Johnny Compton

Johnny Compton

Johnny Compton is a San Antonio based author whose short stories have appeared in several publications since 2006, including Pseudopod, Strange Horizons and The No Sleep Podcast. His fascination with frightening fiction started when his kindergarten teacher played a record of the classic ghost story “The Golden Arm” for her class. The Spite House is his debut novel through Tor Nightfire.

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OBSOLESCENCE

A Dark Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Anthology

Edited by Alan Lastufka and Kristina Horner

"FFUNS"

Holding the unlabeled black video cassette somehow reassured her of the legitimacy of its contents. With that reassurance came effervescent nausea, an ugly, unreal sensation befitting the place she was in and the sight that awaited her…

June 12, 2023

Horror DNA reviews OBSOLESCENCE

Horror DNA recently poster their review of our anthology, OBSOLESCENCE, edited by Alan Lastufka and Kristina Horner. They gave the book a perfect 5 out of 5 star rating, saying…

February 20, 2023

Johnny Compton praises NARCISSUS

Johnny Compton, author of The Spite House, recently read an early copy of Adam Godfrey’s novella, Narcissus. After reading, he said…

December 6, 2022

Naomi Grossman finished writing her Foreword for OBSOLESCENCE

Naomi Grossman is wrapping up her Foreword for OBSOLESCENCE this week! She called OBSOLESCENCE co-editor, Alan Lastufka, after reading the first five stories…

November 3, 2022

OBSOLESCENCE Anthology – Complete Author List Announced

The OBSOLESCENCE anthology started with 12 Featured Authors a few months ago. Then we read through 628 open submissions and narrowed those down to just 12 additional stories to complete the anthology…

August 15, 2022

Open Call for Submissions – OBSOLESCENCE Anthology

Our first ever open call for submissions! We are seeking short story submissions for our upcoming title, OBSOLESCENCE: A Dark Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Anthology…

July 16, 2022

New Title Announcement – OBSOLESCENCE Anthology

We are so excited to announce our first anthology project. OBSOLESCENCE is a new collection of short stories about horrifying or fantastical interactions with technology…

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