Adam Cesare
Appearance
Adam Cesare | |
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Born | January 27, 1988 |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Boston University |
Occupation | Author |
Known for | Video Night |
Adam Cesare is an American author of horror novels and short stories.[1] He attended Boston University, where he studied English and film.
In 2020 Cesare's Clown in a Cornfield won the 2020 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Young Adult Novel.[2]
Bibliography
[edit]Novels and Novellas
[edit]- Bound By Jade (2012)
- Tribesmen (2012)[3][4][5][6]
- Video Night (2013)[7][8][9][10]
- The Summer Job (2014)[11][12][13]
- The First One You Expect (2014)[14][15][16]
- Jackpot (2014, with David Bernstein, Shane McKenzie and Kristopher Rufty)[17]
- Exponential (2014)[18][19]
- Bottom Feeders (2015, with Cameron Pierce)
- Zero Lives Remaining (2015)
- Mercy House (2015)
- Crawling Darkness (2016, with Cameron Pierce)
- The Con Season (2016)[20]
- Clown in a Cornfield (2020)[21][22]
- Clown in a Cornfield 2: Frendo Lives (2022)
- Influencer (2023, originally released as an Audible Exclusive Audiobook, Temple Hill entertainment)
- Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo (2024)
Short story collections
[edit]- Bone Meal Broth (2012)
- Short stories collected:
- The still
- Flies in the Brain
- Rollin & Jeanie
- Pink Tissue
- Border Jumper
- Trap
- The New Model
- The Girls in the Wood
- The White Halloween
The book was expanded in 2016 with two new stories from the author.
The two additional stories are:
- Bringing Down The Giants
- So Bad
- All-Night Terror (2013, with Matt Serafini)
- Short stories collected:
- Gore Galore
- Bringing Down The Giants
- Killing time in the Off-Season
The book was expanded in 2016 with two new stories from each author.
For Adam Cesare, they were:
- A New Kind of Image
- Savior Girl in Philly Hell
- The Blackest eyes (2016)
- Short stories collected:
- The Blackest eyes
- Me, Debased: A The First One You Expect Side-Story
- First short story The Blackest eyes was later added to the 2018 short stories collection Dead Bait 4, Severed Press
Comics
[edit]- The morning ritual in Adventure Time 2017 SPOookTACULAR #1, short comics story, BOOM! studios (2017)
- Power rangers: in space in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 2018 Annual Shattered Grid , short comics story, BOOM! studios (2018)
- Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance #5-8, comics story, BOOM! studios (2020).
- reprinted as the hardcover graphic novel "Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Vol. 2: The Ballad of Hup & Barfinnious"
- Dead Mall #1-4, comics story, Dark Horse Comics (2022-2023).
Screenplays
[edit]- Last Night at Terrace Lanes (2024, with Jenna St. John)[23][24][25]
- Ghost Game (2024)
- Clown in a Cornfield (TBA, with Carter Blanchard and Eli Craig)
Other works
[edit]- Leprechaun in the Hood: The Musical: A Novel (serialized online during 2014, with Cameron Pierce and Shane McKenzie)[26]
- So bad in original edition of Zero Lives Remaining, short story, Shock Totem (2015)
- Later added to the 2016 expanded edition of Bone meal Broth, Black T-Shirt Books
- In the flat light in Giallo fantastique, short story, World Horde (2015)
- Starting early in Dark gallows: 10 Halloween haunts , short story, Scarlet galleon publications LLC (2015)
- Also included in the 2017 edition of Zero Lives Remaining, Black T-Shirt Books.
- Readings off the charts in Year's Best Hardcore Horror Volume 1, short story, Comet Press (2016)
- Killing time in the Off-season in The Healing Monsters (Volume 2), short story, Despumation Press (2016)
- The missing years in The gruesome tensome , short story, Novello publishers (2016)
- Please subscribe in Splatterpunk's not dead, short story, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2016)
- Also included in Year's Best Hardcore Horror Volume 2, short story, Comet Press (2017)
- Player agency in Screaming cacti, short story, Thunderstorm Books (2017).
