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Karl Melton

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Born

in Sacramento, CA, The United States

Website

https://karlmelton.com/

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Genre

Horror, Paranormal, Children's

Influences

H.P. Lovecraft, Stephen King, Dan Simmons, R. L. Stine

Member Since

July 2019

URL

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Karl Melton writes horror stories for kids and adults alike. His tales often involve the outdoors, childhood adventures, finding inner strength, and supernatural forces that dwell in dark and remote settings.

Karl’s stories have been featured in Night Terrors Vol. 1, Mother Ghost’s Grimm: Vol. 2, and The NoSleep Podcast.

Karl has been following horror literature ever since he read all of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps series as a child. Now he wants to write stories that will make the next generation of kids fall in love with the horror genre.

He currently lives in Alexandria, Virginia with his boyfriend John.

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Average rating: 4.21 · 333 ratings · 24 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Night Terrors Vol. 1 by Scare Street (Editor), Peter Cronsberry, Tarphy W. Horn 4.02 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Night Terrors Vol. 5 by David Turton, Bob Johnston, Bryan Wolford (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Night Terrors Vol. 4 by Lewis Brett Smiler, Tim Sturk, Justin Boote 4.31 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Night Terrors Vol. 11: Short Horror Stories Anthology by Scare Street, Melissa Gibbo, S.B. Duncan 4.70 avg rating — 23 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Mother Ghost's Grimm: Volume 2 by Melody Grace (Goodreads Author), N.M. Brown, Kyle Harrison (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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Into the Drowning Deep (Rolling in the Deep, #1)

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The Lottery and Other Stories

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