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Coming Soon!

The absurd tale of an unlikely soldier forced to fight a war that, quite possibly, does not exist.

Saul Dressing is a flabby middle-aged librarian who just wants to be left alone to listen to jazz, watch porn, and cultivate his toenails. All of this changes when a soldier in a camouflage sweat suit shows up to draft him into the army of the United States of Everything. His mission is simple: go to a foreign country no one has ever heard of and incite the opposition to strike first. All alone...

The Dream People Issue 33

A few years ago I sent a story called "The Gravedigger" to a guy named D. Harlan Wilson for an online journal called The Dream People. It was one of my favorite online publications. The story was accepted and Wilson offered to pay me the price of a martini at a local bar. I didn't really drink martinis so I told him he could pay me with two paperclips and a Band-Aid. A week later I received an envelope with a letter congratulating me on my acceptance, along with two paperclips and a Band-Aid....

Mo*Con

I'll be attending Mo*Con in Indianapolis from April 30-May 2. Some of the other book-related types who'll be there are D. Harlan Wilson, Brian Keene, Alex McVey, Maurice Broaddus, Wrath James White, Gary Braunbeck, Lucy Snyder, Kim Paffenroth, Jason Sizemore, Alethea Kontis, Chesya Burke, Stephen C. Gilberts, Gregory Hall, and many others. Join us if you can!

And coming soon!
An all-Prunty issue of The Dream People
Cover art for my upcoming Eraserhead Press book, My Fake War
A new logo that is no...

Morning is Dead, Officially

GIVE THE GIFT OF MADNESS AND DEPRESSION!!!!!!

While Morning is Dead has been available on Amazon for a few weeks, this is its official release date. So if you haven't picked up a copy, think about ordering one now. It has rampant swearing, violent sex that will not make you feel aroused or even good about yourself or fellow man, drug fiend police officers, and CATS! Lots and lots of cute, fucking, cuddly little cats! Sound like your cup of tea? Come on, take a swig.

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Choate Road

I'm April's "Spotlight Scribe" at Choate Road. Thanks to Greg Hall for picking me out of many other writers equally as worthy. My story, "Where I Go to Die", is currently posted there. Stop by and check it out!

Reading Manko Reading Your Face

I did a reading this past Friday at the Night and Day Cafe with Patrick Wensink. Thanks to Patrick for setting it up and for the Night and Day for allowing us to peddle our wares, set off fireworks indoors, and sacrifice a live animal (you HAD to be there!) I thought we were going to be upstaged by the traveling donkey show continually circling the block. Also, thanks to the people who either a.) didn't have anything better to do or b.) showed up because they wanted to: Josiah and Stacy, Chri...

Reading in Dayton

If you're in the Dayton area around 7 PM on Friday, swing by the Night and Day Cafe so Patrick Wensink and I can tell you some stories.

In the meantime, here's a video of D. Harlan Wilson reading his story, "The Storyteller," at the Backlist Books signing:

There's a Fish in the Percolator

Here are a couple of clips from the reading in Massillon at Backlist Books. This footage was taken by William Pauley III. Thanks, William! Like the rest of us, William is a starving small press writer. Help support him and pick up one of his books.





Last week, The Beard decided to escape the late winter Ohio weather and escaped to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, where he ended up in the hands of this guy:

A Dinosaur with Man Arms

The weekend began Friday when Mike Gibbs came over. I made him watch Henry Fool and told him it was possibly the best movie about writing I've seen. Even after 13 years, it's amazing how relevant it remains. Then we challenged neighbors, listened to sirens, and tried to set the yard on fire using psychic power.

Got up in the morning and drove to Celina to meet the inimitable D. Harlan Wilson. Wilson is eight feet tall and made of steel. We took a 3 hour, anger-fueled trip across the wasteland ...

Updates, Sandwiches, and The Pains of Living with Genetic Brain Damage

I will be signing some books and probably reading some stupid stories at Backlist Books in Massillon, Ohio, along with D. Harlan Wilson, Michael Arnzen, and John Edward Lawson this Saturday (March 6) at 3PM. If you're in the area, come join us.

Morning is Dead is now available.

Author Cameron Pierce wants to write something somewhere because his house is filled with cobras.

The Sorrow King is coming. The publisher, Cargo Cult Press, had a change of ownership and its publication has been delayed....