Anthony Izzo

Risen In Flame, the first book in my epic/dark fantasy series is out now. Find out what happens when the baddest warrior in the land is brought back from the dead and sent on a mission that will change the fate of realms. buy.bookfunnel.com/x1ugp7m7k4

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A Special Halloween Book Fair With the Halloween season upon us, I'm participating in a group promo with a bunch of cool horror authors. There's some horror for everyone's taste in this group of books.  My small-town horror novel, Season of Crows, is featured in the promo. The return of crows to…

Update On My Dark Fantasy Series Fall of the Gods is at just over 25,000 words. I'm estimating the draft is about a quarter finished. This might end up being one of the longest books I've written since I had a contract with Kensington for the mass market paperbacks. The contracts for those first…

Prepping For A Horror Convention Prepping for the Buffalo Horror Garage Sale next month at the Marriott in Amherst, NY (October 9th, 10th & 11th). I'm putting together four unique book bundles (A slasher bundle, a vampire bundle, a dark fantasy bundle, and a thriller bundle with the Project…

Post-Apocalyptic Horror: Unveiling ‘Gods In The Valley’ For Gods In The Valley, I wanted to write a story that combined a post-apocalyptic tale with elements of unknown entities that lurk in a darkness that sweeps over the earth. If Gods In The Valley were a novel, I would've used multiple…

Unexplained Horrors in the Darkness: My Latest Novella I'm putting the finishing touches on a post-apocalyptic novella filled with cosmic horrors. Gods In The Valley has been edited and proofread, and I finished up the formatting this morning. I didn't have a concrete idea in mind when I began…

Inspiring Horror Stories: My Visits to NY State Parks When our kids were little, we took quite a few trips to New York State Parks. Renting a cabin for a week (or weekend) was fairly inexpensive, and the NY State parks had options for handicapped accessible cabins for our son. In addition to the…

Pushing to Get This Horror Novella Done I'm on vacation from the day job this week, and I'm pressing to get a big chunk of this horror novella I'm working on finished. I'm closing in on 17,000 words. I like to shoot for a 30,000-word length for most novellas. Of course, the final word count could…

A Deal on a Dark Fantasy Series Kingdom of Ash, the second book in the Cart The Soulless series, is out in the wild. The second book follows the exploits of the ever-grumpy and violent Cart The Soulless. Cart was resurrected by the very goddess he was tasked with slaying and sent on a mission in…

Who Is Cart The Soulless? I recently wrapped up the second book in the Cart The Soulless Series, entitled Kingdom of Ash. I started the series with a hint of a character. I knew I wanted a legendary warrior-type figure who was gruff and bad-ass, but who also had honor and heart as part of his…

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Free Fantasy Reads This Month (Including Mine) Like most authors, I'm always looking for ways to connect with and reach readers. I'm excited to be part of the Fantastic Realms: Free Fantasy Reads promo this month. I've joined with over 20 authors to spread the word about our fantasy novels. Risen…

A blood-spattered journey of survival! Ry and Erin are struggling with life when something starts creeping towards their trailer, knocking, whistling, mocking; they realize their worst fears aren’t late bills or speeding tickets. mybook.to/WildcatThicket

Thanks, Gabino! This week, I'd like to plug my debut novella, The Balance, which will turn 6 years old(!) on the 28th. Time flies. Folk horror meets eco horror, through a retelling of the Baba Yaga myth, set in cold war Poland. books2read.com/thebalance

Finished the draft of book two in the Cart The Soulless series. 83,000 words. Will start edits and work on a novella I need to finish up before starting book three.

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Some of my recent horror-themed pen and ink drawings.

A Morning Writing Session I've always been an early riser, and this morning was no exception. I went to bed fairly early last night and woke up around five a.m. Laid there for a bit and realized I wasn't going back to sleep, so I brewed some coffee and decided to do some writing. I've always been…

It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. I’m sharing this monster full of rain, vengeance, ghosts, santería, friendship, anticolonialism, and beings from the reef. (45% off!) www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316... bookshop.org/p/books/hous...

Put this Pennywise original up in my Etsy shop. izzoartworks.etsy.com/listing/4443...

Pennywise on gray card stock. Threw a bit of everything into this one. Inks, acrylics, gouache, and colored pencils.

A few older ink drawings of mine I scanned. Will be making prints for an upcoming horror event where I'll be selling books and artwork.

Reading Goals For 2026 I've participated in the Goodreads Reading Challenge for the past 4-5 years. Last year I read 41 books, above my goal of 30 for the year. I don't think reading should be viewed as a competition, nor should we be racing through books just to reach a predetermined goal, but I…

Graphic I worked up to promo the new fantasy novel. I'm a horror writer at heart, and there's definitely a dose of horror/gruesome stuff along with lots of action and adventure.

Finished this piece up last night. Skeleton knight is done in Micron pen and Payne's gray water color. The background is acrylic paint. May do a series of fantasy pieces like this. More likely, I'll get get distracted and draw something completely different.

Working on a military sci-fi novella along with the second book in my Cart The Soulless fantasy series. A sneak peek at the military sci fi novella here. www.patreon.com/posts/look-b...

Very little writing done last week. My wife and I were dealing with a nasty cold/flu bug. Bounced back this morning with 1,138 words on the next Cart The Soulless book.

Stoked to get an acceptance from Printed in Blood. Will have a piece in their upcoming Friday the 13th Art book.

On Character Creation As A Fiction Writer One of the main characters in my fantasy novel, Risen In Flame, is Cart the Soulless (full name Carthan Nightmantle). Cart is part of The Soulless, an elite group of warriors taken from their families at a young age and trained to fight. Cart's a bit of a…

Current scene in the novel being fueled by coconut cream pie and coffee.

First Book In Epic Fantasy Series (Risen In Flame) Now Available Risen In Flame is showing up in online retail spaces. As I've said before, I've had ideas for fantasy series kicking around in my head for years. I grew up reading fantasy, watching fantasy movies, and playing RPG video games. The…

Approaching 15K words on the second book in my fantasy series. Always been more of a morning writer. Up to work on the book when the house is quiet.

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From An Inn on the Finger Lakes I'm writing this post at an inn that overlooks Lake Cayuga. It's an overcast fall morning, forty-seven degrees, nice and crisp. My wife and I are on an early anniversary trip up in the Finger Lakes. Our son is housesitting back home for us. He enjoys having the…

Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Daniel Bautista.

Full Book Cover Reveal For My Fantasy Novel I designed the wraparound cover for the paperback version of Risen In Flame, the first book in my Cart the Soulless fantasy series. Proofs arrived last week from the printer and everything looks good (also did a hardcover version). I'll be launching this…

Behold the raucous game of fetch taking place.

Books arrived for next month’s Buffalo Indie Lit festival. I’ll have a table there.

50 Percent Off Ebook Sale I decided last minute to run a sale on e-books in my Payhip store. Everything is 50% off through Sunday, September, 14th. Horror titles with something for everyone (serial killer/slasher, Bigfoot, assorted monsters), dark thrillers (The Damage Factory, The Foundation),…

Thanks, Gabino! The re-release of my gothic horror novella comes out on Tuesday with @sobelobooks.bsky.social Originally pubbed by Sam at Off Limits it did really well, but it'd be great to get new eyes on it!👀

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