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2012

2012 is nearly over. It was 72% better than 2011. Not bad. My book reading was way down. Here's a list of the books I read in 2012. I post this because some people are interested in it. Books with asterisks are ones I particularly enjoyed. I've linked to books with double asterisks because they're ones I liked enough to help publish.

Books Read 2012

1. Gigantic Death Worm by Vince Kramer*2. Trashland a Go-go by Constance Ann Fitzgerald3. Beyond the Valley of the Apocalypse Donkeys by Jordan Krall4. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller5. The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock*6. We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver*7. King of the Perverts by Steve Lowe**8. Party Wolves in My Skull by Michael Allen Rose9. South of the Border, West of the Sunby Haruki Murakami10. Danse Macabre by C.V. Hunt11.Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte12. Endlessly by C.V. Hunt13. Legacy  by C.V. Hunt14. Tight Little Stitches in a Dead Man’s Back by Joe R. Lansdale15. Steel Valentine by Joe R. Lansdale16. Death Metal Epic by Dean Swinford**17. Mastodon Farm by Mike Kleine**18. 11/22/63 by Stephen King19. Damned by Chuck Palahniuk20. Phantom by C.V. Hunt21. Cosmopolis by Don DeLillo22. Mystery by Peter Straub23. Funland by Richard Laymon24. Return to Devil Town by Wayne Hixon**25. How to Kill Yourself by C.V. Hunt**26. The Throat by Peter Straub27. The Book of Drugs by Mike Doughty28. Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James29. Currency of Souls by Kealan Patrick Burke30. Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell31. Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk32. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins33. Seed by Ania Ahlborn34. Underworld by Don DeLillo35. Oblivion by David Foster Wallace36. This is Water by David Foster Wallace*37. Alone by Brian Keene38. Tentacle Death Trip by Jordan Krall*39. The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury40. Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself by David Lipsky41. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman42. The Haunted by Bentley Little42. Red Dragon by Thomas Harris*43. Red Harvest by Dashiel Hammett44. Audition by Ryu Murakami45. The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris46. Stranglehold by Jack Ketchum47. Hannibal by Thomas Harris48. The Way We Eat by Pete Singer and Jim Mason49. Penetralia by Jordan Krall50. The Skating Rink by Roberto Bolano51. Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris52. The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie53. The Obese by Nick Antosca*54. Walrus TalesWalrus Tales by Kevin L. Donihe (editor)55. Samurai Vs. Robo-Dick by Steve Lowe**
I also listened to a lot of music in 2012. Here's a playlist of my:
Top 100 Songs of 2012
Thanks again to everyone who bought one of my books. I was counting on the world ending this year so I don't really have many plans for 2013. We'll see what happens...

Cheap Shit For Broke Motherfuckers

Starting 12/22, MY FAKE WAR, SLAG ATTACK, SUNRUINED, PRAY YOU DIE ALONE, FILL THE GRAND CANYON, SATANIC SUMMER, THE WARM GLOW OF HAPPY HOMES, ZEROSTRATA, THE OVERWHELMING URGE, THE BEARD, and THE NIGHT THE MOON MADE A SOUND will be 99 cents through the end of the month. Thanks again for making it a great year. If all of my books sold half as well as FUCKNESS...

Halloween Reading

I will be doing a reading along with author Tim Waggoner on Halloween. It's at Wilmington College in the Mason Room of the Kettering Science Building. We'll be there from 7:30 pm until 10. It's free and open to the public but seating will be relatively limited. I won't be bringing many books but, as always, I'll stick around to sign whatever you want me to.

Happy October

Happy October! My sampler collection of stories, The Night the Moon Made a Sound, will be free for Kindle starting October 1 (Pacific Time) and running through October 5. Enjoy!

Fill the Grand Canyon Reading

Here's a reading from Fill the Grand Canyon and Live Forever I did last weekend:

Kirk Cameron and Other Things But Mostly Kirk Cameron

Here's a photo of Kirk Cameron:

I'll be at Horrorfind next Friday and Saturday (August 31-Septermber 1). Kirk Cameron will not be there. I'm not on the reading schedule and and won't be signing at a table. I also won't be bringing any books to sell because I was too poor and lazy to order them. If you see me wandering around and want me to sign something (it doesn't have to be a book), feel free to ask. I probably won't have a pen or anything either. I will be taking part in a super secret reading on Saturday around 6. Thinking about reading from either Fill the Grand Canyon and Live Forever or Fifty Shades of Grey.
Here's a story I wrote a long time ago featuring the name "Kirk Cameron":

Genitalia

I wake up from a twelve day inhalant bender. My room has been redecorated, a giant poster of Kirk Cameron taped to the ceiling above the bed. I have to piss.

I pull the leaves of wilted lettuce off the toilet seat and discard them in the trashcan. I pull down my underwear, the sight astonishing me. My genitals have become a dry, lumpy mass, something only resembling a penis protruding from the mire. I reach down to seize it delicately between two fingers and it tumbles off into the toilet, a spray of urine shooting everywhere.

I decide I never should have rolled out of bed. Reaching under the sink, I grab a can of spray paint, anxious to huff my way back to sleep.

Satanic Summer and Other New Things

Satanic Summer is NOW AVAILABLE as a paperback and digital download (for 99 cents until the end of summer).

Also, The Warm Glow of Happy Homes is available as a digital only download. But wait! If you don't want to pay the exorbitant 99 cents, it will be free soon.

For the first time in many years, everything I've written and am (mostly) happy with is in print. It's kind of a weird, scary feeling. Not sure what to do next. Any suggestions?

FREE Fill the Grand Canyon and Live Forever

Fill the Grand Canyon and Live Forever is available for free for Kindle (and most other things) for a limited time.

FREE Bury the Children in the Yard

For a limited time, my latest collection of short stories, Bury the Children in the Yard, is available as a free download for whatever device you prefer. You can click HERE to download it from Amazon.

Fill the Grand Canyon and Live Forever

Rejoice! Fill the Grand Canyon and Live Forever is NOW AVAILABLE!