Chris McAuley - When the Stars Scream

Chris McAuley writes prose novels, magazine short stories, video and tabletop games, and audio dramas. Together with Bram Stoker’s Great-Grand nephew Dacre Stoker, he has created the StokerVerse franchise. He has penned the sequel to Dracula, which will be released by Scar Comics later this year. He also collaborated with Babylon 5 actress Claudia Christian to create a science fiction universe currently being fleshed out and coming along nicely as a series of games, novels, and comic books. In addition to this, Chris has worked on Doctor Who, Star Wars, and, most recently, the Terminator franchise.Accolades:Chris has earned the Reggie Bannister Award for excellence in Horror writing and is nominated for a similar science-fiction award. CMP will publish Blood & Verse – the collaboration with Jeff Oliver and Dan Verkys. This is his first foray into the world of Lovecraftian poetry.Other Credits Include:– Dracula The Return: Cult of the White Worm. This is the only official comic book sequel to Bram’s Stoker’s Dracula, co-written by Bram Stoker’s great-grandnephew Dacre Stoker.– Dracula: Dark Reign: A video game set in the StokerVerse franchise (co-owned by Chris McAuley and Dacre Stoker). Play Jonathan Harker as he escapes Castle Dracula and beyond the pages of Bram Stoker’s original novel-Star Trek: Encounters: Chris has worked with the legendary Star Trek actor Walter Koenig to craft an original story set in the Star Trek universe for Paramount’s Star Trek Encounters Magazine.– Dark Legacies: A comic book series co-created with Sci-Fi legend Claudia Christian (Babylon 5). Illustrated by 2000AD / Preacher / The Boys comic book artist, the Legendary Glenn Fabry.– Doctor Who: Chris has contributed stories in recent Doctor Who annuals and anthology books. He has also written audio dramas set in Doctor Who and now writes for The Doctor Who Magazine. Current series showrunner Russell T. Davis has recently congratulated him for his work.– The Terminator: Chris has written for the official Terminator and Terminator 2 RPGs. His stories are now considered canon in the universe by the franchise owners Studio Canal. He is also currently working on another ‘top secret’ Terminator project!Classic Monsters Audio Range: Chris has written several horror audios featuring classic monsters such as Dracula, The Phantom of the Opera, and the Wolfman and published by BBV, best known for their ‘Worlds of Doctor Who’ range.The StokerVerse RPG: A Tabletop RPG set in the massively successful world of the StokerVerse. It’s a gothic horror franchise based in Bram Stoker’s universe, co-owned and created by Chris and Dacre Stoker. This was published by Nightfall Games and illustrated by 2000AD / Warhammer legendary artist Clint Langley.Three Musketeers Vs. Cthulhu: Set in the Renaissance era and featuring Lovecraft’s famous monsters, this is a novel, comic book, and now Tabletop RPG series. Published by Chaosium Games – one of the largest role-playing game companies in the world – who also own the ‘Call of Cthulhu’ game rangeMan O War: Working with the legendary William Shatner, this comic book adventure boldly takes readers to Mars, where a wealthy industrialist attempts to unravel a conspiracy threatening to take down the Earth’s government.Along with all of this, Chris is a regular contributor to prestigious magazines and anthologies such as Lovecraftinia, Madame Grey’s Book of Horror, Schlock, Doctor Who: Cosmic Masque, Phantasmagoria, Time and Space Magazine and has also edited several books in the horror and science fiction genre. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/houseofmysteryradio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.