One piece of genre fiction writing and submitting advice that has always annoyed me: The speculative element must be introduced right away in a story. I saw this “rule” a lot when I was starting out, and though it’s obviously not written in stone (hence the quotation marks), it usually felt pretty rigid, a semi-official […]
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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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Dreams can come true. I’m thrilled to announce that Cemetery Dance Magazine will be publishing my story “The Inconsolable” in a future issue. Every author has a Holy Grail, and for me CD was an easy one to set my hopes on–this publication has been around for over 20 years and has earned its elite status and […]
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As the title of this post implies so subtly, I’ve had two stories accepted this week! Shadows & Tall Trees will publish my story “Onanon” in issue #6, due May 2014. This is one of my absolute favorite literary journals, and it’s a giddy honor to be a part of it. Editor Michael Kelly just might […]
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