Adam Cesare

Adam Cesare
Adam Cesare at the 2024 AuthorCon
Born	January 27, 1988
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Boston University
Occupation	Author
Known for	Video Night

Adam Cesare is an American author of horror novels and short stories. ^[1] He attended Boston University, where he studied English and film.

In 2020, Cesare's Clown in a Cornfield won the 2020 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Young Adult Novel. ^[2]

Bibliography

Novels and novellas

• Bound By Jade (2012)
• Tribesmen (2012) ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}
• Video Night (2013) ^{[7] [8] [9] [10]}
• The Summer Job (2014) ^{[11] [12] [13]}
• The First One You Expect (2014) ^{[14] [15] [16]}
• Jackpot (2014, with David Bernstein, Shane McKenzie and Kristopher Rufty) ^[17]
• Exponential (2014) ^{[18] [19]}
• Bottom Feeders (2015, with Cameron Pierce)
• Zero Lives Remaining (2015)
• Mercy House (2015)
• Crawling Darkness (2016, with Cameron Pierce)
• The Con Season (2016) ^[20]
• Clown in a Cornfield (2020) ^{[21] [22]}
• Clown in a Cornfield 2: Frendo Lives (2022)
• Influencer (2023, originally released as an Audible Exclusive Audiobook, Temple Hill entertainment)
• Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo (2024)

Short story collections

• Bone Meal Broth (2012)

Short stories collected:

• The still
• Flies in the Brain
• Rollin & Jeanie
• Pink Tissue
• Border Jumper
• Trap
• The New Model
• The Girls in the Wood
• The White Halloween

The book was expanded in 2016 with two new stories from the author.

The two additional stories are:

• Bringing Down The Giants
• So Bad

• All-Night Terror (2013, with Matt Serafini)

Short stories collected:

• Gore Galore
• Bringing Down The Giants
• Killing time in the Off-Season

The book was expanded in 2016 with two new stories from each author.

For Adam Cesare, they were:

• A New Kind of Image
• Savior Girl in Philly Hell

• The Blackest eyes (2016)

Short stories collected:

• The Blackest eyes
• Me, Debased: A The First One You Expect Side-Story

First short story The Blackest eyes was later added to the 2018 short stories collection Dead Bait 4, Severed Press

Comics

• The morning ritual in Adventure Time 2017 SPOookTACULAR #1, short comics story, BOOM! studios (2017)
• Power rangers: in space in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 2018 Annual Shattered Grid , short comics story, BOOM! studios (2018)
• Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance #5-8, comics story, BOOM! studios (2020).

reprinted as the hardcover graphic novel "Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Vol. 2: The Ballad of Hup & Barfinnious"

• Dead Mall #1-4, comics story, Dark Horse Comics (2022-2023).

Screenplays

• Last Night at Terrace Lanes (2024, with Jenna St. John) ^{[23] [24] [25]}
• Ghost Game (2024)
• Clown in a Cornfield (2025, with Carter Blanchard and Eli Craig)

Other works

• Leprechaun in the Hood: The Musical: A Novel (serialized online during 2014, with Cameron Pierce and Shane McKenzie) ^[26]
• So bad in original edition of Zero Lives Remaining, short story, Shock Totem (2015)

Later added to the 2016 expanded edition of Bone meal Broth, Black T-Shirt Books

• In the flat light in Giallo fantastique, short story, World Horde (2015)
• Starting early in Dark gallows: 10 Halloween haunts , short story, Scarlet galleon publications LLC (2015)

Also included in the 2017 edition of Zero Lives Remaining, Black T-Shirt Books.

