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KC Grifant is a Southern Californian author who writes internationally published horror, fantasy, science fiction and weird west stories for podcasts, anthologies and magazines.

Her writings have appeared in magazines and podcasts including: Andromeda Spaceways Magazine (cover story for issue #70), Unnerving Magazine, Aurealis Magazine, Fission Magazine, Cosmic Horror Monthly, Dark Matter Magazine, Tales to Terrify, the Lovecraft eZine, Sley House Podcasts, and many others.

In addition to a Weird West horror novel, MELINDA WEST: MONSTER GUNSLINGER (Feb 2023), she has also written stories for dozens of anthologies, including: Chromophobia; Dancing in the Shadows: A Tribute to Anne Rice; Musings of the Muse; Field Notes from a Nightmare; The ...more

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Virtual Workshop On Tension and Terror

I’m pleased to share I’ll be offering this virtual writing workshop on Saturday, July 11, 2026 through San Diego Writers, Ink!

“Tension and Terror: Evoking Fear to Elevate Your Writing” will cover suspense and horror techniques useful to writers of all genres.

You’ll learn strategies to evoke fear, build tension, create suspenseful scenes, deepen emotional stakes and sharpen pacing. You’ll also deve

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	Melinda West: Monster Gunslinger (Monster Gunslingers #1) 4.14 avg rating — 167 ratings — 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
	The One That Got Away : Women of Horror Anthology Volume 3 by Jill Girardi (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gwendolyn Kiste (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Sonora Taylor (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 81 ratings — 4 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
	Shrouded Horror: Tales of the Uncanny 4.46 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2024 — 5 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
	Field Notes from a Nightmare: An Anthology of Ecological Horror by Alex Ebenstein (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Tim Lebbon (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), A.K. Dennis (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 51 ratings — 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
	Of Shadows, Stars, and Sabers: An Anthology by Jendia Gammon (Goodreads Author) (Author And Editor), Gareth L. Powell (Goodreads Author) (Author and Editor), Scarlett R. Algee (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.27 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2025 — 6 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
	Shadowy Natures by Rebecca Rowland (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lee Rozelle (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), C.W. Blackwell (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.57 avg rating — 37 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
	Chromophobia: A Strangehouse Anthology by Women in Horror by Sara Tantlinger (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito (Contributor), Jo Kaplan (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.29 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2022 — 6 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
	Melinda West and the Gremlin Queen (Monster Gunslingers #2) by K.C. Grifant (Goodreads Author), SD Vassallo (editor) 4.11 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	Women of the Weird West by K.C. Grifant (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Eugen Bacon (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Jennifer Brody (Contributor) 3.43 avg rating — 14 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
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“So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.”
― Dr. Seuss

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“It has often been said
there’s so much to be read,
you never can cram
all those words in your head.

So the writer who breeds
more words than he needs
is making a chore
for the reader who reads.

That's why my belief is
the briefer the brief is,
the greater the sigh
of the reader's relief is.

And that's why your books
have such power and strength.
You publish with shorth!
(Shorth is better than length.)”
― Dr. Seuss

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