YES TRESPASSING

My Amazon Author Page may not be very complete, but nonetheless
it is here and here, and also here.

Water Buried is included in the Honorable Mention list for Best New Horror of the Year 2011, edited by the esteemed and amazing Ellen Datlow! This story originally appeared in the British Fantasy Society Journal, Winter 2010 (as described somewhere below . . .) Congratulations to everyone on the list, and I'm happy to see that many of my fellow contributors were recognized.

The Ballad of the Bullet Holes in Polluto, April 2012

Brain Scram in Space and Time Magazine #116 , March 2012

            [Glowing review of the entire, great issue #116 in SFRevu. I am
            very honored by Sam Tomaino's praise of Brain Scram, such as: 
            "you get to a couple of paragraphs you'll read again just because you'll
             wonder, "Did I just read that?" He says other nice things about it and 
             my fellow contributors' fantastic work, as well. Entire review here.] 

Some Things Aren't Anything in Black  Ink Horror #7, available at Amazon, 
            March 2012

The Black Tree's Box in the Box of Delights anthology by Aeon Press,
            November 2011. As of May 2012, also available for Kindle at Amazon.

The Red Jumpsuit Conspiracy in the WTF?! Anthology from Pink Narcissus
            Press, coming out in December 2011 and now available here. As PNP
            puts it: "Featuring 37 original stories by A.A. Balaskovits,
            James S. Dorr, A.A. Garrison, Erik T. Johnson, K.J. Kabza, D.C. McMillen,
            Douglas J. Ogurek, D. Harlan Wilson and a whole bunch of other writers
            who don't use initials in their pen names."
            
            [Midwest Book Review raves that "WTF?! is an original and much
            recommended pick for fiction collections that want to wander far off the
            beaten path."]

Krug's Pen has placed 3rd in the British Fantasy Society's 2011 Short Story
           Competition. This is a great honor as there were 167 entries this year.
           The story will also mark my second appearance in The British Fantasy
           Society Journal, in an as-yet-to-be determined future issue.  

The Depopulation Syndrome in Dead But Dreaming 2 anthology 
            from Miskatonic River Press, June 2011 

           [Mike Davis at the awesome Lovecraft eZine listed Dead But Dreaming 2
           among his recent recommended Lovecraftian reads. Check out his list
           here.]  

           [March, 2012:Very nice review of Dead But Dreaming 2 at Horror World.] 

           [The pre-eminent Lovecraft biographer, scholar, anthologist, etc., the
           excellently illuminating S.T. Joshi, gives an in-depth, overall positive
           review of Dead But Dreaming 2 in an article called "The Return of Cosmic
           Horror" in the Journal Dead Reckonings. He deposits my contribution
           to the collection in the "bad apples" pile. This is disappointing; I was aiming
           for the "putrid pomaceous midden", if anything.]  

           [Grim Reviews has the following to say: "Miskatonic River Press has 
            finally published its long awaited follow up to one of the best
            Lovecraftian anthologies in recent memory. Dead But Dreaming 2 
            picks up where the first book left off, plunging readers into territory
            where  the traditional Cthulhu Mythos rarely tread. Like its predecessor,
            editor Kevin  Ross has managed to line up some of Lovecraftiana's best
            writers. Readers can  look forward to stories by: Scott David Aniolowski,
            David  Annandale, Donald R. Burleson, John Goodrich, Cody Goodfellow,
            T.E. Grau, Rick  Hautala, Walt Jarvis, Erik T. Johnson, William Meikle,
            Will Murray, Daniel W.  Powell, Wilum Pugmire, Joseph S. Pulver Sr, 
            Pete Rawlik, Kevin Ross, Brian  Sammons, Darrell Schweitzer, 
            Adrian Tchaikovsky, Michael Tice, and Don  Webb."]

            [Alex Lugo has a great review of Dead but Dreaming 2 here, at fellow 
            DBD2 author T.E. Grau's website, The Cosminomicon. A fragment:
            "Dead but Dreaming 2 is the second  installment in a series of 
            wonderful, Lovecraftian anthologies published by  Miskatonic River Press. 
            The first Dead but Dreaming was a cult hit,  considered by many to be the
            finest collection of Lovecraftian and  Cthulhu Mythos tales ever published.
            Knowing that, you can probably assume that Dead but Dreaming 2 has
            quite a lot of expectation to live up to, and it  does. But, I'm very happy to
            report that it delivers on every single promise,  and then some.
            Within the pages of this eldritch tome are 22 tales written by the modern
            masters of horror. Every single story evoked the power and the horror of
            Lovecraft’s mind bending realms, while also shining with  originality."]  

