dwelling Place Church. He's been published in dozens of markets, including the Dark Dreams II and III, Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest, ... (more…)

I'm delighted to announce that Fear Zone has added a slew of new columnists to its roster of talented scribes: T.M. Wright, Philip Nutman, Angeline Hawkes, and Michael R. Colangelo.

J.G. Faherty interviewed T.M. Wright, author of such acclaimed novels as Strange Seed, A Manhattan Ghost Story, and Eyes of the Carp, for Fear Zone last month. I'm stoked to have one of my favorite authors contributing to this site.

Rick Hipson profiled Phil Nutman, author of the novel Wet Work and co-screenwriter of JACK KETCHUM'S THE GIRL NEXT DOOR, in the epic 4-part Fear Fone profile, The Nutman Chronicles. Now Phil is writing for the Zone! Look for a series of "Fireside Chats" conducted by him in ... (more…)

Nick Mamatas is the author of the Lovecraftian Beat road novel Move Under Ground, which was nominated for both the Bram Stoker and International Horror Guild award, and over thirty short stories. His most recent book, a novel about personal nuclear weaponry and backyard cold wars called Under My Roof, was written for children and was published by Soft Skull Press. (more…)

L. L. Soares's fiction has appeared in such magazines as CEMETERY DANCE, HORROR GARAGE, GOTHIC.NET, LULLABY HEARSE and AOIFE'S KISS, as well as the anthologies THE BEST OF HORRORFIND 2 and RIGHT HOUSE ON THE LEFT . His story "Second Chances" received an Honorable Mention in Sixteenth Annual edition of THE YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR, edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling. He has also written lots of horror movie reviews. He has two heads and likes cranberries.



Check out his website, which includes a complete archive of Cinema Knife Fight columns that appeared in the newsletter Hellnotes from 2004 to 2006. (more…)