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Skeleton Crew
The sky turned from sunny to gray as I crossed the Mid-Delaware Bridge into Port Jervis, New York. The temperature had dipped into the low…
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The Writer Who Changed Me More Than Any Other
Prior to the summer of 2009, the name John Updike meant almost nothing to me. All I knew was that he belonged to a certain…
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Taming Monsters With Whom, Exactly?
Earlier this year, when I started my podcast “Taming Monsters With Dirty Rotten Bill,” even some of my closest friends were perplexed by the title.…
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Chapter Break
Fellow author and good guy Jason A. Meuschke recently welcomed me onto his rad podcast, The Sample Chapter, to talk about the horror films that…
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Bodies, Bodies, Bodies
Much of the book-publishing world still remains a mystery to me, even though I’ve been in it (or on the fringes of it) for so…
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Killing Time
Many thanks to Ginger Nuts of Horror’s Jim Mcleod, who recently ran a feature called “Confronting the Unseen Horror of Aging” about my lifelong fascination…
Where Terror Meets Tenderness
I’m a horror writer and editor, kitten foster, vegetarian, and Aries. My published works include the novels FIND YOUR WAY BACK TO ME, ONLY MONSTERS REMAIN, BURN BEAUTIFUL SOUL, and CRAWL ON YOUR BELLY ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE. My favorite stories involve the challenges of connecting with other humans, including love stories that end badly. Born and raised in Philadelphia, I now live in a small but well-guarded fortress in Pennsylvania, somewhere on the map between Philly and Bethlehem.
Photo by Alison Dunlap
Read more: Skeleton Crew
★★★★★
“Donahue at his best plumbs the souls of his characters. In this tale of a crushing apocalypse undreamed of by man, beast, or Bibliomancy, he redefines humanity as well as the nature of monsters.”
ef deal, author of esprit de corpse
★★★★★
“Masterfully crafted cosmic horror, vivid and visceral, with dynamic characters driving the story to its epic conclusion … Donahue is quickly forging his place among the likes of John Langan, Laird Barron, and Thomas Ligotti.”
Candace Nola, author of bishop and creator of uncomfortably dark
★★★★★
“[ONLY MONSTERS REMAIN] is a novel that deftly walks the line between cynicism and hope, with a balanced blend of cinematic set-pieces and quiet introspection, outlandish characters and attention to the smallest detail.”
grant price, author of pacific state and reality testing
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The sky turned from sunny to gray as I crossed the Mid-Delaware Bridge into Port Jervis, New York. The temperature had dipped into the low…
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Prior to the summer of 2009, the name John Updike meant almost nothing to me. All I knew was that he belonged to a certain…
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Earlier this year, when I started my podcast “Taming Monsters With Dirty Rotten Bill,” even some of my closest friends were perplexed by the title.…