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Kurt Newton

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http://www.goodreads.com/kurtnewton

born

The United States

gender

male

website

http://kurtnewton.weebly.com

genre

Horror, Poetry, Short Stories

influences

Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Flannery O'Conner, Harlan Ellison, J.G ...more

member since

March 2012

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Kurt Newton sold his first story, "The Promise of the Sea," in 1993. Since then he's had over 300 poems and 200 short stories published in a wide variety of magazines, anthologies and webzines in the U.S., Canada, England and Australia. To date, he has received sixteen honorable mentions from the editors of The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, and has been four times nominated for the Rhysling Award for his poetry.

Among his favorite authors are Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Flannery O'Conner, Harlan Ellison, J.G. Ballard, Joyce Carol Oates, John Shirley, Lucius Shepard, Jonathan Carroll, Christopher Conlon and Paul Tremblay.

He is a member of the Science Fiction Poetry Association.

He lives in the northeast corner of Connecticut.

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Kurt Newton's Blog

Horror and Terror, Slashers and Stumps revisited

I had the pleasure this past weekend of attending the 2011 Stoker Weekend convention. One of the panels I sat on was one called Horror and Terror, Slashers and Stumps with Christopher Conlon, Lisa Morton and Norman Prentiss. Sound familiar? Yes, we were able to recreate to a degree the blog conversation the four of us had last year. Unfortunately, the original blog posts were virtually unseen....

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Kurt Newton's Books

Average rating: 4.07 · 287 ratings · 56 reviews · 40 distinct works · Similar authors

	Breaking Eggs by Kurt Newton (Goodreads Author), L.L. Soares 4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2010	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
	Powerlines 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012	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 Ultimate perVERSEities 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2010	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 Brainpan Concerto 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011	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
	Dark Demons: Tales of Obsession, Possession and Unnatural Desire 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	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 House Spider and Other Strange Visitors 3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	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
	Life Among the Dream Merchants and Other Phantasies 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2005	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
	Dead Dogs 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011	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
	Black Butterflies 3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	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
	Psychoses 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1996	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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Kurt Newton is now friends with Mariusz Leś
Apr 27, 2013 09:06am · like
Kurt Newton entered a giveaway Bead Bugs: Cute, Creepy, and Quirky Projects to Make with Beads, Wire, and Fun Found Objects by Amy Kopperude (Goodreads Author)	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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Kurt Newton rated a book 3 of 5 stars The Creek by Chris Hedges read in October, 2012	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
Oct 02, 2012 09:11am
Kurt Newton liked Colleen's review of Powerlines: " I won this book from the Goodreads Book Giveaway. Lindsey's boyfriend, Ethan goes hiking alone along the powerlines in a very remote section of Connecticut. Three days later, Lindsey heads to their agreed upon meeting spot and Ethan doesn't show.... " Read more of this review »
Jun 28, 2012 07:04pm · see review
Kurt Newton rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Dark Country by Dennis Etchison read in January, 1985	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
With Bradbury's The October Country and King's Night Shift at the top, this one ranks a very close second as one of the best horror short story collections around.
May 21, 2012 11:27am · see review
Kurt Newton rated a book 4 of 5 stars Angel Dust Apocalypse by Jeremy Robert Johnson (Goodreads Author) read in January, 2007	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
Psychedelic, surreal, inventively insane!
May 14, 2012 09:17am · see review
Kurt Newton rated a book 4 of 5 stars Extinction Journals by Jeremy Robert Johnson (Goodreads Author) read in January, 2007	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
Very cool bizarro novella.
May 14, 2012 09:15am · see review
Kurt Newton rated a book 4 of 5 stars The Cormorant by Stephen Gregory read in May, 2012	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
Oh my God, what a surprise this was. I picked it up for a couple bucks in a bin of used books. Dark, haunting, wonderfully written. I'll be hunting down the rest of Gregory's works.
May 14, 2012 08:53am · see review
Kurt Newton rated a book 4 of 5 stars Strange Wine by Harlan Ellison read in January, 1985	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
Another highly recommended collection of Ellison's. Read this way back when and still remember a majority of the stories.
May 14, 2012 08:42am · see review