Buy him a drink sometime, and he'll tell you all about it. Somewhere along the way, Cullen founded Undaunted Press and edited the critically acclaimed small press horror magazine, Whispers from the Shattered Forum.Īll writers must pay their dues, and Cullen has worked various odd jobs, including Alien Autopsy Specialist, Rodeo Clown, Professional Wrestler Manager, and Sasquatch Wrangler.Īnd, yes, he has fought for his life against mountain lions and he did perform on stage as the World's Youngest Hypnotist. But on the eve of her eighteenth birthday, she learns that she is connected to these creatures - and to the land itself - in ways she never could have imagined. In addition to The Sixth Gun, his current projects include Crooked Hills, a middle reader horror prose series from Evileye Books The Tooth, an original graphic novel from Oni Press and various work for Marvel and DC. 'Young Emmy always knew that the woods surrounding her home crawled with ghosts and monsters - the countless haints of Harrow County. The follow-up, The Damned: Prodigal Sons, was released in 2008. His noir/horror comic (and first collaboration with Brian Hurtt), The Damned, was published in 2007 by Oni Press. Louis area with his wife Cindy and his son Jackson. Cullen grew up in rural North Carolina, but now lives in the St.
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