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Johnny Compton


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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.
 


Genres: Horror
 
Novels
   The Spite House (2023)
   Devils Kill Devils (2024)
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Books containing stories by Johnny Compton
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Weird Tales Magazine No. 370 (2024)
Monster Issue
(Weird Tales Magazine)
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The Rack (2024)
Stories Inspired By Vintage Horror Paperbacks
edited by
Tom Deady
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Obsolesence (2023)
A Dark Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Anthology
edited by
Kristina Horner and Alan Lastufka

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Award nominations
2023 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel (nominee) : The Spite House


Johnny Compton recommends
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Their Monstrous Hearts (2025)
Yiğit Turhan
"Distinct, unsettling, and thoughtful...an impressive debut from Yigit Turhan, a new terrifying voice in horror!"
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Wake Up and Open Your Eyes (2025)
Clay McLeod Chapman
"A harrowing horror experience. Like watching through a window as the world explodes, realizing too late you should have sought shelter."
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William (2024)
Mason Coile
"Mason Coile's William is twisted, timely, scarily intelligent, and menacing even before it reveals its greatest, darkest secrets."

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