after finishing Black Cathedral.
What makes these authors really appealing to me is that their writing reads so
well.” The Novel Blog / Amazon.com
“In the space of a mere 3 novels, they have proven
their ability to effortlessly put horror readers through the ringer time and
again. Their novels don’t merely command your attention, they squeeze your nerves with death-grip power. This is real, unapologetic,
scary stuff.” Gary Braunbeck , 5-time Bram Stoker
Award-Winner.
“With their slick style and eye for the macabre,
Maynard and Sims take their readers on a rollercoaster of sensory
delight. If you've been crazy enough to miss them so far then grab their
next book and jump on for the ride. Prepare to be thrilled and you
won't be disappointed!” Sarah Pinborough
“Maynard and Sims books just keep getting better and
better, and Night Souls might just be their best yet. You are doing
yourself a disservice if you do not give their books a try. I can only hope
that there are more adventures in store for the intrepid souls of Department
18.” Famous Monsters Of Filmland
“Maynard and Sims give us a fresh story altogether
here, (Night Souls) one that I highly recommend. The only problem I have with
the book is that it ended…of all their books, this one is by far my favorite .” Horror Review
“The Eighth Witch isa consistently
entertaining blend of supernatural horror and British drawing room mystery, and
well-delineated characters escalate the tension as the story moves toward a
surprising whodunit conclusion.” Publishers Weekly
“For anyone looking to read a good scary book then you
should check out The Eighth Witch .” Fallen Angel
BIOGRAPHY: MAYNARD SIMS www.maynard-sims.com
Novels, Shelter, Demon Eyes, Nightmare City,
Stronghold, Dark Of The Sun, and the three Department
18 books Black Cathedral, Night Souls, and The Eighth Witch, have been
published mass market and eBook . Their first four
novels have been purchased by Amazon Publishing.
The fourth Department 18 book, A Plague Of Echoes, is for 2014, as are the thrillers, Let Death
Begin, a mystery thriller, Falling Apart At The Edges, a crime thriller, and
Through The Sad Heart, an action thriller. They have sold a standalone ghost
story novel, Stillwater, and Department 18 book 5, Mother Of Demons. They are working on the Dark Of The Sun
sequel.
Their first screenplay, Department 18, won the 2013
British Horror Film Festival Award for Best New Screenplay. They have also
written scripts based on The Eighth Witch, and some of their ghost stories.
They have completed two original, commissioned screenplays, a horror and a
drama, both of which are being read.
Collections include, Shadows At Midnight, 1979 and
1999 (revised and enlarged), Echoes Of Darkness, 2000, Incantations, 2002, two
retrospective collections of their stories, essays and interviews, The Secret
Geography Of Nightmare and Selling Dark Miracles, both 2002, Falling Into
Heaven in 2004, The Odd Ghosts, 2011, and Flame And Other Enigmatic Tales, and
A Haunting Of Ghosts, both 2012.
Novellas, Moths, The Hidden Language Of Demons, The Seminar, and Double Act, have been published
in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2007 respectively. His Other Son, is published 2013.
Numerous stories have been published in a variety of
anthologies and magazines, including the Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, the
anthology, Strange Tales, which won the World Fantasy Award 2004 and the Del Rey anthology, The Children Of Cthulhu .
They worked as editors on the first seven volumes of
Darkness Rising, and the two annual Darkness Rising anthologies. They co-edited
and published F20 with The British Fantasy Society. As editors/publishers they
ran Enigmatic Press in the UK, which produced Enigmatic Tales, and its sister
titles. They wrote essays.
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