About Monte
Monte Crabbs is a retired school librarian, coach, drummer, and lifelong storyteller whose imagination knows no bounds. After years spent guiding young readers through the worlds of literature, he now crafts his
own—dark, strange, and unforgettable. His stories blend horror, fantasy, and the uncanny, drawing inspiration from the eerie silences of empty libraries, the thunder of live drums, and the wild beauty of the Colorado landscape he calls home.
Writing Journey
Monte’s love for horror was sparked early, thanks to reading Stephen King and
other chilling tales throughout his youth. The first King novel he read was The Shining, recommended by his dad back in 1978. In elementary school, he eagerly awaited the Scholastic book orders, always on the lookout for the scariest stories he could find—one favorite was The Diary of the Ratman, which inspired the 1971 film Willard. And of course, no influence list would be complete without his all-time favorite singer: Alice Cooper.