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My Two Cents (Book Review): THE BREAKING OF MONA HILL by Christy Aldridge

If you subscribe to my newsletter, you'll know that on October 4, Horrorsmith Publishing sponsored a fun annual promotional event called Terrify Your Tablet, in which hundreds of authors (myself included!) gave away free or 99-cent copies of some of their available titles. I don't know about anyone else, but I took full advantage of the opportunity and loaded my Kindle with a ton of new reads. Since then, in between my own writing, editing, and life in general, I've started to make my way...

My Two Cents (Book Review): SHE PLAYED FOR THE DEVIL by Amanda Rusza

Amanda Rusza's short fiction is fast becoming a favorite guilty pleasure. Her latest offering, "She Played for the Devil," is billed as...

Movie Review: CUCKOO

When her mother dies, American teenager Gretchen is forced to move with her father, stepmother, and younger half-sister Alma to an...

My Two Cents (Book Review): PREPARE THE COFFIN by Cassandra O'Sullivan Sachar

"Prepare the Coffin: Tales of the Macabre" is a collection of dark vignettes featuring the lives and untimely deaths of various people...

New Release: "Beyond Skin Deep" - Fall 2025 edition, Last Girls' Club magazine

So frickin proud to have had a short story, "Beyond Skin Deep" chosen to be included in the forthcoming Fall 2025 issue of Last Girls'...

My Two Cents (Book Review): THE FACE IN THE MIRROR by Kenneth Johnson

When I was in my early twenties, I worked as a nursing assistant in a nursing home. I will never forget the morning when I went into a...

Happy Book Anniversary: PRAIRIE MADNESS released one year ago today!

One year ago today, Crystal Baynam and Baynam Press Books (known as Unveiling Nightmares back then) took a chance on my horror novella...

New Release: WHAT LURKS: A CRYPTID ANTHOLOGY

Excited to announce the release of "What Lurks: A Cryptid Anthology" from Graveside Press, featuring my short story, "Pop Goes the...

My Two Cents (Book Review): NOTHING IS REAL by Kevin J. Kennedy

Nothing Is Real by Kevin J. Kennedy is more of a thought experiment than a traditional story. Anyone looking for the standard plot...

Welcome Aboard!

I've been adding book and movie reviews to my Facebook page for a while now, along with snippets of reader reviews on my stories and...