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Biography

My name is Howard Hopkins and I am an author of horror/western/comics fiction with six books now out, as well as numerous published short stories, the most recent appearing in THE SPIDER CHRONICLES with John Jakes (The Spider being that uber violent and trifle psychotic crimefighting pulp hero of the 1930s. I have upcoming Avenger and Captain Midnight tales from them as well). My novels under my own name include NIGHT DEMONS, GRIMM, THE DARK RIDERS and my short story anthology DARK HARBORS were EPPIE nominated finalists and Fictionwise top five bestsellers. I also write a series for kids (9+) called THE NIGHTMARE CLUB (it's fun for adults, too!) the first called THE HEADLESS PAPERBOY. (Available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble or direct from GP Press via the link below). My recent trade paperback novel PISTOLERO combines horror and mystery with my second love, which brings me to-- I'm also the author of the 28 Black Horse westerns in hardcover and trade paperback, the most recent being HELL PASS (available from www.amazon.co.uk) On top of that I write comic book scripts and am a big fan of the pulps, especially Doc Savage, The Avenger and The Shadow. I am the editor/publsiher of Golden Perils, a journal dedicated to those heroes of yesteryear. I live in a small Maine seacoast town and am also a musician/singer (mandolin, guitar, piano, sax) with a quartet that plays for local nursing homes. I am an avid comic book reader, love superheroes, pulp heroes, westerns, horror and bodybuilding. Please visit my website: www.howardhopkins.com For quick and easy purchase of my horror novels please visit: www.lulu.com/goldenperils or www.amazon.com And don't forget to check out Chloe's supernatural adventures at The Chloe Files. She's always in some kinda trouble! The Chloe Files: http://chloefiles.blogspot.com And check out our Black Horse Western Magazine, Black Horse Express at: www.blackhorsewesterns.org

Inspiration

Doc Savage writer, Lester Dent, who taught me reading could be fun (but never warned me how tough writing could be!). Before that I'd have to say the old Dark Shadows tv show and comic books really sparked my imagination and led to a chain of events that started me writing. From Dark Shadows I noticed a werewolf on the cover of a Doc Savage book. From reading those I started my own pulpzine dedicated to him and those yesteryear heroes, then began writing articles about them. Which inpsired me to try fiction writing and lef to...well, now!