I believe in writing on a sentence and paragraph level. (I enjoy reading the same way in most cases, and what is a writer but a sponge?) Yes, I want to be swept along by the story I am telling, and this is also my goal. Quite often writing slowly and being swept along are […]
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My debut collection, Greener Pastures, is available to pre-order in three places: Shock Totem Publications’ web store and the US Kindle and UK Kindle stores on Amazon. The book collects eight previously published stories and three that are exclusive to the collection. The gorgeous wraparound cover from Michael Bukowski still kills me every time I look at […]
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My latest publication once again comes courtesy of The Dark–“Birds of Lancaster, Lairamore, Lovejoy” leads off their wonderful February issue. This story is a slight departure for me, as it features no overt or direct horror elements or intentions. Just the chance convergence of two very different people who have something surprising to share. And, […]
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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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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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As I posted earlier this year, I won the March and May editions of Shock Totem‘s bimonthly flash fiction contest. As these folks do every year, the first-place stories from each of the year’s five contests were then given to a neutral judge, who chooses the year’s overall winner. That story then gets published in the […]
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Diabolic Productions has released the third volume of their Diabolic Tales anthologies. This one features my story “Have a Blessed Day,” about a woman who has an insatiable hunger with an underlying motive. The book is available on Kindle and Nook, as well as a nice old-fashioned trade paperback.
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