Cameron Suey
When I started writing in earnest, I was primarily reading Lovecraft, Chambers, and Howard, along with a smattering of other early 20th century pulp writers. Naturally, I started aping them stylistically, but I think the underlying narratives I like the most owe much more to a lifetime of Stephen King short fiction as well as internet creepypasta. Since then as I've tried to formulate my own voice, I've been looking more to thse modern weird/short fiction creators: Thomas Ligotti, Richard Matheson, John Langan, and Laird Barron. I'm also trying to draw inspiration from non-horror sources: Bernard Cornwell's historical fiction, the creaky hard science fiction of Alastair Reynolds, and Kim Stanley Robinson's genre spanning genius.
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