Rex Burrows

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Writer, biologist, various other things. Stories in Cosmic Horror Monthly, Weird Horror Magazine, Supernatural Tales, Horror Library, etc. RexBurrows.com

The Little Golden Book of Dinosaurs
Grainy image of a decaying face. Lake Mungo (2008)
Thomas Paine: Collected Writings (Library of America edition)
Paperback copies of The Maidens of Midnight by Rhiannon Rasmussen, Different Faces by Rory Say, and Caterpillars by Scott Nicolay.
I Voted/Yo Vote sticker.
Saros Speculative Fiction issue 5. Ariel Marken Jack ed.
Two paperback copies of Frost Zone Stories book 3. M.M. MacLeod ed.
Tales to Terrify episode 728 title card featuring storage jars full of foodstuffs on a shelf.
Paperback copy of Horror Library volume 9 from Dark Moon books. Eric J. Guignard ed.
A long descending stairway. No one use the L word.
Hybrid Pride/US Flag
Burning metal skull from Terminator 2: Judgment Day title credits.
Star Trek The Next Generation: This One Has Jugglers
The Leaves of a Necronomicon by Joseph S. Pulver Sr. ed., and Shadow Dreams by Elizabeth Massie
Record sleeve for Midnight Zone by Laurel Halo
Nightmare Abbey 10. Cover features a haunted looking cabin and a big ol’ spider.
Engraving on the exterior of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine building: The right to search for truth implies also a duty; one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be true. -- Albert Einstein, 1879-1955
Movie poster for Hokum (2026)
Paperback copy of Saros SF issue 5: Sound/Silence edited by Ariel Marken Jack.
Overhead shot of cars passing over a bridge with the legend “Montgomery County Maryland”
Movie poster for Deathstalker (2026)
Awning for Maryland Stamps & Coins, est. 1974
Copy of the referenced book held in front of a palm tree.
Illustration of Tullimonstrum gregarium. It’s weird.
Paperback copy of The Cellar Below the Cellar by Ivy Grimes
Picture of a movie theater with an on screen advertisement for a Robert Redford film retrospective.
Paperback copy of Fritz Leiber’s Conjure Wife.
Spring 2026 issue of CMQ
Bottle of Jaws Amity Island Red.
License plate reading XTRAVRT
Tablet screen showing the cover of Encounters With Cryptids
Wood knot resembling an eye with a slit pupil.
Paperback copies of Drawn Up From Deep Places by Gemma Files, Green Fuse Burning by Tiffany Morris, and Ormeshadow by Priya Sharma.
Copy of Weird Horror Issue 12 from Undertow Books.
The PBS logo
Album cover for Kin by KMRU.
Retro green computer lettering on a black background reading “The Stone Tape”.
Movie poster for The Secret Agent (2025).
Two copies of Frost Zone Stories Book 3, Spring 2026, edited by M.M. MacLeod
A fogged in cityscape
Paperback copy of Devil’s Advocates: Creepshow by Simon Brown
Paperback copy of the anthology Poisoned Soup for rhe Macabre, Depraved, & Insane. Cover image of a boiling cauldron by Alison Flannery.
Hardcover copy of Ramsey Campbell’s novel Midnight Sun held in front of a snowy window
Paperback copy of Horror Library Volume 9
Sidewalk with yellow card printed with the word “VALIDATION”.
Movie poster for In the Earth (2021)
View of the Potomac River, with trees in the foreground and Arlington in the background, spanned by two bridges.
Movie poster for Tales from the Crypt (1972) featuring a skull with one leering eyeball.
Paperback copy of Chthonic Matter Quarterly, winter 2025 issue.
Pink coffee mug printed with the words Cool. Calm. Caffeinated.
Hardcover copy of JRR Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings (50th Anniversary Single Volume Edition).
Cover of the Spectre #1, art by Tom Mandrake. The title character stands before a field of bones that form a skull image.
Movie poster for The Occupant of the Room, a film by Kier-La Janisse starring Don McKellar, Ben Petrie, Delphine Roussel, and Maxine Peake.
Bluesky mute settings screenshot with the word c-r-i-m-b-o entered.
Scene from Gremlins (1984) with three caroling Gremlins.
Rex Burrows 2025 Publications “Pastepot” in Supernatural Tales issue 59 (Short Fiction, 3600 words) “The Lesser Devil’s Stairway” in Illustrated Worlds issue 10 (Short Fiction, 4100 words) “Pests” in Memento Mori Ink: Morus Vitae issue 7 (Drabble, 100 words) “Creepshow” in Poisoned Soup: Nostalgic Terrors (Creative Nonfiction, 1000 words)
Poster image for the BBC Omnibus production of Whistle and I’ll Come to You (1968) adapted from “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You My Lad” by M.R. James
Headline: Judge Says Justice Dept. May Have Committed 'Misconduct' in Come Case
Television screen showing a jack o’ lantern of the mantle of a creepy fireplace.
A bald cypress in orange autumn foliage reflected in a body of water.