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My horror novel "Below" is FREE on Amazon Kindle starting today!

My horror novel "Below" is FREE on Amazon Kindle starting today! The sale ends on Halloween at midnight (spooky-ish!).

Grab your copy here!

🏆 Semi-Finalist in the CIBA Paranormal Book Awards for Supernatural Fiction.
🏆 Winner 2019 American Fiction Awards: Best Horror: Occult Novel
🏆 Honorable Mention: 2018 SPR Book Awards

My Short Story "Brat!" Published Today in "In Parentheses"

Very excited to announce my short story “Brat!” has been published today in Volume 6 Issue 1 of "In Parentheses"! Digital versions of the issue are only $4.20 and you get access to poetry, prose, and stunning artwork. Please consider supporting them (and you get to read my kick-ass short story too)!

To purchase print or digital copies click here.

To read more about In Parentheses click here.

"Even A Dog Enlist" Published by Fleas on the Dog Magazine!

Very excited to announce that my short story Even A Dog Enlists was published today in Issue 6 of the Fleas on the Dog online literary magazine! Each selected submission is given a short quote or review by the editors, their Senior Editor called it "An intensely physical reading experience certain to haunt mind and heart."

Please support them and other indie writers by visiting: fleasonthedog.com

(Scroll down to find each story or poem as individual PDFs or Issue 6 as one big download).

"BRUIN" | A New Short Story

I am very proud to announce the publication of my new short story Bruin.

A native mother bear discovers the brutal nature of man as she battles for her freedom.

The text is available for FREE through my website as well as these publishing platforms:

Inkitt | Wattpad | Medium

"JQR" Launches on Reedsy Discovery!

I am happy to announce that my novel JQR has been chosen as part of Reedsy Discovery’s indie book program! Today marks the launch of the book through their website where the community helps to form reading lists, decide what’s hot and what’s not, and gives independent writers a chance to get their books in the hands of folks who enjoy those particular genres.

If you have a Reedsy Discovery account (it’s free), you can head over right now to read reviews for JQR and follow my profile for all sorts of cool updates.

Readers are calling JQR a “modern-day Pinocchio,” and “easy to picture…as a movie or miniseries.”

To purchase JQR or any of my other work, visit my website!

Newest Interview with The Indie View

A few weeks back, I did an interview with The Indie View about my novel "JQR," and the full article is now live on their website!

Click here to read.

New Interview with Waking Writer

Thank you to Berneta L. Haynes over at Waking Writer for the opportunity to be interviewed for her website about my new sci-fi novel "JQR"!

Check out the entire article here.

World War I Short Story + New Audiobook!

I am very excited to present the audio version of my short story "Even A Dog Enlists"! A very big thank you to Will Stauff, who narrates.

Below is a small sample, but you can listen to, and read along with, the entire story on my website: notyourplatypus.com/evenadogenlists

A World War I sharpshooter seeks vengeance upon a masked, German rival in the trenches of France.

Vote For Raptures of the Deep for "Cover of the Month"!

I'm very excited to announce that the cover I designed for my novella Raptures of the Deep has been nominated on AllAuthor for their May "Cover of the Month" Contest!

Please consider voting for me to make it into the Top 100 to proceed to the next round of voting!

Click here to vote!

(You can also read the entire book for FREE, just visit notyourplatypus.com/rapturesofthdeep)

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