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July 6, 2018
A Life in Nightmares
My story A Life in Nightmares has been published in the latest issue of The Sirens Call.
The direct link is here:
The Sirens Call: Scared Stiff!
Enjoy!
The direct link is here:
The Sirens Call: Scared Stiff!
Enjoy!
March 29, 2018
December 20, 2017
Glad Tidings
Happy holidays! I've written a little Christmas story for your reading enjoyment. It's nice and short, so if you're looking to kill time in between parties and/or need a respite from those pesky relatives, then this is the story for you!
Glad Tidings
Enjoy and have a great holiday!
Glad Tidings
Enjoy and have a great holiday!
October 31, 2017
Drained
For my final story this glorious Halloween season, I've published Drained.
Like Stone Canyon and its prequel Lost and Found, Drained deals with a cryptid. This particular cryptid is known as the chupacabra ("goat sucker"), a lizard-like creature that primarily feeds on livestock. While it's been mainly sighted in South America, Central America, and the southwest portion of the United States, it's also been spotted as far north as Maine.
While I'm not quite as fascinated with the chupacabra as I am with Bigfoot, I thought its elusive and nocturnal nature would make for a fittingly tense and spooky story.
As always, my characters have problems beyond whatever evil forces they're fighting and poor, angry Jerry is no exception. Not everybody gets a happy ending in my stories but Jerry put himself on that path long before the events of Drained took place.
Enjoy the story and have a happy Halloween!
Drained
Like Stone Canyon and its prequel Lost and Found, Drained deals with a cryptid. This particular cryptid is known as the chupacabra ("goat sucker"), a lizard-like creature that primarily feeds on livestock. While it's been mainly sighted in South America, Central America, and the southwest portion of the United States, it's also been spotted as far north as Maine.
While I'm not quite as fascinated with the chupacabra as I am with Bigfoot, I thought its elusive and nocturnal nature would make for a fittingly tense and spooky story.
As always, my characters have problems beyond whatever evil forces they're fighting and poor, angry Jerry is no exception. Not everybody gets a happy ending in my stories but Jerry put himself on that path long before the events of Drained took place.
Enjoy the story and have a happy Halloween!
Drained
October 24, 2017
Halloween Ninety-Five
For my fourth story this month, I've decided to go with Halloween Ninety-Five. Like Lost and Found, it leans heavily on 90s nostalgia. I generally find nostalgia to be a cheap ploy to invoke an emotional response from your audience but it fits rather well with Halloween (and most other holidays), so it feels right here.
I was slightly older than the kids in the story, so my trick or treating days were behind me in 1995. However, I was still young enough to have that youthful sense of joy and wonder that the holiday brought for so many of us.
Now that I'm older, it's still my favorite holiday but it has a decidedly different feel. It isn't better or worse but it is different. And while we can't relive those glorious Halloween nights as adults, we still have our memories and stories like this to keep that spirit alive forever.
I hope you enjoy it. And may you always steer clear of hungry witches.
Halloween Ninety-Five
I was slightly older than the kids in the story, so my trick or treating days were behind me in 1995. However, I was still young enough to have that youthful sense of joy and wonder that the holiday brought for so many of us.
Now that I'm older, it's still my favorite holiday but it has a decidedly different feel. It isn't better or worse but it is different. And while we can't relive those glorious Halloween nights as adults, we still have our memories and stories like this to keep that spirit alive forever.
I hope you enjoy it. And may you always steer clear of hungry witches.
Halloween Ninety-Five
October 17, 2017
Beware of Dog
For my third story this month, I've published Beware of Dog, a fun story that was mainly inspired by my love for Tales from the Crypt.
In this story, the blood is bright red and the humor coal black, which were two of things that made Tales from the Crypt work so well for me. I'm pleased I got to re-create that style and tone with Beware of Dog.
And what does the eponymous dog actually look like? Good question. I'll leave that to your imagination and if you have one, your DeviantArt page. Tumblr is also acceptable.
