Paul Elard Cooley (born December 22, 1970) is an American contemporary speculative fiction writer, prolific podcaster and Systems Administrator from Houston, Texas.

Life and work

Cooley has been writing since the age of 12. In 2009, he began producing free psychological thriller and horror podcasts, essays, and reviews available from Shadowpublications.com and iTunes. Cooley is the author of a number of series of stories (many interconnected) including his 'Fiends Tales', 'Garaaga's Children', 'Tony Downs','The Street' series, and 'The Black' published by Severed Press. He has also co-written an episode of Scott Sigler 'The Crypt' audio anthology series as well as the novella, 'The Rider' set in Sigler's GFL universe (to be released).

Cooley's works have been published by Severed Press, via Blue Moose Press,^[1] e-published by Dark Overlord Media and self-published. Many works of fiction are also available as digital audio downloads in podcast form.

Cooley co-hosts the Dead Robots' Society podcast, a weekly roundtable discussion podcast examining issues related to writing with a speculative fiction focus and has lent his voice talent to many podcast fiction productions.

Awards

Parsecs

Winner of the Parsec for 'The Black' in 2015 in the category of Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Novella & Long Form)

Compete History In 2010, his short story 'Canvas' and novella 'Tattoo' were nominated for Parsec Awards. 'Tattoo' became a Parsec Award finalist. In 2013, 'Mimes' and 'Garaaga's Children: Scrolls' were both chosen as finalists. In 2015, 'The Black' was a finalist and won for Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Novella & Long Form)

Charitable works

Cooley donates $2 from each sale of The Street (which Cooley characterizes his 'The Street' series of horror/satire stories as 'dystopian muppet fiction') to the Sesame Workshop.

Cooley contributed the story 'Breakers' to the horror anthology "Dead Ends", a charity anthology with all net proceeds going to benefit the Office of Letters and Light: http://lettersandlight.org/.

Books in Print

• Paul E Cooley (2014), The Street, ISBN 978-0615994529, Shadowpublications.com
• Paul E Cooley (2011), Fiends, Volume 1, ISBN 978-1936960019 Blue Moose Press
• Paul E Cooley (2014), "The Black", ISBN 978-1925225112, Severed Press
• Paul E Cooley (2015), "The Black: Arrival", ISBN 978-1925342093, Severed Press
• Paul E Cooley (2014), "Legends of Garaaga", ISBN 978-1942137009, Shadow Publications
• Paul E Cooley (2015), "Daemons of Garaaga", ISBN, 194-2137036, Shadow Publications
• Paul E Cooley (2016), " The Black: Outbreak", ISBN 192-5493245, Severed Press
• Paul E Cooley, (2016), "Closet Treats", ISBN 194-2137044, Shadow Publications

eBooks Available

• Paul E Cooley (2014), "The Black", published by Severed Press
• Paul E Cooley (2015), "The Black: Arrival", published by Severed Press
• Paul E Cooley (2016), "The Black: Outbreak", published by Severed Press
• Paul E Cooley (2014), "The Street"
• Paul E Cooley (2014) "Garaaga's Children: Ancients"
• Paul E Cooley (2014), "Legends of Garaaga"
• Paul E Cooley (2015), "Daemons of Garaaga"
• Paul E Cooley (2013), "Tattoo"
• Paul E Cooley (2013), "The Hunt" (Tony Downs)
• Paul E Cooley (2013), "After Image" (Tony Downs)
• Paul E Cooley (2013), "Closet Treats"
• Paul E Cooley (2011), "Fiendlettes—4 Stories from the Fiends Collection"
• Paul E Cooley (2015), "Mimes"
• Paul E, Cooley (2015), "Lamashtu"
• Paul E Cooley (2017), "The Rider" (forthcoming, with Scott Sigler)

Audiobooks

• Paul E Cooley (2015),"The Black"
• Paul E Cooley (2015),"The Black: Arrival"
• Paul E. Cooley (2016), "The Black: Outbreak (Coming soon)
• Paul E Cooley (2015), "Mimes"
• Paul E. Cooley (2015), "Lamashtu"
• Paul E. Cooley (2015), "Closet Treats"
• Paul E. Cooley (2016), "Daemons of Garaaga"

Podcasts

• Shadow Publications (RSS)
• Dead Robots Society^[2]

References

External links

• Shadow Publications
• Paul's YouTube channel
• Goodreads author page
• Amazon.com author page