Blumenkrank (Revised) in The Shadow of the Unknown  anthology,
            September 2011

           [Hellnotes has published a stellar review of The Shadow of the Unknown.
           Shelia M. Merrit begins: “Because Brother hung himself from our
           chandelier with fine silk ties, Mother and I had to take in a boarder.” 
           This is the first line of a short story entitled “Blumenkrank”
           written by Erik T. Johnson. It is one of many excellent tales assembled in
           The Shadow of the Unknown edited by A.J. French, and somehow distills
           the emphasis of the anthology: Individuals confronting surreal  
           circumstances." Read the rest of her thoughtful, extensive review here.]

           [Morpheus Tales calls The Shadow of the Unknown "an inspired
             collection" in their Review Supplement #15.] 

The Invention of the Umbrella in Sein und  Werden, July 2011

Labrusca Cognatus in Shimmer, April 2011
            There's also a little interview with me about this story here.

            [Sam Tomaino's review of the excellent Shimmer #13 kindly includes
            this about Labrusca Cognatus: " . . . a brief story consisting of a man
            telling his son about his grandfather. Grandpa has strange ideas about the
            universe and his death was equally strange. I could tell you more but 
            that  might ruin the beautiful way the story was told." Check out the full
            review of all the great stories in this issue at SFRevu.]

             [Locus Online has also posted a good review of Shimmer # 13.
             You can read the entire piece by Lois Tilton here, where
             she calls Labrusca Cognatus a "short short piece with a jolt at the
             end, a very weird tale."]
             
             [The Portal has printed a good review of Shimmer #13. I don't
             fare the best, though. Jessica Barnes says "The writing is haunting,
             the imagery evocative, but the theme . . . never fully blooms." But I
             appreciate her taking the time to read it, and the adjectives. Check
             out her reviews about all the blooming great stories here-- and then
             read them.]

Some Things Aren't Anything in Morpheus Tales #13, June 2011.

             [Peter Schwotzer at Horrornews.net on Morpheus Tales # 13:
             "I thought every story was strong and I particularly loved this
             issue’s artwork. As per Morpheus Tales usual quality, this group
             of stories is varied, well written and packed with enough frights,
             mayhem and bloodshed to appeal to a wide audience of horror
             lovers. "The whole review is here.]

The Peculiar People in Crossed Genres, in the Mystery Issue: Online April 5,
             2011 and now in the print Quartery, Nook, and other formats as of
             June 2011. Click here to choose and order. Or go to Amazon.

The Purple Word in Best New Zombie Tales #3 anthology, 
             in Amazon Kindle format May 2011 and hardcopy here.

Wed Man Walking in the Darker than Noir anthology, in Kindle Format July
             2011 and in a lovely paperback, here. An Amazon.com reviewer called
             my story "mind-blowingly good" for which I am grateful.
             
            [There's a nice review of Darker than Noir at Horror World.] 

Things Found in a 4th Floor Room in Anthology of Ichor III: Gears of
             Damnation, April 2011

Water Buried in the British Fantasy Society's Winter 2010 Journal, January
             2011 

            [Water Buried is included in Ellen Datlow's  Honorable Mention list for 
            Best New Horror of the Year 2011, posted in April 2012.]

            [D.F. Lewis has honored me by calling this story "perfect" and
            a "privilege to read." His full review of Water Buried is below, and
            you can also read his reviews of the other great stories and poems
            in the BFS Journal.

             Water Buried by Erik T Johnson   
             “From those windows he could catch the first raindrop of a storm in a
             spoon, and snowflakes with almost anything.”

