John Sunseri (born March 11, 1969) is a horror writer from

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in the United States. As well as writing traditional

horror fiction Horror is a genre of speculative fiction that is intended to disturb, frighten, or scare an audience. Horror is often divided into the sub-genres of psychological horror and supernatural horror. Literary historian J. A. Cuddon, in 1984, defin ...

he also writes

Lovecraftian horror Lovecraftian horror, also called cosmic horror or eldritch horror, is a subgenre of horror, fantasy fiction and weird fiction that emphasizes the horror of the unknowable and incomprehensible more than gore or other elements of shock. It is na ...

. John spent two years at

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studying a major in English. Today he manages a restaurant. Writing since 2001, John has published over 50 short stories. In 2007 he released his first novel, '' The Spiraling Worm'' co-written with Australian author

David Conyers David Conyers (born 30 May 1971) is an Australian author. Conyers writes predominantly science fiction and Lovecraftian horror. Biography Conyers was born in Sydney. Most of his childhood was spent in the Adelaide Hills, before moving to Melb ...

Books

The Jack Dixon/Harrison Peel series

Modern-day

series set in the world of spies and government conspiracies. * '' The Spiraling Worm'' (2007), with

Anthology appearances

* ''When the Ship Came'' (2007), ''Horrors Beyond II'', ed. William Jones,

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. * ''Not What One Does'' (2007) with C. J. Henderson, ''Lai Wan: Tales of the Dreamwalker'', ed. William Jones,

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. * ''A Little Job in Arkham'' (2006), ''Hardboiled Cthulhu'', ed. James Ambuehl,

. * ''The Hades Project'' (2005), ''Horrors Beyond'', ed. William Jones,

Select magazine appearances

* ''A Business Proposal'' (2005) ''Black Petals'' Autumn Issue * ''Household Gods'' (2005), ''Bare Bone #7'' * ''A Prayer for the Silent'', ''Bare Bone #8'' * ''Spirits of Earth and Sky'' (2005), ''Cthulhu Sex v2 #22'' * ''A Voice Was Heard in Ramah'' (2005), ''Black Petals'' Summer Issue * ''Enter the Dragon'' (2004), ''Black Petals'' Summer Issue * ''Rag Doll'' (2004), ''Bare Bone #5'' * ''To Catch a Ghost'' (2004), ''Black Petals'' Spring Issue

External links

Official Homepage
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