Dexter McLeod

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Author of horror & science fiction. Stories at Air & Nothingness Press, Dark Moon Books, Eerie River Publishing, Hawk & Cleaver, Hollow Stone Press, The Horror Tree, KJK Publishing, Sci Phi Journal, & TDotSpec. (He/Him) https://linktr.ee/dextermcleod

A fake "for sale" flyer depicting someone wanting to sell teeth.
A promo graphic for the Halloween 2025 release of Chthonic Matter's new horror anthology, Harvest the Night, with stories by Sam Dawson, EC Dorgan, Tracy Fahey, Douglas Ford, Abigail Kemske, K. Wallace King, Joe Koch, Dexter McLeod, Lisa Moore-Smith, H.V. Patterson, Renae Rhoads, Shannon Scott, Luke F. Shepherd, and Katherine Traylor, and edited by C.M. Muller. The graphic includes the book cover and a quote from Dexter McLeod's story, "Unburnt Offerings." The quote reads, "The Strawberry Moon and cold stars above won at last, and they drowned the world in nighttime shades of cobalt and ivory."
An image of the front cover of Chthonic Matter Quarterly: Fall 2025 which is now available in paperback and eBook editions. The image lists the authors whose stories are available, including Gordon Brown, Jade Jiao, Joe Koch, Gregory Lawrence, Dexter McLeod, Samuel M. Moss, Maureen O'Leary, Jon Carroll Thomas, and Charles Wilkinson, and edited by C.M. Muller.
A collage of the covers of the first ten issues of Chthonic Matter Quarterly.
A photo of KJK Publishing's third volume of the Classic Monsters series, titled Ghosts. It includes stories by Devin Cabrera, Ryan Colley, Michael S. A. Graziano, David Owain Hughes, James Kaine, MJ Mars, Dexter McLeod, Brian Moreland, Lee Mountford, Candace Nola, Harrison Phillips, Christopher Robertson, and Veronica Smith, edited by Kevin J. Kennedy and Ann Keeran, with cover art by Michael Bray.
A graphic announcing the release of KJK Publishing's third volume of the Classic Monsters series, titled Ghosts. It includes stories by Devin Cabrera, Ryan Colley, Michael S. A. Graziano, David Owain Hughes, James Kaine, MJ Mars, Dexter McLeod, Brian Moreland, Lee Mountford, Candace Nola, Harrison Phillips, Christopher Robertson, and Veronica Smith, edited by Kevin J. Kennedy and Ann Keeran, with cover art by Michael Bray.
An infographic announcing the 9th anniversary of the launch of The Other Stories, the science-fiction and horror podcast from publisher Hawk & Cleaver.
An infographic announcing the release of the folk horror anthology, Harvest the Night, coming October 2025 from Chthonic Matter. It includes stories from Sam Dawson, EC Dorgan, Tracy Fahey, Douglas Ford, Abigail Kemske, K. Wallace King, Joe Koch, Dexter McLeod, Lisa Moore-Smith, H.V. Patterson, Renae Rhoads, Shannon Scott, Luke F. Shepherd, and Katherine Traylor, and is edited by CM Muller.
ALT TEXT: An infographic announcing a $0.99 sale of KJK Publishing's 21st installment in The Horror Collection, the Morte Edition, featuring stories from JP Behrens, Christina Bergling, Elizabeth J. Brown, Devin Cabrera, Matthew A. Clarke, Ju Collins, D.W. Hitz, Shaun Hutson, James Kaine, Leigh Kenny, MJ Mars, Dexter McLeod, Brian Moreland, Jason Nickey, Callum Pearce, Harrison Phillips, Nick Roberts, Veronica Smith, Lucretia Stanhope, and Steve Stred.
An infographic about KJK Publishing's The Horror Collection: Crystal Edition in both eBook and paperback editions. It is edited by Kevin J. Kennedy and Ann Keeran, featuring stories by Zachary Ashford, Stephen Barnard, Lisa Breanne, Devin Cabrera, Sarah Jules, Dexter McLeod, Brian Moreland, Mark Morris, Lee Mountford, Harrison Phillips, Stephen Mark Rainey, Gord Rollo, Veronica Smith, Thomas Stewart, and Jeff Strand.
An image of the 1980s slasher character Harry Warden dressed in mining gear and mask with a pickaxe, from the movie My Bloody Valentine, inside a heart with the words Happy Bloody Valentine's at the bottom.
An infographic about KJK Publishing's The Horror Collection: Crystal Edition earning Amazon's Top New Release badge. It is edited by Kevin J. Kennedy and Ann Keeran, featuring stories by Zachary Ashford, Stephen Barnard, Lisa Breanne, Devin Cabrera, Sarah Jules, Dexter McLeod, Brian Moreland, Mark Morris, Lee Mountford, Harrison Phillips, Stephen Mark Rainey, Gord Rollo, Veronica Smith, Thomas Stewart, and Jeff Strand.
An infographic about the release of KJK Publishing's 22nd volume of The Horror Collection, the Crystal Edition, edited by Kevin J. Kennedy and Ann Keeran, featuring stories by Zachary Ashford, Stephen Barnard, Lisa Breanne, Devin Cabrera, Sarah Jules, Dexter McLeod, Brian Moreland, Mark Morris, Lee Mountford, Harrison Phillips, Stephen Mark Rainey, Gord Rollo, Veronica Smith, Thomas Stewart, and Jeff Strand.
