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McKinney’s ‘The Red Empire’ gets new release with seven additional stories

Bet that stings: The Bad Moon Books edition of Joe McKinney's The Red Empire.

San Antonio horror author Joe McKinney has scared readers with zombies and deadly disease outbreaks.

Now he’s unleashing fire ants on them.

A new trade paperback edition of McKinney’s The Red Empire — a novella about inch-long, super-intelligent fire ants [Read it all...]

Authors shoot to thrill this Saturday at La Cantera Barnes & Noble

Joe McKinney, author of the newly released Flesh Eaters, is one of the authors appearing Saturday at the La Cantera Barnes & Noble.

The Candlelight Writers Group, which includes San Antonio scribes Joe McKinney and David Liss, is kicking off its Shoot to Thrill Tour this Saturday, May 28, at the La Cantera Barnes & [Read it all...]

Forgotten Book: QUARANTINED by Joe McKinney, 2009Forgotten Book: QUARANTINED by Joe McKinney, 2009

Quarantined by Joe McKinney, 2009, Lachesis Publishing

This is the 46th in my series of Forgotten Books.

Joe McKinney is a San Antonio policeman. He is also a damn fine horror writer. He is certainly trying to become King of the Zombie writers with his four novel DEAD WORLD series and appearances in three anthologies [Read it all...]

McKinney's zombie plague shows no sign of waningMcKinney’s zombie plague shows no sign of waning

Joe McKinney's latest features a rather sultry looking cover zombie.

San Antonio author Joe McKinney is certainly doing his part to keep zombie fans in reading material.

Flesh Eaters (Pinnacle), the third in his four-book zombie series, recently hit the shelves, and his story “The Day the Music Died” graces the new zombie anthology Holiday [Read it all...]

Made in S.A.: Stoker Award-nominated author Joe McKinneyMade in S.A.: Stoker Award-nominated author Joe McKinney

Riding High: Prolific horror author Joe McKinney.

We last did a Q&A with Joe McKinney back in 2009, after he’d just released his second novel, Quarantined. Since then, he’s co-edited the zombie anthology Dead Set, put out two more novels — the zombie epic Apocalypse of the Dead and hard-boiled crime tale Dodging Bullets [Read it all...]

McKinney's latest zombie novel is up for a StokerMcKinney’s latest zombie novel is up for a Stoker

Joe McKinney's latest zombie novel is up for a Stoker Award.

San Antonio horror writer Joe McKinney has nabbed his second Bram Stoker Award nomination.

McKinney’s novel Apocalypse of the Dead was listed in the Superior Achievement in a Novel category alongside heavy hitters Joe Hill, nominated for Horns, and Peter Straub, nominated for [Read it all...]

Joe McKinney gets four nods on preliminary Stoker ballotJoe McKinney gets four nods on preliminary Stoker ballot

The novel 'Apocalypse of the Dead' was one of four Joe McKinney works making the Stoker Awards' preliminary ballot.

San Antonio horror writer Joe McKinney has snagged four mentions on the Horror Writers Association‘s preliminary ballot for the 2010 Bram Stoker Awards. Each is in a different category.

McKinney, an SAPD cop by day, [Read it all...]

Mission: What's the funniest sf, fantasy or horror book?Mission: What’s the funniest sf, fantasy or horror book?

This go-round, we asked friends and contributors to name their favorite humorous science fiction, fantasy or horror book. Novels, collections, graphic novels or even single short stories were fair game. Did your choice, we inquired, win its spot on your bookshelf with withering wit, silly slapstick, stinging satire or punishing puns? Here are the answers we got [Read it all...]

McKinney reading is a pre-Halloween treatMcKinney reading is a pre-Halloween treat

Author Joe McKinney rolls up his sleeves and autographs.

Halloween always means a raft of entertainment options for horror fans, and this year is no exception.

Tonight, Galleria Santos is presenting a reading and discussion by horror author Joe McKinney, followed by screenings of the macabre short films “Inside” by Eduardo Ramirez and “Funeral March for [Read it all...]

Three Views of ArmadilloCon 32Three Views of ArmadilloCon 32

The bar scene at ArmadilloCon: Not quite as odd as the bar scene in "Star Wars," but still full of strange characters. Among them (left to right), SF Signal's John DeNardo, author Joe McKinney, Adventures in SciFi Publishing's Brent Bowen, and author/scholar Matt Cardin.

Joe McKinney

This [Read it all...]