William J. Grabowski
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Writer/Editor |
| Location | McMechen, West Virginia, United States |
| Introduction | I'm an independent writer/editor with over 25 years in book- and magazine-publishing, author of THE BLACK EDGE, TRACES OF OBLIVION, BLACK LIGHT, JOHNNY FLASH, THE UNTOLD (ghostwriter of others), and more than 300 short stories, articles, interviews, and reviews. Five years with World Fantasy Award-winner THE HORROR SHOW earned me a nomination from SPWAO as Best Nonfiction Writer. Recent articles are on 2paragraphs.com, Forbes (with John Kluge), Magonia Blog, Hellnotes, Horror World, and in the magazines CEMETERY DANCE, UK-based BEWARE THE DARK, and National Public Radio-associated WIRELESS. Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist George Knapp lauded my work on syndicated radio show COAST TO COAST AM. Twitter: @WillGrabowski |
| Interests | The unknown, exploring existence, books, music, movies, fiery food, isn't that enough? |
| Favorite movies | Blade Runner, Carnival of Souls (1962 version), The Big Lebowski, The Mothman Prophecies, Down By Law, Aliens, Winter's Bone, Barfly, Angel Heart, Evil Dead (the entire trilogy), O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The Right Stuff, Donnie Darko, Night of the Living Dead (1968 version), Dawn of the Dead (1978 version), Day of the Dead (1985), The Haunting (1963 version). |
| Favorite music | Bad Religion, Low, Queens of the Stone Age, Nine Inch Nails, R.E.M., Skinny Puppy, Trampled By Turtles, Morphine, Charlie Parker, Dead Can Dance, Johnny Cash, Tori Amos, Ministry, Liz Phair. |
| Favorite books | The Outsider (Colin Wilson), Man and His Symbols (Carl G. Jung), The Mothman Prophecies (John A. Keel), The Elementals (Michael McDowell), The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson), The Book of the Damned [complete works] (Charles Fort), Passport to Magonia (Jacques Vallee), Let it Come Down (Paul Bowles), Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs), The Magus (John Fowles), Ghost Story, and Shadowland (Peter Straub), Working Stiffs (Lucy Leitner), The Nightmare Factory (Thomas Ligotti), If Chins Could Kill (Bruce Campbell), Johnny Flash (William J. Grabowski), Harlot's Ghost (Norman Mailer), Arda (Vladimir Nabokov), The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris), Lost Souls (Poppy Z. Brite), everything by Sam Shepard. |