Alan Draven is an author whose debut novel, Bitternest, was released in May 2007.  The novel is about a detective who forms an uneasy alliance with a group of vampires to prevent a powerful entity from enslaving the fog-shrouded city of Bitternest.

 

When he's writing his horror tales, Alan finds inspiration in the dark mood and sinister atmosphere of Midnight Syndicate's The 13th Hour.  Alan has been kind enough to share one of his short stories with us.  Please click here to read this spine-tingling tale, titled Silently It Creeps. 

William Randolpf Frady has dreamed of being a writer since his 7^th/8^th grade year of school.  He writes mostly Gothic Horror and Fantasy, with some Sci-fi.  Some of his inspirations are the “Castlevania” games, “Ravenloft”, both the campaign settings and the novels, Edgar Allen Poe, H. P. Lovecraft, R. A. Salvatore, and Robert E. Howard.  He is currently working on a number of projects right at this moment a vampire novel, building a fantasy world for another series of books and stories, and a short story to be submitted to “Dragon” magazine.   Frady is currently married, has two children, and lives in the foothills of North Carolina. 

           " In writing “Dark Embrace”, the dark, haunting melody of Midnight Syndicate’s music worked to help set the mood of the story, especially at the beginning.  Songs like, “Twilight”, “Solemn Reflections”, and “Blackest Rose” sweep my imagination to another place where fouler things, too ghastly to mention, stalk the shadowy corridors, preying on the unwary who dare to linger.  With this imagery, I am able to create vivid settings that come alive in the readers mind, allowing them to believe in that surreal world if only long enough to follow the character to whatever end may wait.  Finally Midnight Syndicate’s Nightmare Soundtracks contain the rich overtones of the old horror movies, that when I am listening to them, frees my mind from the constant distraction of the everyday world that we live in. "

--W.R. Frady

Kathleen Rowan Fraser

Since childhood, Kathleen Rowan Fraser has had a fascination of Angels, Demons, and other supernatural beings. She spent much of her adult life doing research and studying the legends of the old world, comparing the lore of vampires and other such creatures, trying to find their original origins. She has written poetry, short stories and finally a series bringing these amazing creatures to life. A student of history and religion, she has married these with the many myths of the night to create a new epic of the war between Heaven and Hell on earth, and the creatures that fight this great jihad.

"The music from the band, “Midnight Syndicate” inspired many of the stories and adventures portrayed in my works. From “Noctem Aeternus” (Realm of Shadows) to “Forbidden Crypts” (Born of the Night), the early tales unfolded by lamplight. My personal favorites, “Rm. 47” (Gates of Delirium) and “Return of the Ancient Ones” (13^th Hour) inspired my short: “The Cycle”.

--Kathleen Rowan Fraser

The latest book in the Muprhy's Lore™ Series, features spin-off tales from HEXCRAFT™, THE DMA CASEFILE™, SOUL FOR HIRE™, TERRORBELLE™, NEMESIS & CO.™, THE INFINITE JESTER™, THE GRAVEYARD ANGEL™, THE SWORDS OF THE DAEMOR™ and more! Plus the birth of the sucubus Ryth's baby!

 

  "Gothic music just doesn't get any better than Midnight Syndicate. Picking a favorite from all of their work is a daunting task, but my choice would have to be GATES OF DELERIUM. It captures the darkness of an insane asylum with all the detail of any movie, made all the more frightening because what happens there is played inside the listener's head. I've said it before and I'll say it again-Midnight Syndicate truly make the soundtracks for all things horror."
--Patrick Thomas, author of the Murphy's Lore series and the Dear Cthulhu satire advice column.