Fright Night Horror

I have known David for a few decades now, so who better to interview David than myself about his new book, so David tell us about Ghost Stories. It’s my new short story collection of ghost stories, sometimes the ghosts are good, sometimes they are bad, but they always seem to frighten us mere mortals. Why do you think readers are still interested in ghost stories? I’m actually going to give readers a preview of my new book by publishing the book’s introduction here— Ghost stories are found in all cultures all around the world. Storytellers have been using the oral tradition to tell these scary tales for many centuries now. The most famous English ghost story is probably A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, although Oh, Whistle and I’ll Come to You, My Lad by M.R. James is a strong contender for second. The most famous American ghost stories are The Haunting by Shirley Jackson and, of course, Peter Straub’s Ghost Story. Another signi"cant ghost s...

I have known David for a few decades now, so who better to interview David than myself about his new book, so David tell us about Ghost Stories. It’s my new short story collection of ghost stories, sometimes the ghosts are good, sometimes they are bad, but they always seem to frighten us mere mortals. Why do you think readers are still interested in ghost stories? I’m actually going to give readers a preview of my new book by publishing the book’s introduction here— Ghost stories are found in all cultures all around the world. Storytellers have been using the oral tradition to tell these scary tales for many centuries now. The most famous English ghost story is probably A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, although Oh, Whistle and I’ll Come to You, My Lad by M.R. James is a strong contender for second. The most famous American ghost stories are The Haunting by Shirley Jackson and, of course, Peter Straub’s Ghost Story. Another signi"cant ghost s...

I have known David for a few decades now, so who better to interview David than myself about his new book, so David tell us about Ghost Stories. It’s my new short story collection of ghost stories, sometimes the ghosts are good, sometimes they are bad, but they always seem to frighten us mere mortals. Why do you think readers are still interested in ghost stories? I’m actually going to give readers a preview of my new book by publishing the book’s introduction here— Ghost stories are found in all cultures all around the world. Storytellers have been using the oral tradition to tell these scary tales for many centuries now. The most famous English ghost story is probably A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, although Oh, Whistle and I’ll Come to You, My Lad by M.R. James is a strong contender for second. The most famous American ghost stories are The Haunting by Shirley Jackson and, of course, Peter Straub’s Ghost Story. Another signi"cant ghost s...

  Our very own David Kempf has a new short story out, and he asked me if I could write the foreword for the book, you can read the foreword I wrote below, and check out his book on Amazon using the following link.  https://amzn.to/3XrIQOs

  Our very own David Kempf has a new short story out, and he asked me if I could write the foreword for the book, you can read the foreword I wrote below, and check out his book on Amazon using the following link.  https://amzn.to/3XrIQOs

I thought I would turn the tables on our resident interviewer Mr David Kempf, and interview him myself for his new book Tales of Monster Madness.  Out now on Kindle and Paperback at  https://amzn.to/3PMC4io Tell us about Tales of Monster Madness. It’s my new short story collection using classic horror and monster characters. Why do you think readers are still interested in classic monsters? Classic monsters have really stood the test of time. Both in books and movies. I remember when I was a kid and I used to watch classic universal monsters on Chiller Theater. Dr. Shock and his sidekick Dingbat, a silly bat puppet, hosted Chiller Theater, and there was a show called Shock Theater in Chattanooga Tennessee. It was really a great show and I used to be really happy and excited to always see what monster would come up next. In-between showing movies, he did his silly skits and it was very enjoyable especially when I was really young. When I was a bit older, I saw Mad Mo...

I thought I would turn the tables on our resident interviewer Mr David Kempf, and interview him myself for his new book Tales of Monster Madness.  Out now on Kindle and Paperback at  https://amzn.to/3PMC4io Tell us about Tales of Monster Madness. It’s my new short story collection using classic horror and monster characters. Why do you think readers are still interested in classic monsters? Classic monsters have really stood the test of time. Both in books and movies. I remember when I was a kid and I used to watch classic universal monsters on Chiller Theater. Dr. Shock and his sidekick Dingbat, a silly bat puppet, hosted Chiller Theater, and there was a show called Shock Theater in Chattanooga Tennessee. It was really a great show and I used to be really happy and excited to always see what monster would come up next. In-between showing movies, he did his silly skits and it was very enjoyable especially when I was really young. When I was a bit older, I saw Mad Monster Part...

