The Rock N' Roll Horror Zine

Music Of The Piper by Matthew Wilson “I always hated being deaf, meningitis got me as a baby and nearly destroyed my inner ear as well as part of my brain and though mom told me I could still have a full, fun life, I still envied other kids hearing birds, running water and more in style at the time,” -Richard “The Piper” Omar Idiots said he’d sold his soul to light up that guitar the way he did and when kids came to school wearing his image on their shirts, again I envied their coolness for getting expelled. The great Richard Omar oozed danger and so I wanted to sample this alluring music that topped the charts every week. Until Omar killed everyone. To be fair, I guess he made everyone kill each other but it was the talk of our household when police surrounded his villa on live TV for attacking that female fan at a hick city concert. The police ordered Omar to his knees, but the great musician played one lick of his guitar and laughed when the officers...

Issue #6 of The Rock N' Roll Horror Zine is out now!!! Back with another six horror/bizarro/weird fiction stories!  This issue includes some returning right as well as some new ones. In its pages, you'll encounter haunted drum sticks, a planet of only metalheads, a singer who just won't stay dead and more!  Featuring stories by Charlotte O'Farrell, Micah Castle, Michael Bitten, Ben Fitts, Matthew Wilson and Ken Goldman plus cover art by Rose Chateau. Edited by Ben Fitts.  Order direct for a slight discount here (U.S. only):  https://doomgoat666.wixsite.com/benfitts/zines Or order through Etsy here (U.S. + international):  https://www.etsy.com/listing/674614280/the-rock-n-roll-horror-zine-6

Remains of Maniacs by Matthew Wilson I liked Dan Romeo’s music despite his murders and then in time, because of them. Idiots shit on rock as a bad influence, that the lyrics Dan cut into his arms before each gig were a sign of madness rather than their own misunderstanding of beauty. Pain is a constant companion of beauty for that is where our children come from and having no kin of my own I decided to birth my own music. I failed and realized I needed someone to teach me so I waited till the cemetery caretaker had gone home for the night before I climbed over the spiky gate and turned on my flashlight. Dan’s family had bought him a fine marble headstone when they’d thrown him in the ground with the noose still around his neck, a stone which had been demolished by his victims' families within a week. My rock god had gone to terrible lengths to find his inspiration but some men must go to dark places to get their name in lights. Curious owls turned their yellow e...

Issue #5 of The Rock N' Roll Horror Zine is out now! Featuring six new stories of rock, punk and metal themed horror/weird fiction, issue number six includes members of The Sex Pistols, Grateful Dead and Warrant as they have some really rough days and more! Includes stories by R.A. Goli, Selene MacLeod, Matthew Wilson, Frank Edler, Josh Schlossberg and Marc Shapiro and artwork by Melissa "The Druid" McGee. Edited by Ben Fitts. Issue #5 is available through Etsy here (worldwide):  https://www.etsy.com/listing/675468353/the-rock-n-roll-horror-zine-5 or you can order direct here for a slight discount (U.S. only):  https://doomgoat666.wixsite.com/benfitts/zines

Music of the Dead By Matthew Wilson Mom didn’t want me to go to the concert, not after the murders but I was fourteen now and had sold my comics to afford the ticket.      The old bat was uncool, so I waited till her bedroom light went off before I clambered down the drain pipe like a clumsy monkey and kept to the shadows along the lawn. At school tomorrow I would be the cool kid who'd listen to the rock god live.      Hell, I would say we'd become best friends if it made me more popular.      The armed guard at the gate looked ready to throw me off a cliff as if my ticket were made of crayon streaked paper but I smiled and bided my time and reluctantly he stepped aside. The crypt of Shadows came on stage with their intestine string guitars at midnight. The pained howls of the crucified men around them were a fine backup chorus.      Beneath the ugly red stars the fle...

Issue #3 is out now!!! In this issue you’ll encounter a singer whose murder weapon of choice is her songs, a battle between Nikki Sixx and Medusa, a punk band whose music is less recommended for pregnancies than all the world’s roller coasters and vodka combined, a strange planet inhabited entirely by people who think they’re Elvis Presley and more. Featuring stories by Thomas Vaughn, E.N. Dahl, Ben Fitts, Frank Edler, Matthew Wilson, Matt Wall and cover art by Rose Chateau. Available in pink and blue.  You purchase this issue though Etsy (U.S. + international) here:  https://www.etsy.com/listing/631267104/the-rock-n-roll-horror-zine-3 Or for slightly cheaper shipping, you can buy it direct here (U.S. only):  https://doomgoat666.wixsite.com/benfitts/zines