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chet day horror novelist memoirist storyteller skip to content chet day casaday press old writer back from the dead menu menu home books newsletter blog about contact home chet day novelist memoirist storyteller i m a 78 year old horror novelist barreling toward 79 and i ve got a head full of stories rattling around in my skull that want out something fierce rather than drill a hole in my brain and risk screwing up my pre frontal cortex i started a weekly newsletter called old man still got stories every tuesday i serve up observations about life death technology absurdity and whatever else crosses my mind some topics are serious all of them are fun to read because navigating 2026 s particular brand of chaos without losing your mind requires a sense of humor subscribe free at chetday substack com i ve been writing professionally since the 1980s when pocketbooks published my horror thriller novels the hacker got nominated for the prometheus award for best science fiction novel in 1990 years later halo caught a second wind when grady hendrix featured it in paperbacks from hell his definitive guide to horror paperback history my best work though is ellen a memoir of love life and grief a book about my late wife that s as true as anything i ll ever write racing the reaper these days i m racing the grim reaper i ve got more ideas than time so i ve partnered with anthropic s claude ai in what i believe is one of the most transparent human ai collaboration in publishing together we ve created the lost pages series documentary fiction that brings forgotten historical mysteries to life through period appropriate voices some people hide their ai collaboration i document mine openly believing transparency beats secrecy every time you can find my complete catalog horror and thriller novels memoir documentary fiction and all the weird experiments in between on my books page that s the quick version of where i m coming from the longer version with more digressions and probably better stories shows up in your inbox every tuesday if you subscribe to the newsletter just don t expect me to read your replies on a smartphone i don t own one chet 2026 chet day casaday press built with generatepress