KC Grifant | Author of Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy & Weird West Stories
Welcome!
KC Grifant is a Southern Californian author who writes internationally published horror, fantasy, science fiction and weird west stories for podcasts, anthologies and magazines. She is a member of SFWA and HWA.
Her debut supernatural western novel, MELINDA WEST: MONSTER GUNSLINGER (Brigids Gate Press, Feb 2023), described as a blend of Bonnie & Clyde meet The Witcher and Supernatural, has received positive reviews internationally. Readers and reviewers call the book “a fun, fast-paced, monster-filled joy ride,” “genre-blending,” “fascinating and irresistible,” and a “massive crowd-pleaser.” (See what Library Journal and other reviewers are saying here or purchase online.)
Her short stories have appeared in magazines and podcasts including: Andromeda Spaceways Magazine (cover story for issue #70), Unnerving Magazine, Aurealis Magazine, Fission Magazine, Cosmic Horror Monthly, Dark Matter Magazine, Tales to Terrify, the Lovecraft eZine, Sley House Podcasts, and many others.
She has also written for dozens of anthologies, including: Chromophobia; Dancing in the Shadows: A Tribute to Anne Rice; Musings of the Muse; Field Notes from a Nightmare; The One That Got Away; Six Guns Straight From Hell; Trembling with Fear: Year One; Shadowy Natures; Beyond the Infinite: Tales from the Outer Reaches; and the Stoker-nominated Fright Mare: Women Write Horror.
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News Highlights
- Free short story “Just Another Apocalypse” in TWO THOUSAND WORD TERRORS anthology
- Cover feature story in Books & Buzz Magazine February 2023 issue: “Welcome to the Weird West with KC Grifant”
- MELINDA WEST: MONSTER GUNSLINGER launches!
- Upcoming appearances on NBC House of Mystery radio and others; new book reviews
- Recent guest articles – Horror Tree, Authority Magazine
- Pandemic horror story “All Aboard” in ORCHARD 34 magazine
- Weird West action story “The Fall of Denafas Manor” out in SNAFU: DEAD OR ALIVE anthology
- Scifi story “Cynscout” in the British Science Fiction Association magazine
- FREE dramatic radio production of cosmic weird horror story “U Train” in Sley House Publishing
- Scifi horror story “Odd Colleagues” published in DARK MATTER MAGAZINE issue 010
- “Unrest” published in gothic horror tribute to Anne Rice anthology
- Color-themed horror anthology CHROMOPHOBIA available in summer 2022
- “Death’s Horse” published in SIX GUNS STRAIGHT FROM HELL 3
- FREE short audio horror scifi story “The Peerlings” available on TALES TO TERRIFY
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