• Readings off the charts in Year's Best Hardcore Horror Volume 1, short story, Comet Press (2016)
• Killing time in the Off-season in The Healing Monsters (Volume 2), short story, Despumation Press (2016)
• The missing years in The gruesome tensome , short story, Novello publishers (2016)
• Please subscribe in Splatterpunk's not dead, short story, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2016)

Also included in Year's Best Hardcore Horror Volume 2, short story, Comet Press (2017)

• Player agency in Screaming cacti, short story, Thunderstorm Books (2017).
• Moist Air in Clickers Forever, short story, Thunderstorm Books (2018)
• The southern thing in Welcome to the show, short story, Crystal Lake Publishing (2018).
• A certain kind of forest sound in Centralia: Epicenter, short story, Hustle & Heart Films (2020).
• "The Dark Crystal Bestiary: The Definitive Guide to the Creatures of Thra", tie-in book, Insight Editions (2020)
• In the Church and Through the House in Beyond the Book of Eibon, short story, Death Wound Publishing (2021).
• The dogs in my neighborhood in Razorblades issue 4, short story, Tiny Onion Studios (2021).
• Disc Rot in Obsolescence, short story, Shortwave Media LLC (2023).

References

1. Gilliand, Blu. "Adam Cesare on the Video Nasties Behind 'Video Night'". Fearnet. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
2. Templeton, Molly (2021-06-01). "Announcing the 2020 Bram Stoker Awards Winners". Reactor. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
3. "Book Review: Tribesmen (Adam Cesare)". Brutal as Hell. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
4. Serafini, Matt. "Tribesmen (review)". Dread Central. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
5. "Adam Cesare's 'Tribesmen': A Debut with Guts". Fearnet. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
6. "An Interview with John Skipp". Fearnet. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
7. "Review: Video Night". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
8. DiVincenzo, Alex. "Book Review: Video Night – Author Adam Cesare". HorrorNews.net. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
9. Skipp, John. ""VIDEO NIGHT" (Book Review)". Fangoria. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
10. "Video Night (review)". Dread Central. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
11. Gilliand, Blu. "Book Review: 'The Summer Job' by Adam Cesare". Fearnet. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
12. Daley, Ryan. "[Book Review] Adam Cesare Earns A Raise With 'The Summer Job'". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
13. "Book Review: The Summer Job – Author Adam Cesare". HorrorNews.net. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
14. Skipp, John. ""THE SUMMER JOB" / "THE FIRST ONE YOU EXPECT" (Book Review)". Fangoria. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
15. Gillian, Blu. "Book Review: 'The First One You Expect' by Adam Cesare". Fearnet. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
16. "Book Review: The First One You Expect – Author Adam Cesare". HN.n. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
17. "Book Review: Jackpot – Authors: Various". HorrorNews.net. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
18. "AICN HORROR looks at AN AMERICAN TERROR! BIND! DON'T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT! AT THE DEVIL'S DOOR! LIVE-IN FEAR! LONG HAIR OF DEATH! CAM2CAM! DEVIL'S HAND! AMERICAN BURGER! THE DEVICE! LORD OF ILLUSIONS! EXPONENTIAL Novel! & I HATE RACCOONS!". AICN. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
19. "Book Review: Exponential – Author Adam Cesare". HorrorNews.net. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
20. "Vote for Adam Cesare's The Con Season on Kindle Scout; Get a Free Book". Dread Central. 2016-07-29. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
21. Feuerbach, Kyle (2020-07-27). "{Book Review} Clown in a Cornfield By Adam Cesare". Signal Horizon Magazine. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
22. Sigler, Gabriel (2020-08-26). "'Clown in a Cornfield' review: Adam Cesare pushes the limits of YA fiction with his brutal horror novel". Bad Feeling Magazine. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
23. "Last Night at Terrace Lanes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
24. Lipsett, Joe (2024-01-19). "'Last Night at Terrace Lanes' Review – Bowling Slasher Lands Somewhere Between Strike and Gutterball". Bloody Disgusting!. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
25. Neary, Dawn Morgan (2024-01-23). "'Last Night at Terrace Lanes' premiere: a party in a growing film town?". The Frederick News-Post. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
26. Serafini, Matt. "Leprechaun in the Hood: The Musical: A Novel Makes its Online Debut!". Dread Central. Retrieved 15 April 2014.

External links

• Official website
• Adam Cesare at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database