 KEV HARRISON Who are you? Kev Harrison – writer of dark fiction and horror Your signature style: I write stuff which is atmospheric, often supernatural and anchored very much in the relationships between my characters. Often it lacks the blood and guts for some people’s horror taste, but I like to think I can creep people out with mood and, at times, the horrors we don’t see. Toot your own horn: Having my story ”The Fourth Wall” appear in the Lost Films anthology from Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing. Books read: Just wrapped up Sole Survivor by Zachary Ashford which was an absolute blast. A violent, visceral romp on the surface, but touching on some really interesting themes just below. Before that was Arterial Bloom, edited by Mercedes M. Yardley, which was a delight of an anthology, showing there really can be beauty in the darkest tales. Turned me on to some hitherto unknown writers, as well. Movies watched: Recently seen The Platform, a Spanish dystopian sci-fi with horror elements, on Netflix. The message was a bit on-the-nose, but the delivery and the script, in particular, allowed it to get away with it. Favourite horror of last year was Midsommar. I know it’s divisive but I loved it. Even better the second time around too. Games and/or music played: Not played video games much lately. Recent music that’s grabbed me includes: Waves, the album by Dawn of Solace and Meta by Maraton. Words written: Fiction-wise, I’m 12k into my first ever novel. Set in the middle east, it involves djinn, livestock mutilation and draws on my experiences living in Turkey and travelling in the area. It also begins with a grain of a true story. I also wrote a piece for This is Horror recently on the benefits of reading and writing horror in the Covid crisis. Future stuff: For now, only the aforementioned novel, though I am mentally prepping a story for the In Darkness, Delight: Fear the Future call from Corpus Press. I had a story featured in the Creatures of the Night edition last year and they were brilliant to work with, and the end product was a real thing of beauty. Brain worms: I always keep an eye on unexplained astrophysical phenomena, so I’ve been keeping my eye on a story involving fast radio bursts from deep space that repeat the same ‘signal’ every sixteen days. I actually have a half finished story that ties into these mysterious radio wave blasts, but I hope life does not imitate my art in this particular case. KEV HARRISON  Kev Harrison is a writer of dark fiction and English language teacher from the UK, living and working in Lisbon, Portugal. His nomadic lifestyle has previously taken him to various cities in the United Kingdom, as well as to Turkey and Poland. He has an unquenchable thirst for travel and is passionate about food, photography, and music, as well as fiction. He is a staff writer for This is Horror and has had short fiction published in a variety of magazines and anthologies. His first novella, The Balance, will be released early in 2020, through Lycan Valley Press. THE BALANCE BY KEV HARRISON When myth becomes nightmare … The price of blood is always blood. Natalia’s in trouble. She only looked away for a second, and now her brother’s hurt. Her relationship with her mother is fractured, her brother’s condition is deteriorating, and her only hope lays deep in the unforgiving forest. A secret spoken only in whispers offers a way out. But when help comes in occult forms a sacrifice may be the only way to restore the balance. Humanity and nature collide in The Balance by Kev Harrison, a modern reimagining of the Slavic folk tale of Baba Yaga, set in Cold War Poland.   THE HEART AND SOUL OF HORROR PROMOTIONComments are closed.
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