Available Now: The Doom That Came to Mellonville
My debut novella The Doom That Came to Mellonville is a macabre horror comedy in the vein of Beetlejuice, The ‘Burbs, and Reanimator.
Buy it from Filthy Loot. Read more here.
Bio:
Madison McSweeney is an Ottawa-based writer with a passion for music, genre fiction, and all things unusual.
Fiction
Madison has published horror, fantasy, and science fiction stories in over a dozen outlets.
Drawing from classic horror and science fiction, but often featuring surreal, nightmarish and satirical twists, her stories explore the spaces where reality and nightmare intersect, hinting at a larger and stranger world just beyond our comprehension.
You can read more here.
Poetry
Madison’s poetry has appeared in Ottawa-based publications The Fulcrum and Bywords, as well as literary magazines Cockroach Conservatory, Lonesome October Lit, and Rhythm & Bones: Dark Marrow.
Her verses are eclectic, combining vivid imagery, pop culture references, and personal musings. Read more here.
Non-Fiction
A former student journalist, Madison got her start covering the arts scene for uOttawa’s The Fulcrum campus newspaper, which sent her to a number of local events from fashion shows to music festivals.
Her accredited coverage of the JUNO Awards has also appeared in outlets such as Bravewords, Hellbound, and Music Vice.
She can often be found attending local live music gigs and reviewing them for this blog.
Commentary
As a hardcore fan of music, movies, books, and comics, Madison writes a lot of reviews that can be found here and over on Goodreads.
She’s contributed blog posts to Horror Tree for Women in Horror Month, and her overview of Alice Cooper’s autobiography Golf Monster was published as part of Ginger Nuts of Horror‘s Alice in Summerland series.
Publications:
Fiction:
Daydream Noir
- The Fulcrum (Fiction Issue; April 9/2015 – 1st place short story)
We Have Rules Here
- Dark Horizons: An Anthology of Dark Science Fiction (Elder Signs Press; Nov. 16/2016)
Oddworth’s Silent Partner
- Trembling With Fear (Horror Tree; April 23/2017)
- Trembling With Fear: Year One (Horror Tree; Oct. 11/2018)
Leader
- 365 Tomorrows (Mar. 10/2017)
The Luddid House
- Unnerving Magazine (Issue 4 – Extended Halloween Edition; Oct. 6/2017)
Behind the Music
- Women in Horror Annual, Vol. 2 (Oct. 29/2017)
The Evolution of a Conspiracy Theorist
- Deadman’s Tome: The Conspiracy Issue (Deadman’s Tome; June 1/2018)
Crop Circles
- 365 Tomorrows (July 10/2018)
The Beast and the Hummingbirds
- Rhythm & Bones Lit (Issue 1; July 15/2018)
End Times at Rock ‘n’ Roll Joey’s
- The Rock N’ Roll Horror Zine (Issue 2; Aug. 21/2018)
Beyond the Known
- Chronos: An Anthology of Time Drabbles (Shacklebound Books; Sept. 1/2018)
The Sycamore Street Clearing
- Trickster’s Treats #2: More Tales from the Pumpkin Patch (Things in the Well; Sept. 23/2018)
Ghost Towns
- Lonesome October Lit (Sept. 25/2018)
Remade
- Zombie Punks F*ck Off (Weirdpunk Books/Clash Books; Oct. 9/2018)
Tell Me Again How You Killed the Wolf
- Under the Full Moon’s Light (Owl Hollow Press; Oct. 16/2018)
The Reaper’s Escorts
- Bikers VS The Undead (Deadman’s Tome; Oct. 20/2018)
Don’t Scare Her
- Lonesome October Lit (Halloween 2018; Oct. 31/2018)
How To Carve a Jack-O-Lantern
- Trembling With Fear (Horror Tree – Halloween; Oct. 31/2018)
Dinosaur Bones
- Polar Borealis (Issue 7; Oct.-Nov./2018)
He Could Be A Psycho Killer
- Trembling With Fear (Horror Tree; Dec. 2/2018)
Dreams of Gold
- Neon Druid: An Anthology of Urban Celtic Fantasy (Mt. Misery Press; Dec. 16/2018)
The Offer
- The Wild Hunt (Theme Issue 1 – What Is On The Very Edge of the Wood?; Dec. 17/2018)
- Gardens of Enchantment: An Enchanted Gardens Anthology (Fantasia Divinity; 2019)
The Vanishing Lady
- Trembling With Fear (Horror Tree; Feb. 17/2019)
The Outsiders in the Hawthorne Tomb
- American Gothic (Flame Tree Press; May 15/2019)
Old Wives’ Tales
- Trembling With Fear (Horror Tree; May 19/2019)
The Song Inside the Star
- Weird Mask (Issue 18; May/2019)
The Lighthouse Keeper and the Hag
- Enchanted Conversation (June/2019)
The Turnip and the Trick
- Enchanted Conversation (Sept/2019)
Teen Tragedy Song
- Cabinet of Curiosities (Owl Hollow Press; Fall 2019)
‘Til Death
- Trembling With Fear (Horror Tree; Nov. 10/2019)
A Very Spaced-Out Christmas
- Mysterion (Enigmatic Mirror Press; Dec. 2019)
Home Inspection
- Trembling With Fear (Horror Tree, March 29/2020)
I Am No Threat To You
- Sci-Fi & Scary (May 10/2020)
I Just Don’t Get the Hype Over the New Star Wars Movie
- Back Patio Press; March 29/2020)
In the Death House
- Weird Mask (Issue 24; May 2020)
Folk Horror
- #FrightGirlSummer (July 2020)
For Wherever He Goes, The Crow Brings Death
- Winds of Despair: Elemental Drabbles Volume 1 (Fantasia Divinity; TBD)
Craft
- Winds of Despair: Elemental Drabbles Volume 1 (Fantasia Divinity; TBD)
Dust and Sand
- Winds of Despair: Elemental Drabbles Volume 1 (Fantasia Divinity; TBD)
Violetta
- Winds of Despair: Elemental Drabbles Volume 1 (Fantasia Divinity; TBD)
No Wind on the Moon
- Winds of Despair: Elemental Drabbles Volume 1 (Fantasia Divinity; TBD)
Dust in the Jail Cell
- On Time (Transmundane Press, 2020)
Arts and Crafts
Poetry:
Punk Poem
- The Fulcrum (Campus Creations; April 2017)
On Birds
- Bywords.ca (July 2018)
Sinkhole City
- Cockroach Conservatory (Vol. 1; July 2018)
In Defense of Horror
- Lonesome October Lit (Aug. 17/2018)
The Last Outpost
- Rhythm & Bones: Dark Marrow (Issue 1; Dec./2018)
Frankenstein’s Bride Woulda Come Crawling Back
- Pussy Magic (Hallow’s Eve 2019)
Mayfair Witch
- Pussy Magic (Hallow’s Eve 2019)
For Sale By Owner
Pet Sematary 2
survive a horror movie in five words
Cemetery Way
The Last Poem
- Twist In Time Mag (Issue 7)
Interrupted Log
- These Poems Are Not What They Seem (Apep Publications)
Seaside Resort
- Bywords (March 2020)
Holy War
The Idyllic Pre-Death of Isaac Plank
- The Haunted Dollhouse (April 22/2020)
Welcome Mat
- Pink Plastic Dollhouse
Wolf Grove Road
Professional Services:
Madison is a Political Science and Communications graduate from the University of Ottawa, with multiple years experience in research, communications, media, and promotions.
She is available for freelance writing, research, and promotional projects upon request; you can get in touch here.
Musings by Madison 