| Paul E. Cooley | |
| Birth Date: | 22 December 1970 |
| Birth Place: | Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Birth Name: | Paul Elard Cooley |
| Occupation: | Author |
| Genres: | Science fiction/Horror, Dark fantasy |
| Movement: | Podcast Novel |
Paul Elard Cooley (born December 22, 1970) is an American contemporary speculative fiction writer, prolific podcaster and Systems Administrator from Houston, Texas.
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.
Winner of the Parsec for 'The Black' in 2015 in the category of Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Novella & Long Form)
Compete HistoryIn 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)
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/.