Scott Cole is an American writer, artist, and graphic designer operating out of
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, largest city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the List of United States cities by population, sixth-largest city i ...
.
Career
Cole expressed an interest in horror from a young age and has cited 80s
slasher films
A slasher film is a genre of horror films involving a killer stalking and murdering a group of people, usually by use of bladed or sharp tools like knife, chainsaw, scalpel, etc. Although the term "slasher" may occasionally be used informally as a ...
as well as works such as ''
Night of the Living Dead
''Night of the Living Dead'' is a 1968 American independent horror film directed, photographed, and edited by George A. Romero, with a screenplay by John Russo and Romero, and starring Duane Jones and Judith O'Dea. The story follows seven pe ...
'', ''
Dawn of the Dead'', and
John Skipp
John Skipp is a splatterpunk horror and fantasy author and anthology editor, as well as a songwriter, screenwriter, film director, and film producer. He collaborated with Craig Spector on multiple novels, and has also collaborated with Marc Le ...
and
Craig Spector __NOTOC__
Craig may refer to:
Geology
*Craig (landform), a rocky hill or mountain often having large casims or sharp intentations.
People (and fictional characters)
* Craig (surname)
* Craig (given name)
Places
Scotland
* Craig, Angus, aka Barony ...
's ''
Book of the Dead'' as influences. He also stated that his writing speed differs on what he is writing, as he can complete his first drafts quickly while short stories can take years to complete. He typically creates an outline or framework for his novellas while he does not typically use this for his short stories; the exception for his novellas was ''Crazytimes'', where he based the story on a rough idea he had after waking one morning.
Cole also works as an artist and graphic designer and has created the covers and promotional materials for his works.
Bibliography
Novels
* ''SuperGhost'' (2014)
* ''Triple Axe'' (2018)
* ''Crazytimes'' (2020)
* ''Headless'' (2024)
Collections
* ''Slices: Tales of Bizarro and Absurdist Horror'' (2017)
* ''SuperGhost'' (2019)
* ''Departures'' (2022)
Short stories
* "Last Supper" (2009)
* "The Popcorn Challenge" (2010)
* "Brother Barry" (2010)
* "April Showers" (2011)
* "I Change the Leaves" (2011)
* "Cold" (2012)
* "Violins for Sale" (2013)
* "SuperGhost" (2014)
* "666 Baby Jesuses, Give or Take" (2017)
* "A Field of Poppies" (2017)
* "Blow-Up" (2017)
* "Cat Tree Summer" (2017)
* "Dates" (2017)
* "Drive" (2017)
* "Flesh is Flesh" (2017)
* "God" (2017)
* "Happyface" (2017)
* "Hole" (2017)
* "Horns Up" (2017)
* "Landau Made Some Mistakes" (2017)
* "Let it Out" (2017)
* "Melt" (2017)
* "Multi-Crabs" (2017)
* "Mummy Kitty" (2017)
* "Otto" (2017)
* "Playtime" (2017)
* "Rough Night" (2017)
* "Scheduled Meal Service" (2017)
* "Slices of Me" (2017)
* "Smoke Detector" (2017)
* "Sweets" (2017)
* "Tap, Clip, Glue" (2017)
* "The Bigot" (2017)
* "The Eater" (2017)
* "The Magician" (2017)
* "The Pet" (2017)
* "The Regenerates" (2017)
* "The Smile" (2017)
* "We Built the Moon" (2017)
* "Wrecking Ball" (2017)
* "The Science Fair" (2019)
* "Crazytimes" (2020)
* "The Penanggalan" (2020)
* "Greetings from Trammel Beach" (2022)
* "SlashGrindTerrorMachine" (2022)
* "Can't See the Forest" (2022)
* "Clown Noses" (2022)
* "Cold Hands" (2022)
* "Egg House" (2022)
* "Gourds" (2022)
* "Only Bad People" (2022)
* "The Noise Machine" (2022)
* "The Trunk" (2022)
* "Headless" (2024)
References
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American horror writers
Writers from Philadelphia
Artists from Philadelphia
American graphic designers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people