With the first blog post, I thought I might shine a spotlight on some of the most influential authors whose works have not only been a delight for me to read, but have also had a profound effect on how I write and also how I would like to grow as a writer. I've become enamored with the stories delivered by today's horror writers and have not been able to put down anthologies, novellas, and novels by Barron, Langan, Files, Keisling, Patrick Burke, Lavalle, and many others. The