The Cannibal’s Guide to Fasting is Available for Preorder!
he Cannibal’s Guide to Fasting is now available for preorder, and you should preorder it immediately. It’s got viral cannibalism, genius tattooed bodybuilders, cannibal rights activists, romance, kidnapping, sketchy rehab centers, and plenty of...
Mowbot – Featured on Horror Addicts
A few years ago, I wrote a short story called “Mowbot”, which was published in the Kill Switch anthology. I was contacted by Horror Addicts.net, and they want to feature it on their show!Check it out — September 2022!http://horroraddicts.net/
Force of Nature RUSH show
My short play, “Chat Noir” will have a three night run in North Hollywood in May. I was given a location (a park), a genre (film noir), three actors, a director, and a bag of props (flowers, lightsaber, viking drinking horn, flashlight) and I constructed a play using...
Festival de la Bete Noire
I submitted a play to Festival de la Bete Noire, in Montreal. It’s called I Live Here Now, and it’s a horror one-act about a man whose night is interrupted when a young lady enters his home and refuses to leave — she lives there now.Anyway, after being accepted, I...
Interview With Cinemondo!
https://youtu.be/ufpkWNoqTRI
Under the Bed
My one-act, Under the Bed, will be performed at Newport Theatre Arts Center at 8pm, July 31st. Come see it, if you’re in the area!
I Got a Book Deal!
Guess what? I got a book deal, as you might have gathered from the title of this post. I’ve just signed with Cinnabar Moth Publishing, and my novel, The Cannibal’s Guide to Fasting, will be coming to you in 2022! I’m super excited for this, and you should be too,...
The World’s Greatest Tampon-Bat Themed Horror-Comedy
I’m so excited to see Red Wings taking off. This movie is gonna be so, so good, you guys.https://www.pophorror.com/women-in-film-and-television-vancouvers-from-our-dark-side-contest-announces-five-selected-projects
“The Date”
Here is a link to purchase issue #14 of Stonecoast Review - you can read my one-act, “The Date” in it! https://kellysbookstogo.com/stonecoast-review/
Cooking
There was a time in my life when I loved to cook. I loved learning about exciting new spices and recipes and trying them out in my tiny kitchen, in my 400 square foot apartment. I collected recipes from everywhere — boxes, books, packages I read quickly in grocery...
The Devil’s Buddy – a reading by Crafton Hills College
A young homeless man’s life is radically changed when he becomes the Devil’s errand boy.
Pete and Steve, zoom performance
Check out my one-act!https://youtu.be/mXRlcfA88XU
Movie Friendships
It irritates the shit out of me in movies and TV shows when the new kid arrives at the new place and is immediately embraced by a group of friends, and now they are all ride-or-die besties.Like, I get that it would slow down the plot considerably to have the new kid...
Between Your Wife and Me
Between Your Wife and Me I am in love with a married man. That is my tragedy. I love him with a deep and desperate passion that rules me. I want to own his heart and mind and soul. I want to rip the heart out of his body and caress it with my my small hands, feeling...
Book trailer for Pazuzu Versus the F***ing Fairies
The Horseman
Here’s a short story for you. It’s my imagining of how it went the first time a person tried to ride a horse. The Horseman Jalk was pleased as he looked up at the puffy white clouds. Those kinds of big, billowy clouds, like overgrown sheep, meant that there would not...
Dead Viking Rehab Promo Video
Happy Easter
Last year, my sister and her kids came to visit on Easter. I was super excited, because cousins spending Easter together is wholesome as fuck. However, I was dealing with extreme nausea and vomiting, coupled with fairly debilitating lupus symptoms at the time, so I...
Spider
Roxanne had just arrived home from the party, and her feet were killing her. She dropped her purse on the floor, kicked off her extremely high stripper heels, yanked off her bra from under her shirt, and collapsed on the couch. Her stomach sloshed, unpleasantly full...
Cats
My daughter is slowly acquiring a cat. It started when the cat in question showed up in our backyard, peering into our house. Nadia, being Nadia, generously fed the cat her cereal milk. Now the cat comes into our backyard every day, and sometimes sits in our front...
Pete and Steve
My short story, “Pete and Steve” is featured in this anthology. My story is about a grumpy old hermit whose life is disrupted when a feral boy shows up on his doorstep. https://www.amazon.com/Bigfoot-Country-Alex-McGilvery-ebook/dp/B0D1NHPYH7
A Biting Clown
My short story, “A Biting Clown” is now featured on Does it Have Pockets. It’s a story about a clown who is sent to clown rehab for his inappropriate clowning. I hope you like it! Here’s a link.https://www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/dana-hammer
My Right Foot
My long short play will be having a run in Hollywood, as part of this show. It’s about a woman with body identity integrity disorder whose mission in life is to have her foot removed. So she finds a disgraced surgeon and tries to convince him to cut it off. Get your...
The Retreat
Winner of the 13Horror.com Film & Screenplay Contest 2020!
A mother and son are kidnapped and forced to spend a weekend with a religious cult.
The Binge-Watching Cure II: An Anthology of Horror Stories
Tom is a ghost, trapped in his apartment. In order to pass on to the next world, he must make amends for his past mistakes.
Pick up your copy of The Binge-Watching Cure II: An Anthology of Horror Stories to read Dana Hammer’s new short story – Tom the Ghost!
Kill Switch - A Horror Anthology
It’s a self-operating lawnmower. What could go wrong?
Pick up your copy of Kill Switch to read Dana Hammer’s new short story – Mow Bot!
Dead Viking Rehab
When Haldor the Viking is killed in battle, he expects to be welcomed into Valhalla, as a warrior should be. Instead, he is sentenced to guardian angel duty, watching over his thoroughly modern great-granddaughter. In order to be admitted to Heaven, he is tasked with finding her a man to marry — and he cannot use violence. If he fails, he will be sentenced to Hell for all eternity.
Dead Viking Rehab is a hilarious tale of redemption, love, and so many killings.
Pazuzu Versus the F***ing Fairies
Pazuzu the demon’s desires are simple. He only wants to have some father-son bonding time in the forest, and engage in some light arson. But his sensitive artistic son wants nothing to do with it, preferring to play video games and befriend the whimsical, brightly-colored fairies who dwell in the woods.
Pilcrow & Dagger: January 2019 - The Survivor
Pick up your copy of the January 2019 issue of Pilcrow & Dagger to read Dana Hammer’s new short story – Community!
The Difference a Thousand Dollars Can Make
The story of a woman who fought to get a salary for homemakers, and the man who wants revenge.
Read Dana Hammer’s new short story – The Difference a Thousand Dollars Can Make – on The MOON Magazine for free!
The Story Of Lorelei
Now on Amazon!
Lorelei deals with her cockroach roommates.
Dana Hammer’s short story, The Story Of Lorelei, appears in Murder in the Park After Dark Volume 1, edited by Karter Mycroft!
Ali and Amy
Read Dana Hammer’s new short story – Ali and Amy – on Cliterature for free!
The Unpleasantness in Room 27A
Now on Amazon!
Where is the worst place to commit murder? Did you say “The Happiest Place on Earth?” Dana Hammer did, and she wrote a story about it.
Dana Hammer’s short story, The Unpleasantness in Room 27A, appears in It’s All in the Story: California: An Anthology of Short Fiction, edited by D.P. Lyle!