Bad Seed — Harry Shannon

Novelist and screenwriter Harry Shannon's collection "Bad Seed" was a beginners mixture of short horror and crime stories, all published online in 2000-2001. Despite numerous production flaws, the small-press limited edition became a collectors item. The author admits, "Eight novels and dozens of short stories later, some of these pieces look pretty awkward. I was sorely tempted to rewrite a few of them. But in today's world of indie publishing, I just figured it also might be interesting for people to see these first efforts." This Kindle version has been properly proofed and re-formatted, and is not to be confused with a short story with the same title. It is a full-length work.

"Master craftsmanship."
-Cemetery Dance

"Shannon is a writer who is never afraid to walk into the shadows and drag the things living there kicking and screaming into the light."
-Brian Keene

"Harry Shannon takes age-old themes and gives them a new and fearsome bite. Vividly realized, his writing is controlled, assured, and filled with the kind of spooky atmosphere that used to make you hide your head under the bedcovers on wind-wracked nights."
- Tom Piccirilli