Mark C. Scioneaux is a Bram Stoker Award® Finalist, Amazon bestseller, and award-winning author, editor, and screenwriter operating out of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He's the author of Inferno, The Cadaver Chronicles, and Poacher, and co-creator of the cult hit Cannibal Fat Camp. His short story "The Glass Coffin" made the jump from page to screen as a produced short film.
As an editor, Mark has assembled some of independent horror's most inventive anthologies, including Tales from the Clergy and GabaGhoul, bringing together dozens of authors under a single, gleefully macabre roof. He's also written numerous short stories that have appeared in anthologies across the genre.
A graduate of Louisiana State University, Mark lives in Baton Rouge with his wife, Kristin, where October Nights Press keeps growing, one paperback, one anthology, and one convention table at a time.
Mark at CyPha Con, Lake Charles, 2025.
Published works & editions
Anthologies edited
Screenplay-turned-short-film
2026 conventions & book fests
October Nights Press is Mark's independent publishing imprint, releasing his own fiction, editing anthologies with fellow horror authors, and even branching into tabletop gaming with October Nights Games. It's a family affair, built one October at a time.
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