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Alex McVey
Alex McVey is an American fine artist and illustrator from Texas, mostly known for his work on high-end limited edition books and album art. He has illustrated the works of Stephen King, William Peter Blatty, Brian Keene, Joe R. Lansdale, and others. McVey is known for his work within the horror genre, and for his use of a variety of styles, subject matter, and media. Clients include: Cemetery Dance Publications, Bloodletting Press, Weird Tales, Straight Line Stitch, Centipede Press, Team Y&R, and others. Selected bibliography Alex McVey has illustrated works for: Authors *Stephen King *William Peter Blatty *Kate Morton * Joe R. Lansdale *Brian Keene *Peter Straub *John Shirley *Dean Koontz * John Farris *Ronald Kelly *Ray Garton *Richard Matheson * Joe Hill * Norman Partridge *Gahan Wilson *Christa Faust * Wrath James White * J. F. Gonzalez *Nate Southard *Ramsey Campbell * Gary Braunbeck *James Newman * Greg F. Gifune * Richard Dean Starr * James A. Moore *Douglas Clegg * Ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating the work of art. The most common usage (in both everyday speech and academic discourse) refers to a practitioner in the visual arts only. However, the term is also often used in the show business, entertainment business to refer to Actor, actors, Musician, musicians, Singing, singers, Dance, dancers and other Performing arts#Performers, performers, in which they are known as ''Artiste'' instead. ''Artiste'' (French) is a variant used in English in this context, but this use has become rare. The use of the term "artist" to describe Writer, writers is valid, but less common, and mostly restricted to contexts such as critics' reviews; "author" is generally used instead. Dictionary definitions The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' defines the older, broader meanings of the word "artist": * A learned person or Master of Arts * One who pursues a practical science, traditionally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Farris
John Lee Farris (born July 26, 1936) is an American novelist, screenwriter, and playwright (with occasional short stories and poetry) who first achieved best-seller status at age twenty-three and is most famous as the author of ''The Fury'' (Playboy Press, 1976). He is also known largely for his work in the southern Gothic genre. Life Farris was born in Jefferson City, Missouri, to parents John Linder Farris (1909–1982) and Eleanor Carter Farris (1905–1984). Raised in Tennessee, he graduated from Central High School in Memphis and attended Southwestern College (now Rhodes College), also in Memphis. His first wife, Kathleen, (deceased) was the mother of Julie Marie, John and Jeff Farris; his second wife, Mary Ann Pasante, is the mother of Peter John (P.J.) Farris. Beginning with his first publication at age 19, ''The Corpse Next door'', From the mid-1950s through the 1960s, Farris published twelve novels, including a series of hardboiled crime novels under the pseudonym ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James A
James may refer to: People * James (given name) * James (surname) * James (musician), aka Faruq Mahfuz Anam James, (born 1964), Bollywood musician * James, brother of Jesus * King James (other), various kings named James * Prince James (other) * Saint James (other) Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, York, James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Film and television * James (2005 film), ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * James (2008 film), ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * James (2022 film), ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * "James", a television Adventure Time (season 5)#ep42, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Dean Starr
Richard Dean Starr (born March 6, 1968) is an American entrepreneur, editor, screenwriter, and author of fiction, comics, and graphic novels. He is also a former journalist and film critic who has written for newspapers and magazines. Starr is also a copywriter and marketing consultant through Diamond Pacific Media Group. He is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Eread Technologies, Inc., which owns and is developing Ereading.com, eComicBooks.com, and other reading-centric domains. Biography Starr was born in Torrance, California, but spent thirteen years in Florida. He returned to Los Angeles in 2006 and was named Special Projects Coordinator for Moonstone Books in 2007. Starr edited ''Tales of Zorro'', the first anthology of original Zorro short fiction ever authorized by Zorro Productions, Inc. The second volume, ''More Tales of Zorro'', was released in the summer of 2011. In 2016, Starr co-authored a comic book team-up featuring Kolchak: The Night Stalker and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg F
Greg is a masculine given name, and often a shortened form of the given name Gregory. Greg (sometimes spelled " Gregg") is also a surname. People with the name *Greg Abbott (other), multiple people *Greg Abel (born 1961/1962), Canadian businessman * Greg Adams (other), multiple people * Greg Allen (other), multiple people * Greg Anderson (other), multiple people * Greg Austin (other), multiple people *Greg Ball (other), multiple people * Greg Bell (other), multiple people * Greg Bennett (other), multiple people *Greg Berlanti (born 1972), American writer and producer *Greg Biffle (born 1969), American NASCAR driver * Greg Blankenship (born 1954), American football player *Greg Boyd (other), multiple people * Greg Boyer (other), multiple people *Greg Brady (broadcaster) (born 1971), Canadian sports radio host *Greg Brock (baseball) (born 1957), American baseball player * Greg Brooker (disambigu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Braunbeck
Gary A. Braunbeck (born July 1, 1960) is an American science fiction, fantasy, mystery and horror author. Biography Braunbeck was born in Newark, Ohio (the city that serves as the model for the fictitious Cedar Hill in many of his stories). He writes in a number of different genres, but principally horror. Nearly 200 of his short stories have appeared in various publications such as ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'', '' Cemetery Dance'', ''Sword of Ice and Other Tales of Valdemar'', and ''The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror''. Some of his most popular stories are mysteries that have appeared in the ''Cat Crimes'' anthology series. In 2007 his story "Rami Temporales" was adapted by Stranger Things into a short film entitled "One of Those Faces" starring Toby Turner. Braunbeck also taught creative writing at Seton Hill University, Pennsylvania, in their low-residency Master of Fine Arts degree program in Writing Popular Fiction. He has also served as co-editor for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramsey Campbell
