John Everson is a staunch advocate for the culinary joys of the jalapeno and an unabashed fan of 1970s European horror cinema. He is also the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Covenant and its sequels Sacrifice and Redemption, as well as more than a dozen other novels, including the erotic horror tour de force and Bram Stoker Award finalist NightWhere, the haunting thriller Voodoo Heart and his latest giallo homage, The Bloodstained Doll. Other novels include Five Deaths for Seven Songbirds, The Pumpkin Man, Siren, The 13th and the spider-driven Violet Eyes.

Over the past 30 years, his short fiction has appeared in more than seventy-five magazines and anthologies and received a number of critical accolades, including frequent Honorable Mentions in the Year's Best Fantasy & Horror anthology series. His novella Living Death Race won the Splatterpunk Award in 2025. His story Letting Go was a Bram Stoker Award finalist in 2007 and The Pumpkin Man was included in the anthology All American Horror: The Best of the First Decade of the 21st Century. He has written licensed tie-in stories for The Green Hornet and Kolchak The Night Stalker and novelettes for The Vampire Diaries and Jonathan Maberry's V-Wars universe (Books 1 and 3). V-Wars was turned into a 10-episode NetFlix series in 2019 that included two of Everson's characters, Danika and Mila Dubov.

His short story collections include Cage of Bones & Other Deadly Obsessions, Needles & Sins, Vigilantes of Love, Sacrificing Virgins and All Triggers, No Warnings. To catch up on his blog, join his newsletter or get information on his fiction, art and music, visit John Everson: Dark Arts at www.johneverson.com.