L. L. SOARES

Hello, this site is currently under construction. After 12 years, we finally decided to do something new.

Please come back in a few weeks and check out our new look.

Thanks,

~L.L. Soares, March 23, 2013

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CINEMA KNIFE FIGHT

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

BOOKS

ROCK 'N' ROLL

Novel published by Gallows Press in January 2013.

LIFE RAGE

Novel published by Nightscape Press in September of 2012.

IN SICKNESS

Short story collection with Laura Cooney. Featuring five stories by Cooney, six by Soares, and a novella written by both called IN SICKNESS. Published by Skullvines Press. October 2010

BREAKING EGGS

Novella written with Kurt Newton. First published by Sideshow Press, November 1, 2010.

SHORT STORIES

LITTLE BLACK DRESS

First published in Gothic.Net, October 29, 2001.
(This story was the "Most read piece in Horror Fiction" on Gothic.Net for over a year - wracking up over 3,000 hits!).

BEYOND THE HAZE

First published on Horrorfind.com on March 15, 2002
This story also appears in THE BEST OF HORRORFIND II, Edited by Brian Keene, which debuted in August of 2003.

SECOND CHANCES

First published in Gothic.Net, December 9, 2002
This story received an Honorable Mention in the sixteenth annual edition of The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror, edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling. (This is the first story in my "Blue Clay" series)

HEAD GAMES

First published on Horrorfind.com on March 14, 2003.

MERMAIDS

Co-written with Daniel G. Keohane, "Mermaids" was first publihsed in Cemetery Dance Magazine, Issue # 46, in October of 2003.

MATING ROOM

First published in House of Pain, November 15, 2003. Read it by clicking here.

ANIMAL BIOGRAPHIES

First published in the magazine Lullaby Hearse in Issue #5 (June 2004).

FETCH

First published on Horrorfind.com, October 8, 2004.

ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY FOR MIMES

First published in the Halloween issue of Twilight Times, which went online November 17, 2004.

Read it now at: Electroshock Therpay for Mimes

ROTTEN

First published in the magazine AOIFE'S KISS # 14, September 1, 2005.

THE BLOOD-SPLATTERED MIRROR BALL

First published in the chapbook RIGHT HOUSE ON THE LEFT, from Novello Publishers, October 31, 2005. LLS is one of the three featured writers, along with Mark McLaughlin and Steve Vernon.

THE NO! PLACE

First published in Horror Garage # 11, January 2006.

MUSCLE CAR

Co-written with Kurt Newton. First published in Bare Bone # 9, in the fall of 2006.

SOMETIMES THE GOOD WITCH SINGS TO ME

First published in the anthology COVER OF DARKNESS, by Sam's Dot Publishing, in May of 2007.

BRIGHT GREEN

First published in the anthology TRAPS, edited by Scott T. Goudsward, for DarkHart Press, November 2008

STILL LIFE WITH SOUL JUICE

First published in the anthology RAW: BRUTALITY AS ART, by Snuff Books, January 2009.

SOMETHING BLUE

First published in SHROUD MAGAZINE, ISSUE # 6, in fall of 2009.

MOONSHINER SAYS ALIENS "TASTE LIKE CHICKEN!"

First published in TABLOID TERRORS 3, Skullvines Press, January 2010

PRIVATE EXHIBITION

First published in IN SICKNESS (Skullvines Press), October 2010

IN SICKNESS (Novella written in collaboration with Laura Cooney)

First published in the collection IN SICKNESS (Skullvines Press), October 2010
(This novella is part of my"Blue Clay" series)

SLAYER

Novella first published in the ebook anthology LIVING AFTER MIDNIGHT, January 2011

HOLIDAY HOUSE

First published in the New England Horror Writers (NEHW) anthology EPITAPHS, November 12, 2011
(This story is part of my "Blue Clay" series)

SAWBONES

Short story first published in the anthology ZIPPERED FLESH: Tales of Body Enhancements Gone Bad, edited by Weldon Burge, released February 12, 2012 by Smart Rhino Publications.

THE GULCH

First published in WELCOME TO HELL: An Anthology of Western Weirdness, Edited by Eric S. Brown. Publication date: June 4, 2012

SEEDS

Short story first published in the anthology ZIPPERED FLESH 2: More Tales of Body Enhancements Gone Bad, edited by Weldon Burge, released in January 2013 by Smart Rhino Publications.

POETRY

CIRCLES

First published in SPACE AND TIME Magazine # 100, in April/May.

REVIEWS

CINEMA KNIFE FIGHT -A movie review column written in collaboration with Michael Arruda

This column began as a feature in HELLNOTES, a weekly newsletter for the horror genre, from April 2004 to March 2006. CKF appeared on the fourth Thursday of each month.

From September 2007 to November 2009, the column appeared regularly on the FEARZONE website.

From November 2009 - On, it has appeared on its own website, cinemaknifefight.com.

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TV APPEARANCES & INTERVIEWS

WB 56 (WLVI-TV) Ten O'Clock News - segment on the return of "CREATURE DOUBLE FEATURE"- Originally aired Thursday, June 22, 2006.

Interviewed by Penny Dreadful for her SHILLING SHOCKERS TV show on Massachusetts cable access television. The topic of this special episode was "Horror Movie Hosts of the Past." I will post more information when an air date is announced.

Interview for the New Bedford STANDARD-TIMES in the Sunday, October 29, 2006 edition. The article is entitled "The Thrill of the Chill" by Tim Weisberg and he interviews several people who "face fear head on." I'm the guy who talks about horror movies, of course. You can read it here.

L.L. Soares and Michael Arruda (the Cinema Knife Fight guys) discussed movies on the national GHOSTMAN AND THE DEMON HUNTER paranormal radio show. To hear it, just go to iTunes