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My Thoughts on The Federalist Papers

Life is largely about trade-offs. Take the metal shop I work in, for example: Sure it’s heavy, dirty, sweaty manual labor without air conditioning (and my coworkers tell me that I haven’t even experienced a truly hot day there yet), but on the flipside, I can listen to my MP3 player all day. This means I listen to a lot of music, of course, but even moreso that I can seriously crank through some audiobooks during my workdays. My reading tastes are pretty eclectic, but mostly these days I’m le...

A Walking Contradiction

I’m trying to devise a good method for linking to Pantheon reviews from my web site—something easy and unobtrusive that wouldn’t clutter things up. In the mean time, I suppose it’s enough to state I’ve been honored by a very positive response to the book thus far (if you’ve not checked it out yet, there’s no time like the present). It makes me glad to see that people are enjoying the story and able to connect with its larger themes in a meaningful way.

The real reason I bring all this up, thou...

After Death… Takes a Stoker Award!

Here’s some cool news. Eric J Guignard’s brilliant After Death… anthology, which features my story “Hellevator,” just took this year’s prestigousBram Stoker Award for Best Horror Anthology. I’m proud to have been a part of this one. If inclined, you can check it out here.

Another Semester Done

Well, school’s finally out—if not forever as Alice Cooper famously claimed (next fall I’ll be starting it all again), then at least for the summer. While high school kids and teachers still have a few more weeks left, I’m glad to have turned my final projects in and am looking forward to a couple of months of relative rest. This’ll be the first summer since I started grad school where I won’t be taking any summer classes, so I ought to (ahem) have more chances to update this blog regularly.

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Vignettes From The End Of The World

Here’s a collection I’ve been looking forward to for quite a while. Featuring my short piece, “The Last Kiss,” Vignettes from the End of the World is a collection of apocalyptic flash fiction: the events of doomsday as seen through the imaginations of 58 different authors. If that doesn’t sound like an interesting read, I don’t know what does. Check it out here.

Alternate Hilarities Released

The Alternate Hilarities anthology of humorous speculative fiction which contains my story “It’s A Secret To Everybody” is now available from Strange Musings Press. If so inclined, you can check it out here.

Pantheon Now Available

I am extremely excited to announce that the ebook of my novel, Pantheonis now officially available for download from Urania Speculative Fiction. Want a fantasy that combines Greek mythology with all the action of a spaghetti western? (What kind of question is that? Of course you do!)This is the book for you.Click here to read an excerpt and download it in any digital format you could possibly desire.

Pantheon’s New Look

Whew. It’s been a while since I wrote anything here. Between full-time work, full-time grad school, and editing my novel, I haven’t had a lot of time for things like blogging. If I eat, sleep, and shower within a 24 hourperiod these days, I count that as a pretty good day.

Even this isn’t a proper blog post, but I had to get on here and share this because it’s too much fun to keep to myself. It’s the BRAND NEW COVER ART FOR PANTHEON! Feast your eyes upon the graphic design work of Kelly Shorte...

Cosmic Horror Anthology Released… And Free Through Monday!

Hey everyone! This is a quick announcement to let you know that the Dark Hall Press Cosmic Horror anthology, which contains my story “Goddess of Our Fathers”has been released and, for a limited time (Through Monday, February 17) is available as a free download for Kindle. Fans of Lovecraftian fiction (you know who you are) can follow the link below for details.

http://www.prlog.org/12282351-free-horror-fiction-for-kindle-dark-hall-press-cosmic-horror-anthology.html

Pantheon’s Release Schedule… Released!

So I’ve finally recieved a release date, or at least release month, from my publisher. If all goes according to plan, Pantheon will be coming out in March, 2014(just two months away)! Time to start getting excited.