Collin Armstrong

@collinarmstrong.bsky.social

Writer living in Los Angeles. Nerd for analog tech, vintage games, & anything sci-fi & horror-related. My first novel, POLYBIUS, is available now from Gallery Books. BLACK MAIL, from Blackstone, & THE EARTHLING, from Atria, will be released in Spring 2027.

If you've ever worked on a farm, at a ranch, in a food bank, at a grocery store, in a food shipment warehouse, at a food marketing firm, or at any other food systems-related job, I'm very interested in the story you might submit to our food systems call. cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...

Submission Calls

Horror and Weird Fiction COllections Submission Call (OPEN Until September 14th) Submission CallSingle-author horror and Weird fiction short story collections. 40K to 60K words—no exceptions. Ideal…

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#filmsky #horrorsky 10 years late to the party but THE ALCHEMIST'S COOKBOOK is fascinating. Extremely low-budget & at times it shows in some unbecoming ways, but its mix of horror, awkward comedy, & human tragedy is wild & unique. If you have the patience, it pays off. tubitv.com/movies/58394...

The Alchemist Cookbook (2016)

An outcast young man moves with his cat to a trailer in the woods to become an alchemist, but his turn to black magic has dark and scary results.

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About 2/3 through with Polybius, by Collin Armstrong. I think it’s aimed at a younger audience, but scarier than “Fear Street.” It would make a lovely movie. Polybius itself remains generic and nebulous herein. And the protagonists are a little bit Lex & Tim Murphy. Not a bad little summer read!

A video game arcade console eerily backlit. The text reads, POLYBIUS, by COLLIN ARMSTRONG

Check out the August volume of Grim Omen featuring an interview with Collin Armstrong, the author of horror novel Polybius, a behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming game Grave Seasons, and a first look feature for Mortal Shell 2. What was your favorite feature this month? #GrimOmenMag

The weirdest thing about writing fiction in this decade is we're held to a higher standard than reality. We're told to write with nuance, that even villains should have layers, and meanwhile the AI guys are literally shredding art and admitting they want to monopolize basic thinking for profit.

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Evil is right Actually whats a stronger word than evil because this man is a either a ghoul or a demon in human skin