Skip To Main Content
Cody Luke Davis on Muck Rack

Cody Luke Davis

Verified
  • Author, House of a Thousand Lies: A Novel Hardcover
Los Angeles
As seen in: Medium, Kerrang!, Metal Injection, CrimeReads, Decibel Magazine, Virginia Tech Collegiate Times, Treble Zine
Author. My debut novel HOUSE OF A THOUSAND LIES is available now via Penguin Random House, Amazon, Audible, and your local bookstores.

Get in touch with Cody

Contact Cody, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.

Learn more about Muck Rack

Actions

Share this page

Articles

Five Steps to Writing a Crime Novel Inspired by Your Family (Without Making Everyone Hate You)

|
By Cody Luke Davis Verified
| CrimeReads Verified
“Write what you know.” It’s the second-oldest piece of writing advice there is, right behind “show, don’t tell.” There’s a long rich history of authors weaving details of their personal lives into stories, to varying degrees and with varying regard for subtlety. There are full-on roman à clefs. Protagonists who just happen to be depressed, struggling authors. Stephen King books set in Maine. It’s an old piece of advice because it works.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Engineering Madness: Stephen Schwegler of SEPUTUS Breaks Down the Machinations, Observations, and Hallucinations Behind Phantom Indigo

|
By Cody Luke Davis Verified
| Metal Injection Verified
For Seputus, and its main creative force, Stephen Schwegler, the heavy metal he's listened to for decades are simply components—relays and switches that provide a basic framework for the extreme and original music his project makes. Schwegler's (compositions, drums, guitar) joined by his Pyrrhon bandmates, Doug Moore (vocals, lyrics), and Erik Malave (bass). Together, the trio's efforts on Phantom Indigo result in extreme metal that is unlike anything else to arrive in recent memory.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Harnessing Anguish: Ciaran and Eoghan McCloskey Detail Aduanten's Origin and the Trauma Behind Sullen Cadence

|
By Cody Luke Davis Verified
| Decibel Magazine Verified
Photo by Erik Bredthauer Sometimes, things work out best from a clean slate. For brothers Eoghan and Ciaran McCloskey, that was very much the case. The brothers, formerly of the death metal band, Vex, decided to bring their project to an end. In its wake, the McCloskeys, along with Mike Day, built a new vessel for their evolving vision of death metal.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?
See all 51 articles