Shane Ryan Staley

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Swan Lake by Patrick Kill

Cover Design & Book Layout Shane Staley Author Patrick Kill Publisher Death To Humans Publishing Released February 2021 Work Performed Cover design and book layout.

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Psychotica by Patrick Kill

Cover Design & Book Layout Shane Staley Author Patrick Kill Publisher Death To Humans Publishing Released December 2020 Work Performed Cover design and book layout.

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About Shane Ryan Staley

Shane Ryan Staley

Shane Ryan Staley’s career in professional publishing spans more than 20 years. He is the founder of Delirium Books. In 2005 he won the Bram Stoker Award for excellence in specialty press publishing.

He has published more than 300 titles through various imprints of Staley & Associates. He is also a Bram Stoker-nominated author and professional web developer.

Shane Ryan Staley, a prolific author and master of underground bizarre fiction, has carved his name into the annals of weird literature with a potent blend of darkness and redemption.

His debut novella, The Cleansing, unleashed a tidal wave of terror upon the literary world, captivating readers with its spine-chilling narrative and richly drawn characters. This haunting tale of redemption amidst chaos served as a cornerstone for Staley’s burgeoning career, earning him critical acclaim and a dedicated following.

In addition to his short novels, Staley’s creative genius shone brightly in the realm of short fiction.

With a portfolio boasting over 200 published short stories, he crafted miniature worlds of surreal horror and suspense, each narrative dripping with palpable tension and existential dread. From the depths of the weird and perverse to the shadows of the irreverent and nihilistic, Staley’s stories plumbed the darkest recesses of the human psyche, leaving readers entertained with his unique brand of often tongue-in-cheek black-humored tales.

Staley focused much on his late 1990s/early 2000s work writing extreme horror as Patrick Kill. Inspired by the splatterpunk movement, stories like “Swan Lake” and “Luster” remain classics of extreme horror fiction.