BLOODY DREADFUL: 2014

Monday, December 29, 2014

COVER FOR "THE BOOK OF WEIRD"

BEAUTIFUL ART BY ARTIST-EXTRAORDINAIRE IDA TABAKA. SHE REALLY WORKED HARD ON THIS PROJECT INCLUDING 16 ILLUSTRATIONS FOR THE BOOK. IDA ALWAYS DOES A GOOD JOB FOR ME NO MATTER WHAT THE PROJECT IS.

Thursday, December 18, 2014

HERE'S ANOTHER PIC FROM IDA

THIS IS FOR THE STORY "THE HIND", A STORY NO ONE HAS WANTED. I PUT IT IN THE BOOK TO GIVE IT HOME, WHICH MOST OF THESE STORIES ARE REJECTS.

MORE ART FROM IDA FOR BOOK OF WEIRD

IDA HAS DONE MORE PICS FOR THE BOOK OF WEIRD, MY SHORT STORY COLLECTION. SHE'S COME UP WITH SOME GREAT CONCEPTS. CHECK OUT HER WEBSITE. http://www.ida-astero.com/

Sunday, December 14, 2014

DEMONIC VISIONS 5 IS AVAILABLE

THE BOOK FEATURES MY STORY "HEALING MISTRESS". THANKS TO EDITOR ROB SMALES AND PUBLISHER CHRIS ROBERTSON THE KINDLE VERSION IS AVAILABLE ON AMAZON

DV5

Friday, December 5, 2014

Barbarian Crowns

THIS IS THE POSTER FOR AN UP COMING ANTHOLOGY BARBARIAN CROWNS EDITED BY Juan Julio Gutiérrez. THIS BOOK FEATURES MY STORY "BLOOD IN THE STREETS OF TASMEN"

CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HOW THIS TURNS OUT.

Sunday, November 30, 2014

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Wednesday, November 26, 2014

GHOUL SALOON IS FINALLY OUT

NEWEST ANTHOLOGY FROM HORRIFIED PRESS/SILENT FRAY

GHOUL SALOON WHICH IS PAIRED WITH PHANTASMIC AS DOUBLE BOOK. MY STORY "HACK" IS FEATURED IN GHOUL SALOON. ONLY THE SECOND SHORT STORY I HAD ACCEPTED A FEW YEARS AGO. THE BOOK LANGUISHED IN DEVELOPMENT HELL FOR YEARS UNTIL IT WAS BROUGHT TO NATHAN AT HORRIFIED. THEN THE ORIGINAL EDITOR DISAPPEARED, NO ONE COULD GET IN CONTACT WITH HIM. HAT'S OFF TO NATHAN AND COMPANY FOR GETTING THIS TOGETHER AND FINALLY PUTTING IT OUT. GHOUL SALOON

Monday, November 24, 2014

INTERVIEW

I WAS JUST ON WHISPERS IN THE DARK RADIO SHOW WITH STEPHEN COONEY. HAD A BLAST TALKING TO HOSTS VIKTOR AND JEFF.WHISPERS IN THE DARK

Saturday, November 22, 2014

BLACKHAND SUPREMACY

HERE'S THE COVER AND INTERIOR ART FOR BLACKHAND SUPREMACY SHARED WORLD ANTHOLOGY SET IN ALTERNATE WW 1 COVER BYSTEPHEN COONEY INTERIOR ART BY JUDE CANN HUNT

Friday, November 21, 2014

SEX DROIDS AND CYBORG TOYS

MY STORY "THE INDOCHINA HANGDOWN" IS IN THIS BOOK.
THIS COLLECTION IS EDITED BY MY FRIEND E.S. WYNN. A LOT OF GREAT WRITERS INVOLVED. A FUN STORY TO WRITE, CAME QUICKLY AFTER WATCHING A CLARK GABLE MOVIE SET IN THE JUNGLE. THANKS FOR ACCEPTING THE STORY EARL.
SEX DROIDS AND THEIR CYBORG TOYS

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

HMS/DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS

NEW COLUMN IS UP ON HMS. THIS THIS TIME IT'S DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS, THE CLASSIC ART/VAMPIRE FLICK.
DAUGTERS OF DARKNESS

Saturday, November 15, 2014

NIGHTMARE ILLUSTRATED 8 IS AVAILABLE

http://www.lulu.com/shop/horrified-press/nightmare-illustrated-issue-8/paperback/product-21900129.html

Friday, November 7, 2014

New Column/Shaun of the Dead

MY COLUMN IS UP ON HMS SHAUN OF THE DEAD GREAT FILM, SHAUN OF THE DEAD!