Ramsey Campbell (born 4 January 1946) is an English horror fiction writer, editor and critic who has been writing for well over fifty years. He is the author of over 30 novels and hundreds of short stories, many of them winners of literary awards. Three of his novels have been adapted into films. Since he first came to prominence in the mid-1960s, critics have cited Campbell as one of the leading writers in his field: T.E.D. Klein has written that "Campbell reigns supreme in the field today", and Robert Hadji has described him as "perhaps the finest living exponent of the British weird fiction tradition", while S. T. Joshi stated, "future generations will regard him as the leading horror writer of our generation, every bit the equal of Lovecraft or Blackwood." In a 2021 appreciation of his collected works, ''The Washington Post'' said: "Taken together, they constitute one of the monumental accomplishments of modern popular fiction." Overview Early life and work Campbell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrath James White
Anger, also known as wrath ( ; ) or rage, is an intense emotional state involving a strong, uncomfortable and non-cooperative response to a perceived provocation, hurt, or threat. A person experiencing anger will often experience physical effects, such as increased heart rate, elevated blood pressure, and increased levels of adrenaline and noradrenaline. Some view anger as an emotion that triggers part of the fight or flight response. Anger becomes the predominant feeling behaviorally, cognitively, and physiologically when a person makes the conscious choice to take action to immediately stop the threatening behavior of another outside force. Anger can have many physical and mental consequences. The external expression of anger can be found in facial expressions, body language, physiological responses, and at times public acts of aggression. Facial expressions can range from inward angling of the eyebrows to a full frown.Michael Kent, ''Anger'', The Oxford Dictionary of Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christa Faust
Christa Faust (born June 21, 1969, in New York City) is an American author who writes original novels, as well as novelizations and media tie-ins. Faust won the 2009 Crimespree Award (Best Original Paperback) for ''Money Shot''. ''Money Shot'' also received nominations for Best Paperback Original from the Edgar Awards, Anthony Awards, and Barry Awards. Bibliography Novels *''Control Freak'' (1998) *'' Hoodtown'' (2004) *'' Triads'' (2004) (with Poppy Z. Brite) *''Money Shot'' (2008) *'' Hunt Beyond the Frozen Fire'' (2010) *'' Choke Hold'' (2011) *'' Butch Fatale, Dyke Dick: Double-D Double Cross'' (2012) Novelizations and media tie-ins *'' A Nightmare on Elm Street: Dreamspawn'' (2005) *'' The Twilight Zone: Burned / One Night at Mercy'' (2005) *''Final Destination 3 ''Final Destination 3'' is a 2006 American supernatural horror film produced and directed by James Wong, who co-wrote it with Glen Morgan. It is a standalone sequel to ''Final Destination 2'' (2003) and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gahan Wilson
Gahan Allen Wilson (February 18, 1930 – November 21, 2019) was an American author, cartoonist and illustrator known for his cartoons depicting horror-fantasy situations. Biography Wilson was born in Evanston, Illinois, and was inspired by the work of the satiric '' Mad'' and '' Punch'' cartoonists, and 1950s science fiction films. His cartoons and prose fiction appeared regularly in ''Playboy'', ''Collier's'' and ''The New Yorker'' for nearly 50 years. He was a regular contributor to the '' National Lampoon'' humor magazine. He published cartoons and film reviews for ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction''. From 1992 through end of publication, he prepared all the front covers for the annual book ''Passport to World Band Radio''. Wilson was a movie review columnist for '' The Twilight Zone Magazine'' and a book critic for ''Realms of Fantasy'' magazine. Wilson wrote and illustrated a short story for Harlan Ellison's anthology '' Again, Dangerous Visions'' (1972). He als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Partridge
Norman Partridge (born May 28, 1958) is an American writer of horror and mystery fiction. He has written two detective novels about retired boxer Jack Baddalach, ''Saguaro Riptide'' and ''The Ten Ounce Siesta''. He is also the author of a Crow novel, '' The Crow: Wicked Prayer'', which was adapted in 2005 into the fourth Crow movie, bearing the same name. Mr. Partridge's 2006 novel ''Dark Harvest'', published in a limited edition of 2000 autographed copies and 24 lettered edition copies by Cemetery Dance Publications, was voted one of ''Publishers Weekly''s 100 Best Books of 2006. It also won the 2006 Bram Stoker Award for Best Long Fiction, and has been nominated for two more awards in 2007. ''Dark Harvest'' was made into a film in 2023. His short stories are collected in the volumes ''Mr. Fox and Other Feral Tales'', ''Bad Intentions'', and ''The Man with the Barbed Wire Fists''. Partridge works as the library's evening circulation supervisor at Saint Mary's College of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Hill (writer)
Joseph Hillström King (born June 4, 1972), better known by the pen name Joe Hill, is an American writer. His work includes the novels '' Heart-Shaped Box'' (2007), '' Horns'' (2010), '' NOS4A2'' (2013), '' The Fireman'' (2016) and '' King Sorrow'' (2025); the short story collections '' 20th Century Ghosts'' (2005) and '' Strange Weather'' (2017); and the comic book series '' Locke & Key'' (2008–2013). Awards include: Bram Stoker Awards, British Fantasy Awards, and an Eisner Award. Early life Joe Hill was born in 1972 to authors Tabitha King (née Spruce) and Stephen King. He was born and grew up in Bangor, Maine. His younger brother Owen King is also a writer, and his older sibling Naomi King is a Unitarian minister. At age 9, he appeared in the 1982 film '' Creepshow'', directed by George A. Romero, which co-starred and was written by his father. Career Hill chose to use an abbreviated form of his middle name for his professional surname in 1997, out of a desire to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
