Cory Cone's Blog, page 3
October 16, 2014
September 28, 2014
The Nest to Appear in Shrieks and Shivers
(photo credit: Julie Falk)
I am extremely happy to announce that my story The Nest has been added to the incredible line-up for the upcoming anthology Shrieks and Shivers from The Horror Zine. Jeani Rector of The Horror Zine is partnering up with Post Mortem Press to bring the anthology to life in early 2015. Check out the exciting table of contents below.
Shrieks and Shivers from The Horror Zine
COVER ARTby Martin de Diego Sadaba
FOREWORD by Bentley Little
A WORD ABOUT ZOMBIES: Slow Zombies, Fast...
August 19, 2014
Is There Anybody Out There?
It was so quiet this morning, a level of sheer silence unheard of in Baltimore City. My wife had already left the house to go on her morning jog and I could smell the coffee downstairs she’d prepared before leaving. I got up, dressed, and went down to the kitchen for a cup, and still I couldn’t get over how quiet everything was.
My wife and I rarely cross paths in the A.M. She returns from her jogs long after I’ve walked to and boarded the southbound light rail to work. I left her a note besid...
July 28, 2014
Two Story Sales!
(Dreaming Robot Press Logo)
July has been a good month. After a year of no story sales, I received two acceptances in as many weeks! One of my main goals for 2014 was to make my first professional sale, and I am so excited that one of these two sales was to Dreaming Robot Press’s new anthology, the 2014 Young Explorer’s Adventure Guide! I don’t know the release date yet, but I will update when I have more information. They will be hosting a Kickstarter soon as well, which I will be sure to lin...
May 29, 2014
Three Things I Don’t Write, and Three Things I Do
(photo credit: Shandi-lee Cox)
I’ve never been tagged in a blog hop before, but I thought this sounded like a great topic for a post so I am happy to have been tagged by Mike Revell. Mike is an extremely talented writer. I had the pleasure of working with him in Jack Ketchum’s Talking Scars class, where I was first introduced to his excellent work via the assignments in the class. Most recently, Mike has signed on with Quercus in a two book deal. His debut novel will be released in Spring 2015...
April 7, 2014
Keys and Taxidermy
In January I took part in the Shock Totem bi-monthly Flash Fiction contest for the first time. It’s a fun contest hosted by one of the best horror magazines publishing today. You have one week to complete a flash story based on a prompt, and then all entrants spend three weeks reading, critiquing and voting on the top three. The story with the most points (based on votes–5 for 1st place, 3 for 2nd, 1 for 3rd) wins for that month and is entered into the running to have their story published in...
December 23, 2013
2013 Writing Year in Review
It’s almost 2014, which means if I do receive any more acceptances on stories this year, they will be published next year. So, I’d say that’s a wrap on 2013 publications.
I received my first acceptance just shy of a year ago, for “The Black Pageant,” which appeared in the debut issue of Grim Corps. I couldn’t be happier to see Grim Corps become my first real publication. It was both digital and print, and was illustrated by the very talented Luke Spooner. Issue 1 was filled was exceptional dar...
October 6, 2013
Talking Scars with Jack Ketchum
On September 16th I began a four week online course called Talking Scars, taught by Jack Ketchum. Here is the class description:
“In this four-week intensive online class, grand master of horror and suspense, Jack Ketchum, will take you by the hand and lead you through the dark side, revealing the working dynamics for how to craft compelling horror and suspense stories.
Just as his own work both helps define and ultimately transcends contemporary horror fiction, Jack will share his deepest pers...
August 16, 2013
We Bought a House
At the end of April my wife and I had an offer accepted on our first home, and we closed at the end of June. We’ve been in the new house for a little over a month now and it already feels like home, even if it doesn’t entirely look like it yet. After years of apartment living, it was a quick realization that getting an entire house furnished and finished looking is going to take a long, long time. It will be worth that wait though, I’m sure. One of my “must haves” during the search was a room...
