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The First Review of Incarnate is From Kirkus Reviews, and It’s Great!
Posted on January 31, 2024 2 Comments
Exciting news! My first major review for Incarnate is up and it’s a great one! Over at Kirkus Reviews, they had this to say: “This is not the conventional sort of horror novel in which something monstrous intrudes upon a recognizable reality; instead, the very fabric of Thomas’ world is fragile and subject to reorganization. […]
House of Gamut is LIVE!
Posted on January 4, 2024 Leave a Comment
This is a personal note from me to you. How can you help Gamut to flourish? A couple of ways. (1.) Subscribe to the magazine! We are one of the few markets paying ten cents a word for original work (and three cents a word for reprints). You can read the first issue now. I […]
New Story Out
Posted on August 6, 2023 1 Comment
My story, “An Unusual Pedigree” is in this new anthology, Azathoth: Ordo ab Chao (Journalstone). One heck of a TOC. Honored to be in here. From Aaron French, his words below: For those interested, our new Azathoth: Ordo ab Chao anthology is out today! All-new stories engaging the theme of order and chaos through a […]
Spontaneous Human Combustion Makes the Locus 2022 Recommended Reading List!
Posted on February 1, 2023 Leave a Comment
Glad to see that my fourth collection of stories, SPONTANEOUS HUMAN COMBUSTION, made the 2022 Locus Recommended Reading List. My hybrid work often combines horror with fantasy or science fiction, so it means a lot to be on this list. I didn’t plan on my novelette, “Ring of Fire” (which closes out the collection) being […]
Story Acceptance! Azathoth Anthology.
Posted on January 23, 2023 Leave a Comment
Big announcement! It’s official!! I will have a short story in the cosmic horror anthology Azathoth: Ordo ab Chao edited by Aaron J. French to be released in May 2023 from JournalStone. Thank you, Aaron, for putting together an amazing anthology. Thrilled to share this space with so many amazing authors and friends. • Ordo […]
Spontaneous Human Combustion Foreword, by Brian Evenson
Posted on February 21, 2022 Leave a Comment
To say that it was a dream come true to have Brian Evenson write the foreword to this collection, well, that is an understatement. Brian’s writing has been a huge influence on my work, as much as Stephen Graham Jones, Cormac McCarthy, Mary Gaitskill, Stephen King, Chuck Palahniuk, and Will Christopher Baer. So here is […]
Cover Reveal for Spontaneous Human Combustion
Posted on July 28, 2021 Leave a Comment
Okay, it’s cover reveal time! My fourth short story collection, SPONTANEOUS HUMAN COMBUSTION will be out in March of 2022 with Turner Publishing (and their Keylight imprint). With a foreword by Brian Evenson. You can even pre-order now. Hope you all dig it! I think it’s some of my best work to date. Here is […]
Ten Ways to Support Your Favorite Authors This Holiday Season
Posted on December 20, 2018 3 Comments
So, you like to read, and maybe you like to write, too. You are a connoisseur, a patron, a Renaissance man (or woman). What can you do this holiday season to support those authors in your life? Here are ten ideas. 01. BUY THEIR WORK. I mean, I know it sounds obvious, but this is […]
PRISMS Table of Contents Announced, at PS Publishing, with My Story “Saudade.”
Posted on April 23, 2018 4 Comments
Thrilled to be a part of this excellent anthology. Announcement today from Michael Bailey: I am proud to announce the official line-up for PRISMS, the next dark science-fiction anthology co-edited by Darren Speegle and yours truly, to be released by PS Publishing. WE COME IN THREES – B.E. Scully ENCORE FOR AN EMPTY SKY – […]
Cover Reveal For Gamut, Issue One
Posted on December 16, 2016 3 Comments
Here’s the official cover for Issue One of Gamut. (The eBook.) What are your thoughts? Artwork by Luke Spooner. Don’t forget, subscriptions are 20% off until the end of December, so if you’ve been waiting to subscribe, now is the time! Makes a great stocking stuffer for writers and readers alike! Spread the word. (This […]
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