So this is lucky Number 13? Yes, Jon, it is. Counting all the plays and the kids' books plus the novels...this is my 13th book.  Starting with Dark Fiction all those years ago, this is my 13th book. The Wager of Sin is the sequel to Dark Fiction and Damned Fiction. It is the conclusion of the trilogy. Although it does have the character of Andrew from Travel Bug who is somewhat loosely based on my son Andrew. It also has Christopher from Dark Fiction and Damned Fiction. And of course, Dr. Henry David Wells.  Yes, of course. He is my most heavily used character. He is a professor, a writer, has lived an unnaturally long life, and holds many deep, dark secrets. He is a mystery that is gradually solved over the course of every book and this one is no exception I promise you. The first one (Dark Fiction) was about his Faustian deal with the Jinn. The second book (Damned Fiction) was about his competition (with his former student Sarah Nolan) to write the Devil's life story. This o...

So this is lucky Number 13? Yes, Jon, it is. Counting all the plays and the kids' books plus the novels...this is my 13th book.  Starting with Dark Fiction all those years ago, this is my 13th book. The Wager of Sin is the sequel to Dark Fiction and Damned Fiction. It is the conclusion of the trilogy. Although it does have the character of Andrew from Travel Bug who is somewhat loosely based on my son Andrew. It also has Christopher from Dark Fiction and Damned Fiction. And of course, Dr. Henry David Wells.  Yes, of course. He is my most heavily used character. He is a professor, a writer, has lived an unnaturally long life, and holds many deep, dark secrets. He is a mystery that is gradually solved over the course of every book and this one is no exception I promise you. The first one (Dark Fiction) was about his Faustian deal with the Jinn. The second book (Damned Fiction) was about his competition (with his former student Sarah Nolan) to write the Devil's life story. This o...

David Kempf has written over fifty short stories, many with themes of horror fiction. He has won several writing awards including first place in Millersville University's Lemuria magazine's short story competition. Two of his short stories were selected for the 2007 publication of The Grackle. In 2014 he wrote The Horror of It All, featuring interviews with prominent figures in the horror community. All the proceeds from that book went to help those suffering from ALS. So this is your fourth novel? Yes. Dark Fiction, The Petsorcist, Travel Bug and now this one, Damned Fiction. With a title like Damned Fiction, I assume this is finally the official sequel to Dark Fiction.  Yes. This new noel Damned Fiction is an official sequel to my first novel Dark Fiction. Although one of the characters (Dr. Henry David Wells) is in The Petsorcist, it is not a sequel to Dark Fiction. Christopher and Dr. Wells (from Dark Fiction) are mentioned in Travel Bug but once again, it is...

David Kempf has written over fifty short stories, many with themes of horror fiction. He has won several writing awards including first place in Millersville University's Lemuria magazine's short story competition. Two of his short stories were selected for the 2007 publication of The Grackle. In 2014 he wrote The Horror of It All, featuring interviews with prominent figures in the horror community. All the proceeds from that book went to help those suffering from ALS. So this is your fourth novel? Yes. Dark Fiction, The Petsorcist, Travel Bug and now this one, Damned Fiction. With a title like Damned Fiction, I assume this is finally the official sequel to Dark Fiction.  Yes. This new noel Damned Fiction is an official sequel to my first novel Dark Fiction. Although one of the characters (Dr. Henry David Wells) is in The Petsorcist, it is not a sequel to Dark Fiction. Christopher and Dr. Wells (from Dark Fiction) are mentioned in Travel Bug but once again, it is not a sequel. ...

David Kempf has written over fifty short stories, many with themes of horror fiction. He has won several writing awards including first place in Millersville University's Lemuria magazine's short story competition. Two of his short stories were selected for the 2007 publication of The Grackle. In 2014 he wrote The Horror of It All, featuring interviews with prominent figures in the horror community. All the proceeds from that book went to help those suffering from ALS. So this is your fourth novel? Yes. Dark Fiction, The Petsorcist, Travel Bug and now this one, Damned Fiction. With a title like Damned Fiction, I assume this is finally the official sequel to Dark Fiction.  Yes. This new noel Damned Fiction is an official sequel to my first novel Dark Fiction. Although one of the characters (Dr. Henry David Wells) is in The Petsorcist, it is not a sequel to Dark Fiction. Christopher and Dr. Wells (from Dark Fiction) are mentioned in Travel Bug but once again, it is...