Real Life has swallowed Fiction Life these last few months, so this website has been lonely. I’ve still been pecking away at the keyboard, but not nearly with the frequency I’d planned for this year. Still, there have been happenings. Thus, a quick summation: My story “True Life 50 Miles” has been published in the […]
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Aickman’s Heirs, edited by Simon Strantzas, has been out in the world since late May, and I stand by my original prediction: It is very, very good, the kind of good that makes you wonder why there haven’t been a dozen Robert Aickman tributes before now. Fans of Reggie Oliver and Peter Straub will likewise […]
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I’ve sold a novelette to the great Paula Guran for her The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu: New Lovecraftian Fiction, due out next spring in the UK and US. The story’s an 11,000-word mini-beast called “I Do Not Count the Hours.” The table of contents is a wondrous thing, and I am beyond honored to share […]
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Undertow’s release of Aickman’s Heirs is only weeks away. Robert Aickman, one of the top two or three weird fiction/ghost story writers of all time, is more than deserving of such a wonderful tribute. Meanwhile, the collection is available for preorder here. Editor Simon Strantzas, who has assembled an incredible and impressive lineup, will inscribe […]
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I was surprised enough when Simon Strantzas invited me to write a story for the Robert Aickman tribute anthology he is editing. Double that surprise: He’s agreed to take the story, and I’ve scratched an item off my bucket list. Aickman was such an unsung master. I won’t foam at the mouth about him here. […]
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Issue #10 of Unlikely Story, focused on all things bugs, has been released. My story “Bookends” is featured. All it costs to read is clicking on this link.
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Last year Laird Barron agreed to have a chat with me about his work and sundry other things. The interview appeared in Shock Totem and can still be found in issue #7 of their great journal. Since they’ve had it in their pages for a while, I’m finally sharing it here. A few bits might be […]
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As the title of this post so subtly hints, I’ve sold two new stories recently. Unlikely Story will be publishing “Bookends” in their annual Journal of Unlikely Entomology. It’s a story of grief and a paralyzing decision, costarring periodical cicadas. The issue will be out in November. I’m looking forward to the strange and interesting imaginings of […]
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Simon Strantzas recently tapped me to continue the “Writing Process Blog Tour” chain that’s currently trending online. He’s a sufficiently awesome and accomplished author to render me flattered that I was even on his radar. And since I update this site with a woeful infrequency, I accepted his homework assignment. What are you working on? […]
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“Beside Me Singing in the Wilderness,” my story of a very old woman returning to her Appalachian, um, roots is now available on Crowded’s website. This is my second piece to be published by Crowded. They’re great folks. You can read the story here for free.
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