Chad Helder is the author of The Dead Mall Horror: A Novel in 49 Poems, The Vampire Bridegroom: Poems and Tales, and Pop-Up Book of Death: Poems. Helder co-edited Unspeakable Horror: From the Shadows of the Closet, which won the Bram Stoker Award in the anthology category. Under the pen name Darkenbrook, Helder wrote Menacing Shadows: Horror Stories and Nightmares.