Kailleaugh Andersson Biography

Kailleaugh Andersson was born December 21st (the longest and darkest 
night of the year), 1972 in southwest Oregon and presently resides in the north 
east of Scotland in the city of Aberdeen. He has also lived in Oregon, Idaho and on 
the distant outskirts of Seattle, Washington.

Despite a Gaelic first name and aScandinavian surname, his heritage is strictly that 
of a Slav of  primarily Russian and Czech-Bohemian roots, with a few slivers of 
Serbian and Romanian. His connection to his Slavic ancestry is often seen in his 
fiction, in that he often sets his work in Russia, Moldova, the Crimea, Kazahkstan 
and the Balkans. He also speaks Russian, Czech, Slovak, Romanian and a bit of 
Serbian in varying degrees, as well as some German.

He is married to erotic horror writer Alex Severin. 

Kailleaugh Andersson had his first publishing credit in NORTH WEST 
UNDERGROUND MAGAZINE  and has over 200 horror fiction publishing 
credits since 1989, despite a five year hiatus of not submitting his work. 
Kailleaugh is often regarded as the "Master of the short-short horror story" due 
to his habit of writing fast and furious, hard hitting horror stories that are consistantly 
under the 1500 word mark. While other developing horror writers often try to write 
longer stories as they progress as horror writers, Kailleaugh Andersson has chosen to 
write at shorter lengths while emphasizing his ability to catch the reader's interest with 
his first sentence. Despite his habit of writing extremely short, his ability to create a rich 
atmosphere is often ranked by his fans as leaps and bounds beyond anyone writing in the 
horror genre past or present.

Some of his more recent publishing credits include inclusion in HOUSE OF PAIN, SHORT SCARY TALES, LILITH'S LAIR, 
GOTHABILLY, SHADOW OF THE MARQUIS, HAVEN OF DARK BLOOD, GHOSTBREAKERS: NEW HORRORS 
anthology, VAMPIRE'S REALM OF DARKNESS, SPLATTERPUNK, EPIPHANY MAGAZINE, SECOND SHIFTERS 
RADIO, ART OF HORROR, MURDER HOLE, DARK CORNERS,SAVAGE NIGHT, THE SWAMP, DARK CORNERS, 
PEEP SHOW MAGAZINE and many more. During 2003, hehas submitted over 50 pieces of fiction to varying markets, which has 
resulted in only one rejection to date.

In addition, he has also enjoyed a relatively large success in writing non-fiction, where he has  had over 
500 published credits since 1995.

Kailleaugh Andersson's first fiction collection, entitled "Suspended At Dusk" was released in 1995 by Gothic Press:
Publishers of the Abstract and promptly sold nearly 800 copies in the gothic and punk undergrounds of Portland, 
Seattle and Vancouver, BC. His second release, a poetry collection called "Skeletal Remains" was released in 1996.
NW Underground Magazine also released a special freebie chapbook entitled "Cases of Lycanthropy" late that same 
year as a companion to their Winter 1996 issue. Following these early successes, in mid 1997, Exile Press of Saskatoon, 
Canada published his collection "Dark Destinies" in a Russian language edition for the horror hungry readers of the former 
Eastern Bloc.

Kailleaugh's first collection since going on a willing hiatus from publishing his work for nearly five years is due for release
in late 2003 and is a short collection of psychotic horror and manic western-horror entitled "Happy Fun Ball & Other
Stories To Read While Institutionalized" due from Massacre Publications.

Kailleaugh Andersson is also the co-owner and editor of Massacre Publications, which is a small press company 
featuring upcoming works by such upcoming names as Alex Severin, Hertzan Chimera, Rickey Windell George, 
Anthony Beal, C. Dennis Moore and Brian W. Cooke.  In addition, Massacre Publications is also working on 
the release of several anthologies, most notably BLASPHEMY, which is being co-published with SST Publications.

Outside of the horror genre, Kailleaugh is a seedsman by trade and is self employed. He is working very hard towards the day
when he can truly regard himself as self-sufficient and not reliant on the likes Uncle $cam or WalMart.

Kailleaugh is presently working to finish a novella entitled "BENEDICTION", which is a tale of  historical horror set in the final 
days of Imperialist Russia.

When he's not writing or editing, Kailleaugh spends much of his time in a life devoted to personal anarchy or throwing shit at 
idiots running their mouths on Fox News.
 
 

Kailleaugh Andersson's All Important Influences:

The influences for my horror fiction comes from a variety of places, all of which are something that I feel very closely attached
to. These influences not only include books, movies and music, but also idealogy in both spoken and written forms.

Film:

Plan 9 From Outer Space
The Corpse Vanishes
Invisible Ghost
The Manchurian Candidate
Deceiver
Four Rooms
Nadja
The Addiction
SLC Punk
Django (you've got to dig a spaghetti western where the main character drags around a coffin every where he goes).
Any Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western.
Ed Wood
A Nightmare On Elm Street
Requiem For A Dream
Clerks
Trainspotting

Music:

Written in Ashes (from Portland)
Nocturne PDX (from Portland)
Abney Park (from Gig Harbor, Washington)
Black Atmosphere (from Seattle)
Sex With Sarah (from Portland)
Sumerland (from Portland)
The Bella Low (from Portland)
Autumn

Joy Division
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
Bauhaus
The Cure
The 69 Eyes
The Sisters of Mercy
Type O Negative
Devision
Wolfsheim
Ex-Voto
Aslan Faction
Cassandra Complex
London After Midnight
Killing Joke
Lestat
Love Like Blood
Switchblade Symphony
Two Witches
Swans of Avon
Christian Death
Nosferatu
Siouxsie & The Banshees

Dead Kennedys
Lard
Jello Biafra
AFI
Anti-Flag
Bad Religion
Pennywise
The Ramones
Boy Kicks Girl
Jack Off Jill
The Pixies
The Dead Milkmen

Books:

The Crow by James O'Barr
For The Love of Blood by Alex Severin
Belinda by Anne Rampling (Anne Rice)
Porno by Irvine Welsh
Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Terrorism: Their's & Our's by Eqbal Ahmed
Media Control by Noam Chomsky
Stupid White Men by Michael Moore

Writers In General:

Alex  Severin
Anne Rice
Irvine Welsh
 
 

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