- Moist Air in Clickers Forever, short story, Thunderstorm Books (2018)
- The southern thing in Welcome to the show, short story, Crystal Lake Publishing (2018).
- A certain kind of forest sound in Centralia: Epicenter, short story, Hustle & Heart Films (2020).
- "The Dark Crystal Bestiary: The Definitive Guide to the Creatures of Thra", tie-in book, Insight Editions (2020)
- In the Church and Through the House in Beyond the Book of Eibon, short story, Death Wound Publishing (2021).
- The dogs in my neighborhood in Razorblades issue 4, short story, Tiny Onion Studios (2021).
- Disc Rot in Obsolescence, short story, Shortwave Media LLC (2023).
References
[edit]- ^ Gilliand, Blu. "Adam Cesare on the Video Nasties Behind 'Video Night'". Fearnet. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ^ Templeton, Molly (2021-06-01). "Announcing the 2020 Bram Stoker Awards Winners". Reactor. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
- ^ "Book Review: Tribesmen (Adam Cesare)". Brutal as Hell. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ^ Serafini, Matt. "Tribesmen (review)". Dread Central. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ "Adam Cesare's 'Tribesmen': A Debut with Guts". Fearnet. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ "An Interview with John Skipp". Fearnet. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ "Review: Video Night". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ^ DiVincenzo, Alex. "Book Review: Video Night – Author Adam Cesare". HorrorNews.net. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ^ Skipp, John. ""VIDEO NIGHT" (Book Review)". Fangoria. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ^ "Video Night (review)". Dread Central. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ Gilliand, Blu. "Book Review: 'The Summer Job' by Adam Cesare". Fearnet. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ^ Daley, Ryan. "[Book Review] Adam Cesare Earns A Raise With 'The Summer Job'". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ^ "Book Review: The Summer Job – Author Adam Cesare". HorrorNews.net. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ^ Skipp, John. ""THE SUMMER JOB" / "THE FIRST ONE YOU EXPECT" (Book Review)". Fangoria. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ Gillian, Blu. "Book Review: 'The First One You Expect' by Adam Cesare". Fearnet. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ "Book Review: The First One You Expect – Author Adam Cesare". HN.n. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ "Book Review: Jackpot – Authors: Various". HorrorNews.net. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
- ^ "AICN HORROR looks at AN AMERICAN TERROR! BIND! DON'T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT! AT THE DEVIL'S DOOR! LIVE-IN FEAR! LONG HAIR OF DEATH! CAM2CAM! DEVIL'S HAND! AMERICAN BURGER! THE DEVICE! LORD OF ILLUSIONS! EXPONENTIAL Novel! & I HATE RACCOONS!". AICN. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
- ^ "Book Review: Exponential – Author Adam Cesare". HorrorNews.net. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
- ^ "Vote for Adam Cesare's The Con Season on Kindle Scout; Get a Free Book". Dread Central. 2016-07-29. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
- ^ Feuerbach, Kyle (2020-07-27). "{Book Review} Clown in a Cornfield By Adam Cesare". Signal Horizon Magazine. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
- ^ Sigler, Gabriel (2020-08-26). "'Clown in a Cornfield' review: Adam Cesare pushes the limits of YA fiction with his brutal horror novel". Bad Feeling Magazine. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
- ^ "Last Night at Terrace Lanes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ Lipsett, Joe (2024-01-19). "'Last Night at Terrace Lanes' Review – Bowling Slasher Lands Somewhere Between Strike and Gutterball". Bloody Disgusting!. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
- ^ Neary, Dawn Morgan (2024-01-23). "'Last Night at Terrace Lanes' premiere: a party in a growing film town?". The Frederick News-Post. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
- ^ Serafini, Matt. "Leprechaun in the Hood: The Musical: A Novel Makes its Online Debut!". Dread Central. Retrieved 15 April 2014.