Stephen Mark Rainey

KJK Publishing has released another in its long-running The Horror Collection series, edited by Kevin J. Kennedy, and this time, it's the Obsidian Edition, now available in ebook and trade paperback formats. This one features my story of Appalachian horror, "Willow Bend," along with 16 other tales of stone-cold terror (see the table of contents […]

Thursday, August 13, 2026  THREE-THIRTY A.M. came very early, but Ms. B. and I had a plane to catch. It's the weekend of NecronomiCon Providence, and our flight departed from Greensboro at 6:30 a.m. We had a connection in Charlotte (yes, we had to fly south before we could fly north), but things went off without […]

…is right around the corner! From Thursday, August 13 to Sunday, August 16, Ms. B. and I will be there to plague many unsuspecting souls with our existence. The con is spread between the Omni Providence Hotel and the Graduate Hotel (formerly the Biltmore). I will be participating on two panels (see below) and doing a story […]

Today, Droolie turns 15 years old, at least by his veterinarian's calculations. He showed up at the Greensboro house in late 2012, and at first, I thought he might be the same cat that had mysteriouly appeared (and then disappeared, equally mysteriously) at least a year or two earlier, whom I called Scrapple (see "Scrapple […]