In 1986 horror authors Craig Spector and John Skipp began a monumental publishing spree that gave rise to the splatterpunk movement starting with the The Light at the End which has recently been republished in e-book format by Crossroad Press.
In preparation for the release of The Light at the End, Crossroad Press editor David Niall Wilson interviewed Craig Spector about Splatterpunk and the creation of one of the most subversive vampire novels ever written — and whether it stands up today over twenty years later.
Take it away Craig and David:
Craig Spector on The Light at the End
Craig Spector on The Light at the End Pt. 2
Craig Spector on Splatterpunk
Craig Spector on the First Sale Part 1
Craig Spector on the First Sale Part 2
Craig Spector’s YouTube Channel:
Take a look at the videos Craig Spector has been working on.
Craig Spector Interview:
An Interview With Craig Spector by James R. Beach.
Craig Spector Music:
Check out Craig Spector’s new MP3 album So Lo and listen to one of the somgs “cry” on the Crossroad Press website.
The Light at the End
The 25th Anniversary Edition of the Original Splatterpunk Novel
An adrenaline-charged tale of unrelenting suspense that sparks with raw and savage energy . . . The newspapers scream out headlines that spark terror across the city.
Ten murders on the New York City subway.
Ten grisly crimes that defy all reason — no pattern, no M.O., no leads for police to pursue. The press dubs the fiend the “Subway Psycho”; the NYPD desperately seeks their quarry before the city erupts in mass hysteria. But they won’t find what they’re looking for.
Because they all think that the killer is human.
Only a few know the true story — a story the papers will never print. It is a tale of abject terror and death written in grit and steel ... and blood.
The tale of a man who vanished into the bowels of the urban earth one night, taken by a creature of unholy evil, then left as a babe abandoned on the doorstep of Hell. Now he is back, driven by twin demons of rage and retribution.
He is unstoppable. And we are all his prey . . . unless a ragtag band of misfit souls will dare to descend into a world of manmade darkness, where the real and unreal alike dwell in endless shadow. A place where humanity has been left behind, and the horrifying truth will dawn as a madman’s chilling vendetta comes to light . . .
Filled with gripping drama and harrowing doomsday dread, The Light at the End is the book that ushered in a bold new view of humankind’s most ancient and ruthless evil; a mesmerizing novel from two acknowledged masters of spellbinding suspense.
This book is available in MOBI (Kindle) EPUB (Sony / Nook) PDF (Adobe)