Larry Carney

About me

Gender Male
Industry Arts
Occupation Writer of Children's Books and Songs
Location United States
Introduction 'Tween episodes of Sir Graves Ghastly, I spent my youth a-reading vastly, from Seuss to Poe, I read them through (and Forry's Famous Monsters, too). Those libraries I oft traversed, have led to my career in verse. Kids books and songs I've writ a lot (some stuff that's good -- and some that's not).
Interests Classic Horror Films, Martial Arts, Old Time Radio
Favorite Movies Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman, all of the Universal monster rallies, Jaws, Seven Samurai, Sci-Fi Boys, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, Robot Monster, King Kong, Son of Kong, Mighty Joe Young, Planet of the Apes, The Abominable Dr. Phibes, Tales from the Crypt (1972), The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, Anything starring Karloff Lugosi and Chaney (Sr. and Jr.), Daimajin
Favorite Music Sex Pistols, B.B. King, Gin Wigmore, Jimi Hendrix, Smashing Pumpkins, Half Japanese, Frank Sinatra
Favorite Books Taiko, Musashi, Shinsengumi, The Collected Works of Saki (H.H. Munro), Chushingura, Night Shift, Skeleton Crew, all of Tom Weaver's interview Books, all of Gregory Mank's books -- especially Karloff and Lugosi), all of the old Alfred Hitchcock anthologies -- especially Tales Not for the Nervous, Dead Zone, the original Famous Monsters, Creepy Magazine, anything by Garth Ennis