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John Everson

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http://www.goodreads.com/JohnEverson

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March 14, 1966 in The United States

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http://www.johneverson.com

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Horror, Mystery & Thrillers, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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John Everson is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of the novels Covenant (Leisure Books, 2008), Sacrifice (Leisure Books, 2009), The 13TH (Leisure Books, 2009) and Siren (Leisure Books, 2010). These novels were all issued as limited edition hardcovers. A Polish translation of Covenant was also issued by Poland's Red Horse Books as Demoniczne Przymierze in late summer 2007 and a translation of Sacrifice was issued by Poland's Replika Books as Ofiara in spring 2009.

A wide selection of his short fiction has been collected in five short story collections - Deadly Nightlusts (Blasphemous Books, 2010),Creeptych (Delirium Books, 2010),Needles & Sins (Necro Books, 2007), Vigilantes of Love (Twilight Tales, 2003) and Cage of Bones & Other

...more John Everson is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of the novels Covenant (Leisure Books, 2008), Sacrifice (Leisure Books, 2009), The 13TH (Leisure Books, 2009) and Siren (Leisure Books, 2010). These novels were all issued as limited edition hardcovers. A Polish translation of Covenant was also issued by Poland's Red Horse Books as Demoniczne Przymierze in late summer 2007 and a translation of Sacrifice was issued by Poland's Replika Books as Ofiara in spring 2009.

John is also the editor of the anthologies Sins of the Sirens (Dark Arts Books, 2008) and In Delirium II (Delirium Books, 2007) and co-editor of the Spooks! ghost story anthology (Twilight Tales, 2004). In 2006, he co-founded Dark Arts Books to produce trade paperback collections spotlighting the cutting edge work of some of the best authors working in short dark fantasy fiction today.

John shares a deep purple den in Naperville, Illinois with a cockatoo and cockatiel, a disparate collection of fake skulls, twisted skeletal fairies, Alan Clark illustrations and a large stuffed Eeyore. There's also a mounted Chinese fowling spider named Stoker courtesy of fellow horror author Charlee Jacob, an ever-growing shelf of custom mix CDs and an acoustic guitar that he can't really play but that his son likes to hear him beat on anyway. Sometimes his wife is surprised to find him shuffling through more public areas of the house, but it's usually only to brew another cup of coffee. In order to avoid the onerous task of writing, he records pop-rock songs in a hidden home studio, experiments with the insatiable culinary joys of the jalapeno, designs book covers for a variety of small presses, loses hours in expanding an array of gardens and chases frequent excursions into the bizarre visual headspace of '70s euro-horror DVDs with a shot of Makers Mark and a tall glass of Newcastle.

For information on his fiction, art and music, visit John Everson: Dark Arts at www.johneverson.com or MySpace at www.myspace.com/johneverson.

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Average rating: 3.81 · 842 ratings · 189 reviews · 51 distinct works

	Covenant 3.55 avg rating — 226 ratings — published 2004 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The 13th 3.53 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Sacrifice 3.82 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Siren 3.68 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Failure 4.22 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Vigilantes of Love 4.17 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Needles & Sins 4.44 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Pumpkin Man 3.25 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	My rating:
	In Delirium II 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Cage of Bones & Other Deadly Obsessions 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	My rating:

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Description: The title short story from the collection Needles & Sins.

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John Everson liked Patti Barlow's review of Covenant: " For the past several years my reading has been of a technical nature, programming, the sort of books that are rather easy to put down. Enter COVENANT. I downloaded this to my Kindle to review COVENANT prior to giving a print copy to my daughter fo... " Read more of this review »
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John Everson made a comment in the group Horror Aficionados — December means it's time for CHRISTMAS TALES topic "Thanks Creature! Hope you enjoy it! Merry Christmas :-) "
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John Everson made a comment in the group Cyber Book Club — Ebook Deals topic "My short holiday fantasy collection CHRISTMAS TALES [image] is available for just $0.99. Filled with magic, frost sprites and spirits, it's a book in...more "
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John Everson made a comment in the group Book Haven — December means it's time for CHRISTMAS TALES topic "I'm not really sure where to post this... it applies to lovers of YA, fantasy, ghosts, general fiction...and it's a holiday book. So I'm putting it he...more "
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John Everson liked A. R. 's review of Siren: " I really got caught up in this one, although I didn't care for the ending. I hadn't heard a tale about a siren since high school! I think Everson did it about as fine as anyone could, a haunting tale that drags you deeper and deeper into the belly... " Read more of this review »
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John Everson made a comment on ~ NightWhere before Christmas!: "LOL - thanks Martin... it WAS a busy week! "
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