Enjoy!
Beware of Dog
In this story, the blood is bright red and the humor coal black, which were two of things that made Tales from the Crypt work so well for me. I'm pleased I got to re-create that style and tone with Beware of Dog.
And what does the eponymous dog actually look like? Good question. I'll leave that to your imagination and if you have one, your DeviantArt page. Tumblr is also acceptable.
Enjoy!
Beware of Dog
October 10, 2017
Lost and Found: A Stone Canyon Story
For my second story this month, I've selected Lost and Found: A Stone Canyon Story.
Lost and Found acts as something of a prequel to Stone Canyon, a story I wrote about a year and a half ago. It deals with three friends who go on a camping trip in search of the elusive creature known as Bigfoot. Well, they find him and...
You can probably guess where it goes from there.
This story wasn't originally intended as a prequel. I've been fascinated with Bigfoot since my childhood but I think the idea of people encountering a big ape in the woods is fairly limited from a narrative standpoint. I had already told the story once and didn't see the need to recycle the concept again.
This story started out as The Creature of Gray Oaks and the basic idea was more or less the same. Two children are abducted and taken to a forest that's supposedly inhabited by a large lizard-like animal. The children have heard stories about it for their entire lives but don't know what to believe. When they arrive, it looks like all is lost but then the creature appears and eviscerates the children's abductor before disappearing back into the forest.
The story sounded a little thin and anemic to me. I considered abandoning it altogether before deciding it would actually work as a Stone Canyon story and feel fairly fresh to boot. I set in the early 90s to give the story a nostalgic feel while also adding to the mythology of Stone Canyon.
And I'm quite pleased with the results. See you next week for a robbery gone terribly wrong (complete with demon dogs and crazy old men).
Lost and Found: A Stone Canyon Story
Lost and Found acts as something of a prequel to Stone Canyon, a story I wrote about a year and a half ago. It deals with three friends who go on a camping trip in search of the elusive creature known as Bigfoot. Well, they find him and...
You can probably guess where it goes from there.
This story wasn't originally intended as a prequel. I've been fascinated with Bigfoot since my childhood but I think the idea of people encountering a big ape in the woods is fairly limited from a narrative standpoint. I had already told the story once and didn't see the need to recycle the concept again.
This story started out as The Creature of Gray Oaks and the basic idea was more or less the same. Two children are abducted and taken to a forest that's supposedly inhabited by a large lizard-like animal. The children have heard stories about it for their entire lives but don't know what to believe. When they arrive, it looks like all is lost but then the creature appears and eviscerates the children's abductor before disappearing back into the forest.
The story sounded a little thin and anemic to me. I considered abandoning it altogether before deciding it would actually work as a Stone Canyon story and feel fairly fresh to boot. I set in the early 90s to give the story a nostalgic feel while also adding to the mythology of Stone Canyon.
And I'm quite pleased with the results. See you next week for a robbery gone terribly wrong (complete with demon dogs and crazy old men).
Lost and Found: A Stone Canyon Story
October 3, 2017
October (A new story every week)
Happy October!
In honor of the greatest holiday of the year, I'll be publishing a new story on Amazon at the beginning of each week for the entire month.
I'm kicking things off with Lucifer's Folly, a story about a deal with the Devil gone horribly wrong.
Enjoy!
Lucifer's Folly
In honor of the greatest holiday of the year, I'll be publishing a new story on Amazon at the beginning of each week for the entire month.
I'm kicking things off with Lucifer's Folly, a story about a deal with the Devil gone horribly wrong.
Enjoy!
Lucifer's Folly
August 17, 2017
August 8, 2017
Midnight Deluxe (Print edition)
My short story collection Midnight Deluxe is now available as a paperback!
Get it here:
Midnight Deluxe (Paperback Edition)
Get it here:
Midnight Deluxe (Paperback Edition)
