Monthly Archives: September 2011

My story “Kiss Off” is now live at Emprise Review.

My story “Kiss Off” is now live at Emprise Review. How do these things happen, I often wonder. Maybe I was issued a challenge, maybe I was just listening to Pandora one day and an old Violent Femmes song came on and I thought “Damn, this is a good song.” As I nodded my head […]

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My review of Crimes in Southern Indiana by Frank Bill is now live up at The Nervous Breakdown.

Maybe you’ve never heard of Frank Bill. Well, open them damn ears, son. I just went to the release party for Crimes in Southern Indiana down in Corydon, Indiana. Yes, I dragged Chris Deal, Livius Nedin and Robb Olson with me. Yes, there was a fifty foot sign that said HELL IS REAL about halfway […]

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Cemetery Dance – stories, contests and things that go bump in the night.

So, my buddies over at Cemetery Dance are having a contest. They’re giving away a lot of books. Why not help them get the word out about one of my favorite presses. Sure, I published a story “Stillness” in Shivers VI with some hacks named Stephen King and Peter Straub. So what? I’ve been buying […]

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My review of Short Bus by Brian Allen Carr is live at The Nervous Breakdown.

My review of the short story collection, Short Bus by Brian Allen Carr is now live at The Nervous Breakdown. This is a wild bunch of stories set along the Texas and Mexico border. Carr takes the essence of wanderlust mixes it with the desert heat and tosses in a bit of failure with just […]

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