Welcome
to the official web site of speculative fiction writer Kevin David
Anderson.
Here you can find information on upcoming appearances and
releases, interviews, links, and free podcasted stories. To find
out the latest news check out his
BLOG link. To see a complete list of published works (well,
almost complete) go to the WORKS page. Thank you for stopping by.
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NIGHT SOUNDS: From Podcast to Print
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Frantic, hungry claws
scraping against wood…
The whining of a drill as
it grinds through bone…
The ravings of a lunatic
amid the honking of gridlocked cars…
Agonized shrieks through
the phone line, the rending of flesh…
The hypnotic, deadly tones
of a calliope on a warm summer night…
When the sun goes down and
darkness claims the land…
When the silence descends,
isolating the lonely, the desperate, the weak…
These are the
NIGHT SOUNDS
Night Sounds: From Podcast to Print,
is a collection of scary, sometimes humorous
stories, mostly written for popular fiction
podcasts. The book is a throwback to Anderson’s
earliest fiction influences, what we now call
Old Time Radio.
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“I
spent many nights laying out under the stars
listening to rebroadcasts of Lights Out,
Dimension X, Escape, Suspense,
Inner Sanctum, The CBS Radio Mystery Hour,
X-Minus One, and The Hermit’s Cave on
my AM FM radio. These programs inspired me to create
stories not just to be read, but to be listened to,”
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Kevin David Anderson
REVIEWS
“A barrage of short, tongue-in-cheek blasts
of horror that hit like a load of buckshot to a
zombies’ braincase…”
-Brian Asman,
author of
Man, Fuck this House
“Like a siren’s song, this
collection draws you in and then delivers
heart-stopping moments of terror.”
-Evan
Baughfman, author of
The Emaciated Man
"Anderson does an amazing job creating
characters you care about and fantastical murderous
monsters, thrusting them into horrific situations
and finding a nice blend of humor and brutality.”
-Mark Tullius, author of
Twisted Reunion and
Untold Mayhem
“[Kevin David Anderson]…a
master at leaving the reader wanting more…”
-Jason Hill,
podcaster and voice actor
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Anderson's story
The Comforting
débutes in the new anthology
THE FUTURE's SO BRIGHT |
From all the good things provided by
advanced AI to the innocence of
discovering new worlds, join our authors
as they present uplifting stories of
science fiction and fantasy.
With stories by -
Alfred Smith, Elyse
Russell, Steven
D. Brewer, Kevin David Anderson,
Maureen Bowden, Nels Challinor, Regina
Clarke, Stephen C. Curro, Jetse de
Vries, Nestor Delfino, Gail Ann Gibbs,
Henry Herz, Gwen C. Katz, Brandon
Ketchum, Julia LaFond, R. Jean Mathieu,
Syn McDonald, Christopher Muscato, A.M.
Weald, David Wright
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More Free audio stories...
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This is one of my darkest tales.
I'm not usually this dark, but it kind of fits in with 2020
CONTRACTIONS
read by Jason Hill - Listen
on Youtube
THE FUBAR RITIAL
The FUBAR Ritial is one
of three stories in the episode of Horror Hill call
"Fabled Fiends." My story is in the middles (about
21 minutes in). Its a Horror/Comedy that answers the
question, what happens when two teenagers try to summon
a demon with inadequate offerings and a dismal
recitation of the unholy words.
Listen to The FUBAR Ritual
on YouTube
The FUBAR Ritual
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Otis Jiry's long-running podcast
is a staple horror show on the internet, and my short
story The Room was featured with other
author tales in season 5 episode 19 of Otis Jiry's
Scary Stories Told in the Dark. I wrote this
story over a year and a half ago and it hauntingly fits
in way too well with our current crisis.
THE ROOM
read by Otis Jiry
Listen
on YouTube
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