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A.K. McCarthy is a writer of dark fiction. His award-winning journalism has been published from Alaska to Virginia and his short fiction has appeared in numerous independent horror anthologies.
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He lives in Indianapolis, Indiana with his wife and their three cats, Henrietta, Archie, and Wilhelmina.
ALL THE MEANER THINGS
Debut novel “All the Meaner Things” coming in 2027 from Dead Sky Publishing (Scroll right to learn more)
Short Fiction
Publication history
Print Anthologies
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"Dreampop Nightmare" in Vice Noir, Raconteur Press, July 2025.
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"Scritch, Scritch, Scritch" in voting round of Crystal Lake Publishing's Shallow Waters short story contest (third place), December 2023, reprinted in Crystal Lake's Hotel Macabre, Vol. 1, December 2024
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"The Man With Red Hands" in ParABnormal Magazine, Hiraeth Publishing, March 2025.​
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"Hooves" in voting round of Crystal Lake Publishing's Shallow Waters short story contest, February 2024, reprinted in 7th-Circle Pyrite, Issue 6 (2024)
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"Exhibit 212: Note on a napkin at a KFC near Interstate 70 in Kelvin, Missouri" in Archive of the Odd, Vol. 4, June 2024
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"High Beams" in Night Terrors, Vol. 24, Scare Street Publishing, January 2023
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"Warm Water" in Let the World Drown: An Anthology of Sea Horror, Tim Murr, September 2021
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"Trypophobia" in Bloodsaints Anthology, Terror Tract Publishing, February 2021
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"Route 666, or, The Art of Driving Muscle Cars in Hell" in Satan Rides Your Daughter, HellBound Books, January 2021
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"Manifest Destiny" in Six Guns Straight from Hell 3, SFT Publishing, September 2020
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"Beneath the Ice" in Shopping List 4, HellBound Books, September 2019
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"Smoke" in The Toilet Zone, HellBound Books, August 2019
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"Excuse the Blood" in the Rock N' Roll Horror Zine, Issue 4, October 2018
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"The Light in the Window" in Home Sweet Home, Millhaven Press, September 2018
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Crystal Lake Shallow Waters Contest
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"How to Silence the Voices in Your Head in 15 Easy Steps" in voting round of Crystal Lake Publishing's Shallow Waters short story contest (first place), July 2025.
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"The Heartbeat Games" in voting round of Crystal Lake Publishing's Shallow Waters short story contest, March 2025.
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"The Fortress Under the Jungle" in voting round of Crystal Lake Publishing's Shallow Waters short story contest, February 2025.
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"A Splash of Red" in voting round of Crystal Lake Publishing's Shallow Waters short story contest, June 2024​
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"Last Seen" in voting round of Crystal Lake Publishing's Shallow Waters short story contest, November 2023
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"Thing Bad" in voting round of Crystal Lake Publishing's Shallow Waters short story contest, February 2023
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"Hang Your Stockings and Say Your Prayers" in voting round of Crystal Lake Publishing's Shallow Waters short story contest, December 2022
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"The Collector" in voting round of Crystal Lake Publishing's Shallow Waters short story contest, July 2022
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Creepy Ghost Stories audio productions
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"The Thing the Glacier Was Hiding", December 2025
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"I Know Why the Crooked Creek Bridge Moves on Its Own", December 2025
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"I Met a Faceless God", November 2025
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"The Cave on Seether's Mountain", November 2025
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"Reunion", November 2025
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"The Chimney in the Woods", October 2025
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"Closes at Sundown", October​​​​ 2025
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