An infographic for the sci-fi/horror story "Where Credit Is Due" by Dexter McLeod, published by Hawk & Cleaver's podcast, The Other Stories.
Infographic with the paperback cover of The Horror Collection: Crystal edition from KJK Publishing, which is coming soon.
An infographic announcing the release of KJK Publishing's 21st installment in The Horror Collection, the Morte Edition, featuring stories from JP Behrens, Christina Bergling, Elizabeth J. Brown, Devin Cabrera, Matthew A. Clarke, Ju Collins, D.W. Hitz, Shaun Hutson, James Kaine, Leigh Kenny, MJ Mars, Dexter McLeod, Brian Moreland, Jason Nickey, Callum Pearce, Harrison Phillips, Nick Roberts, Veronica Smith, Lucretia Stanhope, and Steve Stred.
A scene from Creepshow, where a woman's severed head is on a platter, made to look like a cake with icing and candles on top of her head.
An infographic announcing the release of Eerie River Publishing's upcoming anthology, The Earth Bleeds at Night, which releases on January 3, 2025. The authors in the anthology listed include: Maxwell I. Gold, Laurel Hightower, Dexter McLeod, Ai Jiang, Patrick Hurley, Jenny Kiefer, Christopher O'Halloran, Ally Wilkes, M. Edusa, Jonathan Louis Duckworth, Philip Fracassi, Christi Nogle, Em Starr, Joe Koch, C.M. Forest, SJ Townend, David-Jack Fletcher, Mark Towse, and Richard Thomas.
Book cover for the Collected Christmas Horror Shorts IV anthology published by KJK Publishing, containing twelve holiday-themed horror stories.
An infographic announcing the release of Eerie River Publishing's upcoming anthology, The Earth Bleeds at Night, which releases on January 3, 2025. The authors in the anthology listed include: Maxwell I. Gold, Laurel Hightower, Dexter McLeod, Ai Jiang, Patrick Hurley, Jenny Kiefer, Christopher O'Halloran, Ally Wilkes, M. Edusa, Jonathan Louis Duckworth, Philip Fracassi, Christi Nogle, Em Starr, Joe Koch, C.M. Forest, SJ Townend, David-Jack Fletcher, Mark Towse, and Richard Thomas.
An animated GIF of a scene from the movie Creepshow, showing a zombie holding a serving dish containing a woman's decapitated head covered with cake icing and birthday candles.
The cover to Fathoms in the Earth, a Shakespeare-themed anthology from Air & Nothingness Press.
A person with a Jack-o-Lantern for a head holding a coffee cup and leaning out a window with autumn leaves blowing by. Along the top are the words, "Me on the first day of September...."
Book cover for Collected Christmas Horror Shorts IV from KJK Publishing, which shows an evil-looking Santa Claus.
A movie still from Ghostbusters of Gozer's Terror Dogs, Zuul and Vinz Clortho.
Artwork of insects for the Volume 98 of Hawk & Cleaver's podcast series, The Other Stories, which has the theme of Infestation. Further, it's for the first episode in the volume, titled "Worth a Thousand Words," written by Dexter McLeod.
The artwork for the movie Candyman (1992).
The artwork for Hawk & Cleaver's podcast The Other Stories, Volume 97, Episode 5, titled "Something More Comfortable," written by Dexter McLeod.
The book Shadowed Realms, an anthology from The Horror Tree.
An image including the book cover for the Shadowed Realms anthology published by The Horror Tree, along with the Horror Tree's logo, text saying "20 Dark Tales, On Sale Now!" and the web address horrortree.com
An image from the movie Midsommar, with a woman wearing a dress and hate made of flowers.
An animated gif from the horror movie Creepshow depicting a woman's decapitated head being used as part of a birthday cake.
Buds from a Redbud Tree.
An infographic for Hawk & Cleaver's podcast, The Other Stories that says: The Other Stories - 8 Years Old Today - Thanks for Listening!
The cover of Sci Phi Journal's 10th Anniversary issue.
The book cover of Stephen King's The Dark Tower 1: The Gunslinger.
An illustration of Harry Warden from the My Bloody Valentine films holding a Valentine's chocolates box with a human heart inside.
A collage of beads and masks with the message Mardi Gras.
A painting of Taylor Swift wearing a suite while seated in the Oval Office with Jesus standing behind her.
The artwork for British publisher Hawk & Cleaver's The Other Stories podcast, Volume 93, Episode 1, themed around Artificial Intelligence. The artwork is an illustration of a humanoid-shaped robot beneath The Other Stories logo and above the story title, "Where Credit Is Due."
Animated gif of Michael Myers from the Halloween franchise hiding in the sheets hanging on laundry lines.
The artwork for Volume 90, Episode 4 of Hawk & Cleaver's podcast, The Other Stories, themed around Dark Magic. The episode's title is "Nine-Tenths of the Law." The art depicts a Voodoo doll with pins in it, resting upon an open spell book.
An illustrated image of key characters from the Clive Barker movie Nightbreed.
A 3-D cover of Dark Moon Books' anthology, the Horror Library Volume 8.
A meme of a man wearing a tuxedo while holding a cocktail glass. Below him is a subtitle saying, "Don't mind if I do."