Friday, October 31, 2014

NEW COLUMN IS UP ON HMS/TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE

ONE OF MY FAV MOVIES. TOBE HOOPER'S ORIGINAL, DISTURBING FILM IS A NATIONAL TREASURE AND AMERICA'S GIFT TO THE WORLD OF HORROR.

FROM THE GRAVE/HMS

Thursday, October 30, 2014

BLOOD GAMES 2 IS OUT

GOT A STORY "SICK AS DOG" IN THIS ANTHOLOGY PUBLISHED BY PHOENIX FIRE PUBLISHING

BLOOD GAMES 2

AND HERES THE BOOK TRAILER

TRAILER

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

A STORY FOR HALLOWEEN

BLOOD RED DREAMS

BY MARK SLADE

I finally found a way to rid myself of my horrible dream.

It all started when I was sixteen. Somebody at a party gave me some pills to swallow. Trance music was blasting the hotel room, the floors were shaking from the droning bass, and the walls were caving in from the echo of the electric drums.

The dream began.

I was standing in a river of blood. People, naked, writhing in the damp dark murky red, howling with extreme pain. Body parts were hanging from the ceiling attached to wires.

And the children.

The children were facing me. Their black soulless eyes glaring into my very being, licking their thick red lips, baring sharp tiny teeth moving motorized cycles. Buzz saws.

And the things in the walls.

Yellow arms reaching out. Black elongated nails clawing out at anyone getting closer, tearing them apart. Whatever limbs, body parts they can grab, is tossed to the floors ahead.

Floors with mouths.

Mouths with sharp teeth, grinding, chewing flesh.

The children just laugh, giggle. Clap when a meal is done.

Entertained.

I awoke.

I was in a hospital bed. My arms were bound for my own protection. They said I overdosed. That wasn't the only thing I came away from that party with. My dream. For four years I have lived with it.

But now....

I have found a way to rid myself of it. It happened one day at work. I was cleaning the offices and Mrs. Gayle was working late. I forgot to put my gloves on and I accidentally touched her arm. Just brushed it.

She didn't say a word. She just looked at me. Traumatized. She got up from her chair, mumbled something about murderous children. She walked by me, caught in a daze. I heard the cars honking their horns. I ran to the window and saw Mrs. Gayle laying in the road, surrounded by onlookers and stopped traffic. One car in particular was parked on top of her.

But now....

I found a homeless man.

Just lying in an alley. Drunk. Dead drunk. Speaking incoherent words.

I smiled.

Finally.

I was riding myself of that bad dream.

I touched him. He sprung alive, arms waving, eyes rolling in the back of his head. Blood formed in the corners of his eyes and trickled down his face. He was dead.

I removed my hands.

I was free.

Free of that dream.....no more murderous children, or starving floors.

I could feel that I was free.

Suddenly, walking down a busy sidewalk, almost home, I passed out.

The others woke me minutes later. They said I must have had a conniption fit. That wasn’t all that was happening.

I was dreaming again.

I had inherited that man in the alleys dreams.

Blood red dreams.

Monday, October 27, 2014

TO MY LOVER'S DISMAY

I HAVE A STORY "WORK IN PROGRESS" IN A NEW ANTHOLOGY, TO MY LOVER'S DISMAY PUBLISHED BY PHOENIX FIRE.
TO MY LOVER'S DISMAY

Sunday, October 26, 2014

Monster Men Ep. 71: Talking Horror with Mark Slade, Author of Many Horrors

SO HONORED TO BE ON MONSTER MEN. JACK AND HUNTER ARE VERY COOL GUYS, VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT MOVIES AND BOOKS. THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON GUYS.