             A perfect story, in my eyes. Continuing tellingly the variation on death
             theme of ‘Jetsam‘, here we have the flotsam from an initial intense 
             claustrophobic vision radiating outwards to woods and clock-tower …
             a vision that one needs to piece together – and the prose begs
             out for several readings – each time harvesting more upon its tides of
             attic smells and the autonomous feedback of the text’s own props and
             a genuine sense of nothingness as somethingness (and vice versa). 
             ”boxes of not sure what that is” – “bottles of traces of nothing” –
             “sandalwood scent of not-the-attic.” Poignant and haunting. 
              A privilege to read.]

The Inconsolable Key Company in the Pellucid Lunacy anthology,
             October 2010  

             [Shroud Magazine's review of Pellucid Lunacy: "There is
             something for every taste in this book. The stories run the
             gamut from speculative horror to the more traditional to 
             mind-melting guilt. I read the entire book in a couple of hours
             and was quite sorry when I turned the final page." You can
             read Carson Buckingham's entire review here.] 

             [Suspense Magazine declares that "every story in Pellucid Lunacy, 
             however, is a gem, and the diversity of voices and styles is impressive.
             If you love stories focused on madness and twisted humanity, be sure to
             put this anthology on your 'must-read' list.” ]

             [I am also pleased to report Pellucid Lunacy is the International Book
             Awards Anthology winner for 2011. Congraulations to Michael
             Bailey, the editor (and fine author).]

The Drama God in The Ampersand Review, Volume 6, March 2011 
              (This story is only available in the print edition.)

The Invention of the Mask in Gigantic Sequins 2.1, November 2010

Keeper of the Block in Structo magazine #4, June 2010

Le Rire in Clarion #14, May 2010

The Man Without Wings in Bosley Gravel's Cavalcade of Terror,   
              November 2010  (Audio reading of this story also available at the site
              January 7, 2011)

              [Editor Bosley Gravel graciously tweets: "A brilliant bit of flash.
              Loved it."]

A Bedtime Story for the Oblivious Fish in the Stoker-nominated 
              Midnighter's Club anthology, 2001 

              [Back in 2002, Garrett Peck called Midnighter's Club "a little Gem" in
              his Hellnotes review.]

A Few Leaves From the Travelogue of Doctor Julius Jonsson, Cryptobotanist and Hylesoprotolist: Bay Ridge, or, The Belief in The Undead Still Exists in New York, reprinted in Sein und Werden "Bauhaus Issue", 2010
 
              [Nick Jackson at Neon Magazine kindly says: "It's a chaotic romp of a
              story with not so much as a Bauhaus teapot in sight but
              breathlessly entertaining nonetheless."]

              ("A Few Leaves..." is also available as a free PDF at: 
              Trunk Stories#1  Originally published in 2003.) 

              [Ray Wallace at Chi Zine wrote of Trunk Stories #1: "This is
              a publication that, from a content standpoint, is trying to do something a
              little different, something slightly unclassifiable. Fans of D. Harlan
              Wilson's strange and surreal stories should enjoy this magazine as they
              will feel right at home... " Regarding my story "A Few Leaves...", he
              beatifically indicated that "This is a story that warns of the danger of 
              searching out rare plants in an unfamiliar town, especially one where the
              citizens are hysterical over the possibility that a vampire exists in their
              midst. An appropriate finale to the collection of offbeat tales presented
              here."]

              [The highly esteemed Rich Horton wrote a (very) brief summary of
              Trunk Stories #1, stating that"A Few Leaves . . ." was probably one
              of the best stories in the magazine. Full summary at the Speculative
              Literature Foundation, and Tangent Online's Steven H. 
              Silver graciously stated that "Johnson does an excellent job in
              presenting his slightly skewed version of Brooklyn . . . making for a
              strong finish to the premiere issue."]

Blumenkrank (Earlier Version) in Golden Visions, July 2010

The Growth in the Flash! anthology, June 2010  available at Amazon

The Apologies in Michael Bailey's follow-up to Pellucid Lunacy, the Chiral Mad
anthology (publication date to be determined)

The Drama God in Tales of the  Unanticipated, issue 31 or 32 
(sometime in 2012)

Krug's Pen in the Mortis Operandi anthology from The Harrow Press, 
2012 (sometime)

The Leaf  in Hugo-Award winning Electric Velocipede#24, June 2012

Martin Was Here in Divertir Publishing's Noir Anthology, likely May 2012