We’re thrilled to introduce author Andrew K. Clark for our horror anthology, Of Dread, Decay, and Doom! Andrew contributed the frightening short story “Ashmouth” to the anthology.

Andrew K. Clark is a writer from Western North Carolina where his people settled before the Revolutionary War. His debut novel, Where Dark Things Grow (Cowboy Jamboree Press), was a finalist for the Manly Wade Wellman Award, shortlisted for the Sir Walter Raleigh Fiction Award, and won an IPPY from the Independent Book Publishers Awards. The sequel, Where Dark Things Rise (Quill & Crow Publishing House), won an IPPY, an IndieReader Discovery Award, and was a finalist for the Next Generation Indie Book Award. Hollow Folk, his third novel, received a Kirkus Indie “Get It” verdict (Quill & Crow, September 2026). He is co-host of the Dark Forms podcast and received his MFA from Converse University.

Learn more about Andrew on his website. Follow him on social media on Threads, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and Bluesky.

Our horror anthology, Of Dread, Decay, and Doom, features fantastic authors from around the world, writing unsettling tales! Available now!