Peter Clines (born May 31, 1969) is an American author and novelist best known for his zombies-vs-superheroes series, Ex-Heroes, and Lovecraftian inspired Threshold novels 14 and The Fold. His short stories can be found in a variety of anthologies, including X-Files: Trust No One, edited by Jonathan Maberry. Before becoming a full-time writer, Clines worked as a props master in the film industry for 15 years.
Early life Clines was raised in Cape Neddick, Maine, where his love of storytelling was apparent from a very young age. While in third grade, he used his handwriting practice paper to pen his first story, Lizard Men From the Center of the Earth. Clines continued telling stories as a kid, sometimes using Micronauts and Star Wars figurines to create scenes, and other times in writing. As a self-professed "comic geek", Clines created hero characters all through grade school. He submitted various comic book scripts to Marvel Comics. At age 11, he received his first professional rejection letter from Jim Shooter, the then editor-in-chief at Marvel. Clines describers it as "a very personal, very polite and professional" rejection letter. Being taken seriously as a young writer, first by Shooter and then by Marvel's Tom DeFalco, who also sent an encouraging and helpful rejection letter a few years later, encouraged Clines to continue working on his craft.
Clines graduated from University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1991 with a degree in English Literature. As a student, he worked as a local roadie crew for traveling bands.
Career While Clines worked as a props master, his writing turned from props to focus on scripts. In 2006, after the end of a film project, he dedicated himself to writing full-time. He worked for Creative Screenwriting Magazine, writing interviews, reviews, and articles. While at Creative Screenwriter, Clines interviewed, among others, George Romero, Frank Darabont, Seth Rogen, Diablo Cody, Sylvester Stallone, and the late Nora Ephron.
Clines made his first fiction sale, The Hatbox, to online journal The Harrow. He continued to sell zombie and Lovecraftian short stories to anthologies before he began writing his first published novel, Ex-Heroes, in 2008.
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Threshold series Title Date Format Pages Publisher ISBN14 Paperback 469 pages Permuted Press The Fold Hardcover 384 pages Crown Dead Moon Ebook 348 pages Kavach Press Terminus Audio Book NA Audible Original
Ex-Heroes series Number Title Format Pages Publisher Date ISBN 1 Ex-Heroes Paperback 336 pages Broadway Books 2 Ex-Patriots Paperback 432 pages Broadway Books 3 Ex-Communication Paperback 352 pages Broadway Books 4 Ex-Purgatory Paperback 352 pages Broadway Books 5 Ex-Isle Paperback 400 pages Broadway Books
Standalone titles Title Format Pages Publisher Date ISBNThe Junkie Quatrain Kindle 108 pages Permuted Press The Eerie Adventures of the Lycanthrope Robinson Crusoe Paperback 272 pages Permuted Press Dead Men Can't Complain and Other Stories Audiobook N/A Audible Originals Paradox Bound Hardcover 336 pages Crown The Broken Room Paperback 417 Pages Blackstone Publishing God's Junk Drawer Hardcover 590 pages Blackstone Publishing
Anthology appearances Anthology Format Pages Publisher Date ISBNCthulhu Unbound, Vol. 2, edited by John Sonseri and Thomas Branton Paperback 276 pages Permuted Press The World Is Dead, edited by Kim Paffenroth Paperback 288 pages Permuted Press Timelines: Stories Inspired by H.G. Wells' The Time Machine, edited by JW Schnarr Paperback 286 pages Northern Frights Publishing Times of Trouble: A Time Travel Anthology, edited by Lane Adamso Kindle Edition only 345 pages Permuted Press Bless Your Mechanical Heart, edited by Jennifer Brozek Paperback 278 pages Evil Girlfriend Media Kaiju Rising: Age of Monsters, edited by Tim Marquitz Paperback 550 pages Ragnarok Publications Corrupts Absolutely?: Dark Metahuman Fiction, edited by Lincoln Crisler Paperback 360 pages Ragnarok Publications X-Files: Trust No One, edited by Jonathan Maberry Paperback 360 pages IDW Publishing Naughty or Nice: A Holiday Anthology, edited by Jennifer Brozek Paperback 252 pages Evil Girlfriend Media
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