Dark Scribe has posted a lengthy interview with me on their website. Check it out here.

“Kenyon shifts smoothly between ’80s-style supernatural horror and modern-day science thriller in this superb sophomore effort…readers, left breathless, will hope he makes good on hints of a sequel.”

- Publishers Weekly on THE REACH (starred review)

Nate Kenyon’s second novel, THE REACH, has been given a starred review in the October 6 edition of Publishers Weekly. Starred reviews are reserved for books considered exceptional by PW reviewers. An excerpt of the review is below: please visit the link that follows for the full text.

“Kenyon shifts smoothly between ’80s-style supernatural horror and modern-day science thriller in this superb sophomore effort…readers, left breathless, will hope he makes good on hints of a sequel.”

Full review here

I’m very, very excited to announce that the new anthology, Legends of the Mountain State 2, is now up for preorder. My story “The Anniversary,” about a young man running from the ghosts of his old life who finds a lot worse trouble in his new one, is included. The first Legends was a tremendous success, and I expect more of the same with this one, so please pick up a copy! More info is below.

Legends of the Mountain State 2 is now ready to order.

Don’t be misled by the title of this anthology . . . although all stories are based on known ghosts and legends of West Virginia, every fan of horror, ghost stories, and dark fiction will love this project.

In fact, legendary horror writer Joe R. Lansdale had this to say:

“Hardboiled, Southern Gothic. I loved it. It’s lean and mean and it doesn’t care if you like it, which is what makes me like it all the better. Written with a razor on the back of a dead bloated redneck cracker down by the river side, the mountains in view, this is one excellent read.”

Like its predecessor-Legends of the Mountain State [which was released on Halloween 2007]-this unique anthology offers thirteen additional accounts of ghostly manifestations, mythology and mayhem, based on legends from West Virginia. Rural ghost sightings and stories of the macabre take center stage with this release by Woodland Press, LLC, an independent book-publishing firm located in Chapmanville, WV.

Noted horror writer/editor Michael Knost, a native of Logan, WV, returns as the anthology’s editor, and writers for this volume are an amalgamation of nationally respected authors in the horror, science fiction and fantasy fields, including:

Gary A. Braunbeck
Mark Justice
Bob Freeman
Lucy A. Snyder
Nate Kenyon
Steven L. Shrewsbury
Michael Laimo
Maurice Broaddus
Brian J. Hatcher
Mary SanGiovanni
Jonathan Maberry
Rob Darnell
and Nate Southard.

“This is a book that uniquely promotes the rich folklore and storytelling tradition of our Mountain State,” says Keith Davis, CEO of Woodland Press. “Readers went crazy over the first installment. Actually, Legends of the Mountain State remains the number one ghost tale book in the Mountain State. This fresh, new release builds upon its predecessor’s monumental success. We believe Legends of the Mountain State 2 will also appeal to readers outside the state’s borders. West Virginia has more than its share of ghost stories, legends and peculiar oddities.”

The Legends Of The Mountain State series is available at www.woodlandpress.com

or at the Horror-Mall at:

www.horror-mall.co…ichael-Knost-p-18463.html

Leisure has released the cover art for my second novel, THE REACH, due in stores on November 25, 2008. Pretty creepy stuff! THE REACH is about a young girl locked away inside a children’s psychiatric facility, and the graduate student assigned to work with her who discovers that young Sarah is hiding a secret that threatens to destroy everyone and everything around her.

You can preorder the book right now on Amazon: buy the book now

SEE THE COVER

Nate Kenyon and Apex Books are pleased to announce that Kenyon’s science fiction novella PRIME will be published by Apex in 2009. PRIME is about a grizzled gun for hire brought in to solve a series of online murders, who discovers that the killer is more than just a bug in the system. More to come on this soon.

The first thing that struck me about Bloodstone that sets it apart from most horror books I’ve been reading recently is that all of our main characters come to the story dealing with some pretty terrible things from their past…that’s a refreshing change from characters that start out normal and are thrust into a horrible situation. This allows Bloodstone to start out very ominous and never really let up on that atmosphere, which is important when you want to make sure your readers are always on edge. Kenyon manages to build this tension throughout the book in a very natural way and shows the storytelling skills of someone who’s been at it a lot longer than he actually has.

-DREAD CENTRAL (3.5 stars)

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“A very impressive first novel. Nate Kenyon shows a lot of promise among the horror elite. Bloodstone is a very well written, detailed story that will really keep you thinking all the way to the end of the book. It’s a book for horror fans who like to get really deep in the history of characters and the mystery that surrounds them.”

-THE HORROR REVIEW

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Joint New England Horror Writers Booksigning at Pandemonium Books in Cambridge, MA
May 10, 2 pm

“In ‘Bloodstone’ Nate Kenyon has written a classic horror story of high caliber. The reader is easily immersed in the mystery of the correlation between the founding fathers of the town and the current residents and it becomes obvious that evil never dies–it just waits for the right circumstances to surface again. Kenyon has such a brilliant command of words that the elaborate descriptions of people, places and events seems so thorough and natural as if the reader witnessed the events themselves. It is good to see horror taken back to its basic and most chilling form.”

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