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Thomas Scopel

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With the seeds firmly planted, Pittsburgh's Chiller Theatre offered Thomas Scopel the weekly scares he desired. After obtaining a degree and working in the engineering field, constantly feeling the writing itch, he pursued it, becoming a correspondent at the Daytona Beach News Journal. This scratched the itch, but left only raised, bloody, horror aspirating welts on his flesh and he converted to horror fiction.

Since entering the darkness, with no intentions of ever returning (or even turning a light on for that matter), He has been published in many horror and fright based electronic and print publications. His tales include The Pumpkin Patch (August's "Look What I Found" anthology from Norgus Press), Lickety Split, While You Sleep, All th...more



The past few weeks I've been heavilyhacking and chopping and slicing and tearing away atdesignwith newlylaunched Staying Scared dot com and the revamped Thomas Scopel dot com. Finally, I feel some sort of accomplishment and completion and can now get back to writing and it's going to feel good. Although, I'm not so sure whether I'm completely content with Staying Scared and may change the fo... read more »
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Published on May 07, 2012 11:02 • 2 views
Average rating: 3.68 · 19 ratings · 11 reviews · 2 distinct works
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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Lickety Split (Select)
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Description: This is one of my stories that appeared in the December 2010 issue of Suspense Magazine.
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Thomas Scopel is now following Ellen's reviews
The Daily Death - How I Killed My Coworkers in 30 Days by Thomas Scopel
" After reading the author's description of himself and his love of the macabre, I was nervous I'd find myself so uneasy reading The Daily Death that I would have a hard time finishing. Well, I did have a hard time finishing the book, not because I... "
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The Daily Death - How I Killed My Coworkers in 30 Days by Thomas Scopel
" Here's my quick review will probably add more at some point but here it is for now while I'm at work lol :p. This is a book of blog style short stories about fictional ways the author killed off his real life co-workers. I was expecting gruesome b... "
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Big Book of New Short Horror by Michael McClung
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Sideshow by William Ollie
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William Ollie weaves a masterful tale in this story about a wicked carnival entity who travels from town to town, dementedly using the town's past wickedness and discretions to inflict retribution. A fast paced read that will keep you hooked from pag...more
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The Best of Cemetery Dance, Volume 1 by Ramsey Campbell
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The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror by Ellen Datlow
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The Collection, Volume 1 by Bentley Little
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“A horror writer is one who is not only willing to look into the darkest of shadows...but to reach into them too.”
Thomas Scopel, Twitch

“A horror writer is one who is not only willing to look into the darkest of shadows...but to reach into them too.”
Thomas Scopel, Twitch

“Get busy living or get busy dying.”
Stephen King, The Shawshank Redemption

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