Eric Keys's Blog, page 4
August 5, 2014
Quick Update
Just a quick update for y’all.
I’m sure many of you have heard by now, but if you haven’t, I released my story Grace and Blood on Amazon as a Kindle eBook. If you don’t have a kindle, you can view it on your computer or your smart phone. Amazon has links to various apps that let you do that.
Secondly, my dark BD/SM story For the Glory is close to release on Amazon. The text is almost final and the cover is coming along well. As the release date approaches I’ll probably post more details. It’s a...
June 9, 2014
See ya ’round
I’ve decided to put this blog on more-or-less permanent hiatus. My life has gone through a lot of changes recently and I just don’t see how this blog fits into it anymore. I may come back and write more details – a more formal good-bye, as it were – but I thought it would be better to put something up in case I never get around to putting my explanation on “paper”. I love you all more than you can know.
May 22, 2014
Bloggers on tour
I have been invited by both Jayne and Elene to go along on a Blog Tour. The purpose is to see more blogs and learn about the writers. I answered 4 questions and then I invite other bloggers.
Blog Tour Questions
1. What am I working on at the moment?
I’m finalizing the text for my upcoming ebook Grace and Blood. It’s got some good old-fashion horror, a bit of singing, plus a liberal dose of blood and sex tossed in for good measure. What’s not to love?
2. How does my work differ from others of its...
May 20, 2014
KGB
It’s things like this that make me wish I still lived Up North.
Originally posted on Laird Barron:
I’ll be in NYC on Wednesday, the 21st alongside Paul Tremblay for a reading at the KGB Bar. The announcement:
Laird Barron & Paul Tremblay, May 21st
FANTASTIC FICTION at KGB reading series, hosts Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel present:
Laird Barron is the author of several books, including The Croning, Occultation, and The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All . His work has also appeared in...
May 8, 2014
Shalom
Originally posted on Hortus Closus:
Painting by Paul Bond
He was always there
When I came back home. A smile,
A poem welcomed me.
The garden was an ocean
Of shalom, we were happy.
May 2, 2014
May 1, 2014
April 29, 2014
Just completed a draft
I recently finished the first draft of a story I wrote in response to the video I linked to in this post. It was a weird experience, let me tell you.
Despite the fact that the Nazis would have almost certainly killed my ancestors had they been unlucky enough to live in Europe during Hitler’s reign, I still find Nazisfascinating. I think it all goes back to when I watched Architecture of Doom while stoned off my ass. (Don’t try this at home, kids!) Up until then, I was sort of confused by anyon...
April 25, 2014
Originally posted on 
April 24, 2014
The Prayer Life of Derek Cathay is available in Gore Magazine volume 5
I am embarrassed that I haven’t mentioned this before, but my story “The Prayer Life of Derek Cathay” appeared in the January 2014 issue of Gore Magazine. (Here’s the link on Amazon.com.) Ostensibly, the story is about a writer of violent erotic fiction who somehow gets caught up in a metaphysical struggle beyond his comprehension. But the deeper meaning is more personal. I wrote it at a time when I was trying to make sense of my crumbling belief system and trying to build a new picture of th...
