Brian Hodge is a writer of horror & crime, as well as an avid connoisseur of music. He lives in Boulder,

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, where he is working on his latest novel. Brian Hodge's novels are often dark in nature, containing themes such as

self-sacrifice Self-sacrifice is the giving up of something that a person wants for themselves, so that others can be helped or protected, or so that other external values can be advanced or protected. Generally, an act of self-sacrifice conforms to the rule tha ...

. He often explores unique

belief systems A belief is a subjective attitude that something is true or a state of affairs is the case. A subjective attitude is a mental state of having some stance, take, or opinion about something. In epistemology, philosophers use the term "belief" to ...

in his stories. He has been nominated for numerous awards, and won the

International Horror Guild Award The International Horror Guild Award (also known as the IHG Award) was an accolade recognizing excellence in the field of horror/dark fantasy, presented by the International Horror Guild (IHG) from 1995 to 2008. The IHG Awards were determined by ...

for best short fiction.
2003

Winners

Convention appearances

World Horror Convention '93, '96, '99, and '00.

Death Equinox Death Equinox was a series of four conventions held in Denver, Colorado in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Sponsored by CyberPsychos AOD, and organized by Jasmine Sailing, they focused on alternative culture and art. A usual aspect was that they com ...

'97, '98, '99, and '01. Hodge was the Horrific Literatist GoH at Death Equinox '97, and a Veteran GoH for each following year.

Bibliography

Novels

* ''Dark Advent'' (Pinnacle, 1988) * ''Oasis'' (

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, 1989) * ''Nightlife'' (Dell, 1991) * ''Deathgrip'' (Dell, 1992, paperback and Delirium Books, 2005, hardcover) * ''The Darker Saints'' (Dell, 1993) * ''Prototype'' (Dell, 1996, and Delirium Books, 2007, hardcover) * ''Wild Horses'' (William Morrow & Co., 1999, hardcover and Ballantine, 2000, paperback) * ''

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: On Earth As It Is In Hell'' (

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, 2005) * ''World of Hurt'' (

Earthling Publications Earthling Publications is an American small press run by Paul Miller and specialising in limited edition books in the horror and dark fantasy genres. In 2003, Earthling won the Horror Writers Association Specialty Press Award. Books published b ...

, 2006) * ''Mad Dogs'' (

Cemetery Dance Publications Cemetery Dance is an American company known for their specialty press publisher of horror and dark suspense and their horror magazine of the same name. Cemetery Dance was founded by Richard Chizmar, a horror author, while he was in college. Ce ...

, 2007) * ''Dawn of Heresies'' (

Onyx Path Publishing Onyx Path Publishing is a publisher of tabletop role-playing games that produces company-owned and creator-owned games as well as licensed products. History The name "The Onyx Path" and the company's logo appeared on White Wolf products and th ...

, 2016) * ''The Immaculate Void'' ( ChiZine Publications, 2018

Novellas and novelettes

* ''Without Purpose, Without Pity'' ( Delirium Books, 2012) * ''Whom The Gods Would Destroy'' ( Darkfuse, 2013) * ''Dark City: A Novella Collection'' (with Gerard Daniel Houarner) ( Necro Publications, 2015) * ''The Weight of the Dead'' (

, 2016) * ''I'll Bring You the Birds From Out of the Sky'' (

, 2017)

Short fiction collections

* ''Shrines & Desecrations'' (TAL Publications, 1994) * ''The Convulsion Factory'' (Silver Salamander, 1996) * ''Falling Idols'' (Silver Salamander, 1998) * ''Lies & Ugliness'' (

Night Shade Books Night Shade Books is an American, San Francisco–based imprint, formerly an independent publishing company, that specializes in science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Among its publications have been the U.S. edition of Iain M. Banks' novel '' ...

, 2002) * ''World of Hurt'' (

, 2006) * ''Picking the Bones'' (

, 2011) * ''Skidding Into Oblivion'' ( ChiZine Publications, 2019)

References

External links

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