At 33 years of age, Christopher Long is a relatively young writer to the world of horror. But when you read his writing, you realise he is beyond his years. He has the horror and torment of a million tortured souls. Dark, supernatural stories are his life blood. He writes like a man possessed. Maybe he is? He sure seems older than his years suggest. No one dare go up in his attic to see if there is a picture of his good self that might be changing.His books are being published as part of Kensington Gore's Hammered Horror book series.

This series showcases new, exciting, horror writing talent. And they don't come much more talented than Christopher Long. He has a back catalogue of work that Stephen King or Kensington Gore himself would be proud of.A novel is also in the pipeline, or sewer pipe in Christopher Long's case. Then there's The Gaugers, a novel that's co-written with horror leg end Kensington Gore. This promises to be a dark horror story about alien monsters that hunt us down and feed off our eyes.Christopher Long has been writing stories since he was first able to hold a pen. Reportedly his first book collection, Tales From The Crib, would scare any nursery school or kindergarten.

It all began for Chris when someone gave him their copy of Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach, and he hasn't looked back since. If only in fear that someone's going to hit him with the library late returns fee.For Chris, stories are a means of escape. Not always to a place your average person or writer would go, but a dark, scary place that Chris feels most at home. The dark places that are in all our minds.He is happily married to the lovely Samantha, or "Her Highness" as she likes to be called. They live in the midlands of England, which is a bit like Tolkien's Middle Earth, but with just a few less Orks! And were Sam refuses to let Chris read her his bedtime stories, as he told her one once and she didn't sleep for a month.