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A.K. McCarthy is a writer of dark fiction. His award-winning journalism has been published from Alaska to Virginia and his short fiction has appeared in numerous independent horror anthologies.
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He lives in Indianapolis, Indiana with his wife and their three cats, Henrietta, Archie, and Wilhelmina.
Short Fiction
Publication history
"Dreampop Nightmare" in Vice Noir, Raconteur Press, July 2025.
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"The Man With Red Hands" in ParABnormal Magazine, Hiraeth Publishing, March 2025.
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"The Heartbeat Games" in voting round of Crystal Lake Publishing's Shallow Waters short story contest, March 2025.
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"The Fortress Under the Jungle" in voting round of Crystal Lake Publishing's Shallow Waters short story contest, February 2025.
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"Scritch, Scritch, Scritch" in voting round of Crystal Lake Publishing's Shallow Waters short story contest (third place), December 2023, reprinted in Crystal Lake's Hotel Macabre, Vol. 1, December 2024
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"Hooves" in voting round of Crystal Lake Publishing's Shallow Waters short story contest, February 2024, reprinted in 7th-Circle Pyrite, Issue 6 (2024)
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"Exhibit 212: Note on a napkin at a KFC near Interstate 70 in Kelvin, Missouri" in Archive of the Odd, Vol. 4, June 2024
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"A Splash of Red" in voting round of Crystal Lake Publishing's Shallow Waters short story contest, June 2024​
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"Last Seen" in voting round of Crystal Lake Publishing's Shallow Waters short story contest, November 2023
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"Thing Bad" in voting round of Crystal Lake Publishing's Shallow Waters short story contest, February 2023
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"High Beams" in Night Terrors, Vol. 24, Scare Street Publishing, January 2023
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"Hang Your Stockings and Say Your Prayers" in voting round of Crystal Lake Publishing's Shallow Waters short story contest, December 2022
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"The Collector" in voting round of Crystal Lake Publishing's Shallow Waters short story contest, July 2022
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"Warm Water" in Let the World Drown: An Anthology of Sea Horror, Tim Murr, September 2021
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"Trypophobia" in Bloodsaints Anthology, Terror Tract Publishing, February 2021
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"Route 666, or, The Art of Driving Muscle Cars in Hell" in Satan Rides Your Daughter, HellBound Books, January 2021
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"Manifest Destiny" in Six Guns Straight from Hell 3, SFT Publishing, September 2020
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"Beneath the Ice" in Shopping List 4, HellBound Books, September 2019
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"Smoke" in The Toilet Zone, HellBound Books, August 2019
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"Excuse the Blood" in the Rock N' Roll Horror Zine, Issue 4, October 2018
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"The Light in the Window" in Home Sweet Home, Millhaven Press, September 2018
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