Eric J. Guignard

Eric J. Guignard is an accomplished American author and editor, specializing in dark and speculative fiction. He has received significant recognition for his work, including winning the Bram Stoker Award twice, as well as being a finalist for the International Thriller Writers Award and the Pushcart Prize. Guignard's writing has also been nominated for the Shirley Jackson Award and the World Fantasy Award.

Guignard's reputation extends beyond his short stories and non-fiction works, as he is also well-known for his editorial work. He has over one hundred stories and non-fiction author credits appearing in various publications around the world. As an editor, Guignard has published multiple fiction anthologies, including "Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror" and "A World of Horror," which showcases international horror short fiction.

Additionally, Guignard has created an ongoing series of author primers through his press, Dark Moon Books, which champions modern masters of the dark and macabre. He is also the publisher and acquisitions editor for the renowned +Horror Library+ anthology series. Guignard has recently curated the series, "The Horror Writers Association Presents: Haunted Library of Horror Classics" through SourceBooks with co-editor Leslie S. Klinger. His latest books include "Last Case at a Baggage Auction," "Doorways to the Deadeye," and short story collection "That Which Grows Wild."

Outside of his writing career, Guignard is a technical writer and college professor. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, children, dogs, and a terrarium filled with mischievous beetles. Guignard can be found online through his website, blog, or Twitter.
Standalone Novels
# Title Year
1 Doorways to the Deadeye 2019
2 Last Case at a Baggage Auction 2020
3 Last Case at a Baggage Auction (With: Steve Lines) 2020
Collections
# Title Year
1 That Which Grows Wild 2018
2 A Graveside Gallery: Tales of Ghosts and Dark Matters 2025
Exploring Dark Short Fiction Books (with Michael A. Arnzen, with Han Song, with Michelle Prebich, with Michael Arnzen, with Nathaniel Isaacson)
# Title Year
1 A Primer to Steve Rasnic Tem 2017
2 A Primer to Kaaron Warren 2018
3 A Primer to Nisi Shawl 2018
4 A Primer to Jeffrey Ford 2019
5 A Primer to Han Song 2020
Exploring Dark Short Fiction Books (with Han Song, with Michael Arnzen)
# Title Year
1 A Primer to Steve Rasnic Tem 2017
2 A Primer to Kaaron Warren 2018
3 A Primer to Nisi Shawl 2018
4 A Primer to Jeffrey Ford 2019
5 A Primer to Han Song 2020
Campfire Macabre Books
# Title Year
1 Campfire Macabre 2020
2 Campfire Macabre: Volume 2 2022
Short Stories/Novellas
# Title Year
1 Dreams of a Little Suicide 2014
Journalstone's DoubleDown Books
# Title Year
1 Only the Thunder Knows – East End Girls (By: Gord Rollo) 2013
2 Paleo - The Doomsday Prepper 2015
3 Smog - Baggage of Eternal Night (With: Lisa Morton) 2013
4 Dog Days - Deadly Passage (By: Joe McKinney, Sanford Allen) 2013
5 Biters / The Reborn ( By: Harry Shannon) 2014
6 Secrets / Outcast (By: John R. Little, Mark Allan Gunnells) 2014
7 Paleo - The Doomsday Prepper (By: David Liss, Eileen Curtright) 2015
8 Frozen Shadows/WildWoman (By: Gene O'Neill, Chris Marrs) 2015
Eric J. Guignard Anthologies
# Title Year
1 Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations 2012
2 A Feast of Frights from The Horror Zine 2012
3 Slices of Flesh 2012
4 Bigfoot Terror Tales Vol. 1: Stories of Sasquatch Horror 2012
5 Chiral Mad 2012
6 Wandering Weeds: Tales of Rabid Vegetation 2012
7 Crossing the Path of Tellers 2012
8 100 Doors to Madness 2013
9 After Death... 2013
10 After Death 2013
11 Horror Library, Volume 5 2013
12 Dark Discoveries - Issue #28 2014
13 Night Terrors III 2014
14 All The Better 2015
15 Ain't Superstitious: Third Flatiron Anthologies, Volume 4, Fall/Winter 2015 #13 2015
16 Nightscript Volume 1 2015
17 Chiral Mad 3 2016
18 Mark of the Beast 2015
19 Third Flatiron's Best of 2015 2015
20 Shock Totem 10: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted 2016
21 Dark Little Dreams 2016
22 Cemetery Riots 2016
23 Horror Library, Volume 6 2017
24 Haunted Nights 2017
25 The Five Senses of Horror 2018
26 A World of Horror 2018
27 The Fiends in the Furrows 2018
28 Birthing Monsters 2018
29 Pop the Clutch 2019
30 100 Word Horrors Part 2 2019
31 The Horror Collection: Black Edition 2019
32 Strange Tales of the Macabre: Stormy Weather 2019
33 Strange Tales of the Macabre: Haunted Journeys 2019
34 Strange Tales of the Macabre: Post-Apocalyptic 2019
35 100 Word Horrors Book 3 2019
36 Tales of the Lost, Volume 1 2019
37 100 Word Horrors: Book 4 2019
38 Horror for the Throne: One-Sitting Reads 2021
39 Laughing at Shadows 2020
40 Unthinkable Tales Anthology Three December 2020 2020
41 Campfire Macabre 2020
42 Paranormal Contact 2021
43 Were Tales: A Shapeshifter Anthology 2021
44 Professor Charlatan Bardot’s Travel Anthology to the Most Haunted Buildings in the Weird, Wild World 2021
45 99 Tiny Terrors 2021
46 Horror Library, Volume 7 2022
47 Voices in the Dark 2022
48 Daughter of Sarpedon: A Tempered Tales Collection 2022
49 Horror Library, Volume 8 2023
50 Fantasmagoriana Deluxe 2023
51 Twisted Pulp Magazine: Issue #36 2024
52 You're Not Alone in the Dark 2024
53 Darkness 102: Advanced Lessons Were Learned 2025