COVER FOR SEDUCTION OF THE INNOCENT

THIS IS THE COVER TO SEDUCTION OF THE INNOCENT PAINTED BY THE MASTER, THE LEGEND, STEPHEN COONEY. HE DID A GREAT JOB ON THIS. ITS EXACTLY WHAT I HAD IN MIND WHEN WE DISCUSSED THE COVER FOR THIS PROJECT. GOT A LOT OF GREAT ART AND GREAT STORIES IN THIS COMIC BOOK ANTHOLOGY. MY GOOD FRIEND FRANK LARNERD PROVIDES AN EXCELLENT INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK, AND WE HAVE THE TALENTS OF SHAUN AVERY, KEVIN JONES, JOE MEREDITH, KENNETH GALLANT, TOBY JOHANSEN, CAMERON HAMPTON, AMANDA TURCO, GAV ROACHDOWN, MICHELLE MADER, LUKE ELLIS-BOWYER, AND BODEQUAM. I EVEN HAVE A FEW STORIES IN THIS BOOK. NOW I'M SENDING ALL THE MATERIAL OFF TO SUNBURY PRESS.

Saturday, October 25, 2014

ART FOR A NEW COLLECTION OF STORIES

I'M WORKING WITH ARTIST IDA ASTERO TO ILLUSTRATE A BOOK OF MY STORIES. THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES BY HER FOR THE "BOBBY'S FIEND".

Friday, October 24, 2014

STORY ON HORROR ADDICTS WEBSITE

MY STORY DREAM GURU IS UP ON HORROR ADDICTS WEBSITE. ORIGINALLY IT WAS PUBLISHED IN DREAM WALKERS AND NIGHTMARE STALKERS VOLUME 2 EDITED BY SUZI AND BRUCE LOCKHART.

DREAM GURU
DREAM WALKERS AND NIGHTMARE STALKERS 2

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

BLOOD MOON RISING MAGAZINE REVIEWS HELLSPEAK

BLOOD MOON RISING REVIEWS MY BOOK HELLSPEAK PUBLISHED BY DEATH THROES BOOKS BACK IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR. SPECIAL THANKS TO D.W. JONES, EDITOR OF BLOOD MOON RISING. http://bloodmoonrisingmagazine.com/bloodybookreviews58.html
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/hellspeak/id853671706?mt=11
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21570402-hellspeak
http://www.amazon.com/Hellspeak-Mark-Slade/dp/1497438195

Sunday, October 12, 2014

COLUMN IS UP ON HMS/BEETLEJUICE

THIS TIME I TALK ABOUT BEETLEJUICE. DEFINITELY ONE OF MY FAV TIM BURTON MOVIE( HARD TO PICK FAVS WITH BURTON FILMS) BUT I LOVE THIS ODD COMEDY/HORROR MOVIE. ONE OF MICHEAL KEATON'S BEST ACTING.
http://www.horrormetalsounds.com/from-the-grave-beetlejuice.html

Saturday, October 11, 2014

HORRIFIED PRESS HAS A BOOKSHOP

Any one in the UK near Camden stop in and checkout Horrified Press Book shop Hallowed Grounds https://www.facebook.com/p…/Hallowed-Grounds/506163302834677 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Camden-Town-Stable-Market/414191241954195

Friday, October 10, 2014

TRUE FOX GHOST STORIES

MY WIFE TRACEY HAS A GHOST STORY UP ON THIS WEBSITE. HAVE A READ,
INTERESTING TALE.
http://foxghosttales.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-house-on-winston-drive.html

Saturday, October 4, 2014

NEW COVER FOR NI 8

NEW ARTWORK FOR NIGHTMARE ILLUSTRATED BY THE MASTER STEPHEN COONEY

Thursday, October 2, 2014

COLUMN IS UP ON HMS- NIGHT STALKER

NEW COLUMN IS UP ON HMS http://www.horrormetalsounds.com/from-the-grave-the-night-stalker.html THIS TIME I LOOK BACK AT NIGHT STALKER MOVIES STARRING DARRIN MCGAVIN AS BEAT REPORTER INVESTIGATING STRANGE CRIMES. I ALWAYS LOVED THESE MOVIES AND THE TV SHOW. I WAS ON MONSTER MEN PODCAST(HENCE THE DEDICATION) AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT KOLCHAK.

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

EVILINA DRAWINGS/SEDUCTION OF THE INNOCENT

THIS CHARACTER WILL HOST THE ANTHOLOGY COMIC BOOK SEDUCTION OF THE INNOCENT, FEATURING STORIES AND ART BY MICHELLE MADER,STEPHEN COONEY, KENNETH GALLANT, KEN JONES AND KEVIN JONES, SHAUN AVERY, CAMERON HAMPTON, JOE MEREDITH, TOBY JOHANSEN , BODEQAUM, AMANDA TURCO, AND ME. LOOKING TO ADD ART BY LUKE ELLIS BOYER AS WELL.