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Ryan Neil Falcone (born 1971) of Syracuse, New York is a fiction writer of the horror, supernatural and psychological thriller genre publishing in both hard copy and eZine media. Born on Okinawa, Japan, Falcone grew up in Syracuse, New York. He serves as an editor for Dark Moon Books and Dark Moon Digest. His interests traditionally lay in the horror genre in movies, literature, and television. Significant influences include Alfred Hitchcock, Stephen King, Jack Ketchum, Ramsey Campbell, John Carpenter, Robert Bloch, H.P. Lovecraft, Ray Bradbury, Shirley Jackson, Robert R. McCammon, and Peter Straub. Falcone's works have been published in several horror themed markets, and also appear in several commercially distributed anthologies.

Falcone's short fiction has been published in print and eZine format in such venues as: The Absent Willow Review, Macabre Cadaver, Hungur Magazine, Dark Gothic Resurrected Magazine, Black Petals, Estronomicon, Deadman's Tome, Death Head Grin, Dark Fiction Spotlight, Necrology Shorts, MicroHorror, Lightning Flashes, and Foliate Oak Literary Journal. His anthology credits include: Chivalry is Dead, Closet Monsters...and Other Horrors, Unquiet Earth, Winter Chills, Dark Secrets, Bleed...And They Will Come, and Make a Wish.

Falcone first began writing fiction while pursuing doctoral studies. Falcone currently resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He just completed his first novel, entitled, Inner Demons.

Sportswriter
Previously, Falcone worked as a sportswriter focused on the Syracuse Orange.

Anthology Publications

 * Ryan Neil Falcone, "Last Supper" in Chivalry is Dead: An All-Male Zombie Anthology (T.W. Martin, ed.)(featuring 13 works of Bennie Newsome, Dwight Allen, Tom Yde and Ryan Falcone (Kindle ed., June 15, 2011);
 * Ryan Neil Falcone, "Bad Samaritan" in Unquiet Earth: An Anthology of Living Dead (Static Movement, 2011, );
 * Ryan Neil Falcone, "Skeletons in the Closet" Closet Monsters...and Other Horrors (Static Movement, 2011, );
 * Ryan Neil Falcone, "Descent" in Daily Frights 2012: 366 Days of Dark Flash Fiction - Leap Year Edition (Pill Hill Press, December 2011, );
 * Ryan Neil Falcone, "Home to Meet Mother" in Dark Secrets (Static Movement, 2011, );
 * Ryan Neil Falcone, "Meat" in Thirsty Are the Damned: A True Vampire Anthology (Rainstorm Press, 2011, );
 * Ryan Neil Falcone, "White" and "Slay Bells" in Winter Chills (Static Movement, 2012, );
 * Ryan Neil Falcone, "Meat" in Bleed and They Will Come (Panic Press, forthcoming);
 * Ryan Neil Falcone, "More Than Bargained For" in Make A Wish (Static Movement, projected publication June 2012, );
 * Ryan Neil Falcone, "Irreconcilable Differences" in Daily Frights 2013: 365 Days of Dark Flash Fiction - Leap Year Edition (Pill Hill Press, projected publication date December 2012, );

Short Story Publications

 * Ryan Neil Falcone, "Meat" in Dark Gothic Resurrected Magazine (Hard copy, April 2011);
 * Ryan Neil Falcone, "White" in Lightning Flash (eZine, Jan. 2011);
 * Ryan Neil Falcone, “Home to Meet Mother,” Death Head Grin (eZine, Dec. 2010);
 * Ryan Neil Falcon, "Skeletons in the Closet" in Deadman's Tome (eZine, Dec. 2010);
 * Ryan Neil Falcone, "Infected," in Estronomicon (eZine Halloween Special, Oct. 2010);
 * Ryan Neil Falcone, "Interred" in Black Petals (eZine, No. 52)( Oct. 2010);
 * Ryan Neil Falcone, "Descent" in MicroHorror: Short Stories, Endless Nightmares (Oct. 1, 2010);
 * Ryan Neil Falcone, "End of the Line" in Two Sentence Stories (Oct. 5, 2010);
 * Ryan Neil Falcone, “8-Ball,” The Foliate Oak Literary Journal (Sept. 2010);
 * Ryan Neil Falcone, "The Bargain" in Necrology Shorts (Aug. 11, 2010);
 * Ryan Neil Falcone, “Irreconcilable Differences,” The Dark Fiction Spotlight.

Education
Mr. Falcone earned a bachelor of science from Cornell University, and pursued doctoral studies in Organizational Behavior/Psychology at Case Western Reserve University.

Associations
Falcone joined the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity at Cornell University, and through that organization, the Irving Literary Society.