In my previous post, I teased that I’d started recording commercial audiobooks through Audible’s ACX marketplace in 2025. I’m thrilled to announce the first significant publication from this project: the audiobook edition of The Horror Writer: A Study of Craft and Identity in the Horror Genre.

Compiled and edited by Joe Mynhardt—and narrated by yours truly—this book collects 26 essays from just as many different professional horror authors about the craft of writing, pitching, and publishing genre fiction in today’s marketplace:

The Horror Writer covers how to connect with your market and carve out a sustainable niche in the independent horror genre, how to tackle the writer’s ever-lurking nemesis of productivity, writing good horror stories with powerful, effective scenes, realistic, flowing dialogue and relatable characters without resorting to clichéd jump scares and well-worn gimmicks. Also covered is the delicate subject of handling rejection with good grace, and how to use those inevitable “not quite the right fit for us at this time” letters as an opportunity to hone your craft.

Plus… perceptive interviews to provide an intimate peek into the psyche of the horror author and the challenges they work through to bring their nefarious ideas to the page.

This is the third audiobook I have delivered through ACX, and the first one that feels worth sharing. I’m really proud of how this came out, and extend my thanks to HellBound Books, and in particular to Xtina Marie for her editorial direction of this project. Xtina encouraged my efforts to find and apply a unique tone to each essay in this collection, reflecting how each came from a different writer’s hand. I loved the challenge this brought to narrating this book, and learned so much about the range of my own voice in the process. I humbly hope that you’ll enjoy listening to the results.

For more information and a free audio sample, check out the book’s page on Audible. And if you’re a reviewer of either horror fiction or non-fiction about writing and would like a promo code, feel free to drop me a line!