Thomas M Malafarina

Thomas M. Malafarina (www.ThomasMMalafarina.com) is a horror fiction author from Berks County, Pennsylvania. He was born July 23, 1955, in Ashland, Schuylkill County, PA where he lived until moving to Berks County in 1979. Many of Thomas’s stories take place in his native Schuylkill County as well as Berks County settings.

To date, he has published eight horror novels What Waits Beneath, Burner, From The Dark, Circle Of Blood, Dead Kill Book 1: The Ridge of Death, Dead Kill Book 2: The Ridge Of Change, Dead Kill Book 3: The Ridge Of War and Death Bringer Jones, Zombie Slayer Volume 1. He has published ten collections of horror short stories; Thirteen Deadly Endings, Ghost Shadows, Horror Classics, Undead Living, Malaformed Realities Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4, Vol. 5 and most recently Vol. 6. Volumes 7 and 8 to be released in the near future. He has most recently published four volumes of single panel cartoong in a series called Yes, I Smelled It Too: Cartoons for the Hopelessly Off Center” Volumes 1 through 4. All of his books are published through Sunbury Press and their imprints.(www.Sunburypress.com).

Thomas’ cartoons have also appeared in Twisted Pulp Magazine and he has illustrated two cartoon books, “Charles” and “Charles: Remember To Dismember” through Screaming Eye Press. Thomas has developed a system for organizing files in MS Office called Link-Tuit and has published that through Crave Press.

In addition, many of Thomas’ stories have appeared in more than 200 anthologies and e-magazines. Some have been produced and presented for internet podcasts and radio plays as well. Thomas has shared anthology pages with some of the biggest names in horror fiction such as Jack Ketchum, Joe Lansdale, Jonathan Maberry, and Lucky McKee to name a few.

Thomas is best known for the twists and surprises in his stories as well as his descriptive, often gory passages. Thomas is also an artist, musician, singer, and songwriter.