Dig Two Graves: An Anthology Vol. II

Pete Mesling’s silhouette can, on rare occasions, be glimpsed prowling the watery byways of Seattle, Washington, where he lives with his wife and daughter, whose nickname is taken from a character in a Boris Karloff film.

Publishing highlights include his debut short-story collection (None So Deaf—which garnered praise from such luminaries as Kealan Patrick Burke, Jay Bonansinga, Nancy Kilpatrick, John Everson, John R. Little, and Paul Kane—as well as his new collection Jagged Edges & Moving Parts.

Mesling has also had the pleasure of working directly with the late Richard Matheson on an online retrospective of his career in film and television. He has sold fiction and poetry to such publications as All-American Horror of the 21st Century, the First Decade: 2000 – 2010 (sharing a table of contents with David Morrell, Bentley Little, Paul Tremblay, Jack Ketchum, Steve Rasnic Tem, Thomas F. Monteleone, Sam Weller, Norman Prentiss, Tim Pratt, Sarah Langan, Nick Mamatas, Livia Llewellyn, Weston Ochse, Wayne Allen Sallee, Cody Goodfellow, F. Paul Wilson, et al.); Best New Zombie Tales, Vol. 2 (Books of the Dead Press); Black Ink Horror (volumes 6 and 7); Night Terrors (Blood Bound Books); The Literary Hatchet (issues 15 and 22); Dig Two Graves, Vol. 2 (Death’s Head Press); several anthologies from April Moon Books; and the Poetry Showcase series from the Horror Writers Association.

Pete Mesling is also the official Clive Barker proofreader for Gauntlet Press, from Everville onward.