Ronald Kelly

Ronald Kelly
Born Ronald Kelly
November 20, 1959
Nashville, Tennessee
Occupation Writer, novelist
Nationality American
Period 1986–96 and 2006–
Genre Horror, speculative, western
Notable works Fear, Blood Kin, Dark Dixie: Tales of Southern Horror
Website
www.ronaldkelly.com

Ronald Kelly is best known as a speculative fiction and "southern-fried" horror writer. His tales are usually set in the Southern United States and feature language and actions that are associated with those regions.

Biography

Ronald Kelly was born November 20, 1959 in Nashville, Tennessee where he was raised a Southern Baptist. He attended Pegram Elementary School and Cheatham County Central High School (both in Ashland City, Tennessee) before starting his writing career.

Ronald Kelly began his writing career in 1986 and quickly sold his first short story, "Breakfast Serial," to Terror Time Again magazine. His first novel, Hindsight was released by Zebra Books in 1990. His audiobook collection, Dark Dixie: Tales of Southern Horror, was on the nominating ballot of the 1992 Grammy Awards for Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album. Zebra published seven of Ronald Kelly's novels from 1990 to 1996. Ronald's short fiction work has been published by Cemetery Dance, Borderlands 3, Deathrealm, Dark at Heart, Hot Blood: Seeds of Fear, and many more. After selling hundreds of thousands of books, the bottom dropped out of the horror market in 1996. So, when Zebra dropped their horror line in October 1996, Ronald Kelly stopped writing for almost ten years and worked various jobs including welder, factory worker, production manager, drugstore manager, and custodian.

In 2006, Ronald Kelly started writing again. In early 2008, Croatoan Publishing released his work Flesh Welder as a stand alone chapbook, and it quickly sold out. In early 2009 Cemetery Dance Publications released a limited edition hardcover of his fist short story collection, Midnight Grinding & Other Twilight Terrors. Also in 2010, Cemetery Dance is planning on releasing his first novel in over ten years called, Hell Hollow as a limited edition hardcover. Full Moon Press had made a deal to release all of Ronald Kelly's previous novels in hardcover format with bonus material and a brand new added novella in each release. They were calling the series of books The Essential Ronald Kelly, but the deal fell through when Full Moon Press closed its doors. Ronald Kelly has announced that a new publisher has taken over the project, but the name of the publisher has not been revealed.[1]

Ronald Kelly currently lives in Brush Creek, Tennessee with his wife, Joyce, and their three children.

Awards and honors

Select bibliography

Novels

Reprinted by Pinnacle Books in 2001 under ISBN 0-7860-1357-5
Reprinted by Pinnacle Books in 2001 under ISBN 0-7860-1413-X

Slocum novels written as Jake Logan

Ronald Kelly contributed two books to the Slocum series of western novels that are collectively published under the pen name "Jake Logan".

The Essential Ronald Kelly series

Hardcover series that were originally announced by the now defunct Full Moon Press, but are now with a new publisher, Thunderstorm Books. Each book is scheduled to contain a new novella that includes characters from the original novels and are linked to the original storyline. Originally, a new novel, Restless Shadows (a sequel to Hindsight plus a bonus novella called Thine Eyes Be Opened) was originally announced, but has since been cancelled as a part of this series. All are currently forthcoming:

  1. Undertaker's Moon (formerly Moon of the Werewolf), plus the novella: The Spawn of Arget Bethir, artwork by Alex McVey (2011)
  2. Fear, plus the novella: The Seedling (2011)
  3. The Dark'Un (formerly Something Out There), plus the novella: Of Crows & Pale Doves (2012)
  4. Hindsight, plus the novella: Potter's Field (2012)
  5. Pitfall, plus the novella: Last of the Chupacabra, artwork by Alex McVey
  6. Burnt Magnolia (formerly The Possession), plus the novella: The Conflict, artwork by Alex McVey
  7. Twelve Gauge (formerly Father's Little Helper), plus the novella: Killing Time
  8. Blood Kin, plus the novella: The Wanderer of Twilight Mountain

Chapbooks

Collections

"Breakfast Serial"
"Miss Abigail's Delicate Condition"
"Forever Angels"
"Yea, Though I Drive"
"The Web of La Sanguinaire"
"The Cistern"
"Papa's Exile"
"The Hatchling"
"Black Harvest"
"Dead Skin"
"Consumption"
"Dust Devils"
"The Boxcar"
"The Dark Tribe"
"Old Hacker"
"The Winds Within"
"Oh, Sordid Shame!"
"The Cerebral Passion"
"Thinning The Herd"
"Blood Suede Shoes"
"Tyrophex-Fourteen"
"Scream Queen"
"Devil's Creek"
"Impressions In Oak"
"Bookmarks"
"Romicide"
"Whorehouse Hollow"
"Depravity Road"
"Beneath Black Bayou"
"Exit 85"
"Grandma's Favorite Recipe"
"Midnight Grinding"
"Diary"
"Mass Appeal"
"The Abduction"
"Pins & Needles"
"Housewarming"
"Old Hacker"
"Mojo Mama"
"The Cumberland Furnace"
"Grandma's Favorite Recipe"
"The Thing at the Side of the Road"
"Uncle Cyrus"
"Forget Me Not"
"Little Bastard"
"Then Came a Woodsman"
"Diary"
"The Dawning"
"Better Than Breadcrumbs"
"The Abduction"
"Peacemaker"
"Pelingrad's Pit"
"The Final Feature"
"Housewarming"
"The Skating Pond"
"Mister Mack & the Monster Mobile"
"Mojo Mama"
"King Cong"
"Fluid"
"The Peddler's Journey"
"Tanglewood"
"A Shiny Can of Whup-Ass"
"Meat is Life"
"The Happiest Place in Hell"
"Popsicle Man"
"Evolution Ridge"
"Taking Care of Business"
"Flesh Welder"
"The Paradise Pill"

Uncollected short stories

The following have not had a physical re-release since their original printings (some have been released digitally):

Uncollected non-fiction and articles

Audiobooks

"The Cistern"
"Miss Abigail's Delicate Condition"
"Papa's Exile"
"Black Harvest"
"Yea, Though I Drive"
Unhinged: Short Story collection narrated by Milton Bagby. (Audible, 2013)

Digital e-book releases

David Niall Wilson's Macabre Ink Digital/Crossroad Press has released digital editions (PDF, Kindle, etc.) of the following:

Introduction
"Cumberland Furnace"
"The Final Feature"
"Tanglewood"
"The Peddler's Journey"
"The Thing at the Side of the Road"
"Grandma's Favorite Recipe"
"Mister Mack & the Monster Mobile"

References

  1. ↑ Ronald Kelly Interviewed by Famous Monsters of Filmland]
  2. ↑ Hypericon info on Yahoo events
  3. ↑ Hyperican info

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