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February 13, 2015
Free Continuum Ebooks!
For the next few days, I’m running a free ebook promotion for the Continuum anthologies. Please support us and our writing by giving us a download. All you’re risking is space on your kindle! Two of our authors have received honorable mentions from the Writers of the Future contest for stories in these anthologies, so […]
Rawhead Rex by Clive Barker: “So ugly that everyone died.”
Rawhead Rex is everything that’s wrong with horror. Seriously. Now that I’ve gotten your attention, let’s look at some good things. First, Clive Barker is a phenomenal writer: he took literally the most boring way to open a story ever, a two page description of his setting, and somehow kept me interested. Once Rawhead Rex […]
February 8, 2015
Keeping the Love Alive
Originally posted on The Knights of the Folding Table:
Writing is like being in a long-term relationship. When it begins, everything seems perfect, like you can do no wrong. Words tumble onto the page without effort, without second thought, without fear. This is what I have just so��cleverly dubbed “The infatuation stage of writing.” Everyone…
Writing is like being in a long-term relationship. When it begins, everything seems perfect, like you can do no wrong. Words tumble onto the page without effort, without second thought, without fear. This is what I have just so��cleverly dubbed “The infatuation stage of writing.” Everyone…
February 6, 2015
Breeding Ground: That Time Nobody Noticed Anything
Lets face it. Usually books fall into one of two categories for me���and I like to think for most people. There are books with deep characters that grab your interest, make you feel for the characters; make you want to keep turning the pages until 4:00 am and then regret it when you forget how […]
January 30, 2015
“The Funeral” by Richard Matheson: A Review
The Funeral, by Richard Matheson tells the story of a Funeral Director and his encounter with all things horrible, arcane, and witchy. The story, just under 10 pages long, begins when Mr. Asper shows up and books a viewing���for himself. Asper, it turns out, is a vampire and he and his undead friends (including a […]
January 23, 2015
I am Legend: Monstrosity by Consensus?
***Spoilers ahead*** I am Legend was the first horror novel that I ever read. Fittingly, it deals with vampires. No, not the sparkly ones that watch you sleep and say creepy things while playing baseball to Supermassive Black Hole (God please, spare us!). No, nope, not even once. The vampires in I am Legend��are supposed […]
October 28, 2014
June 12, 2014
Photo Restoration- Adding Depth of Field
Ok so I just wanted to share with you all because honestly I’m super proud of myself. I took my camera to a wedding about three years ago and blatantly copied the wedding photographer. As I was cleaning out my hard drive, I found one of the photos and thought “Hey, wow, I could really […]
June 2, 2014
The Merchant’s Folly Audiodrama Excerpt���The Homecoming
So. Below is perhaps the coolest thing that’s ever been done with any of my writing���arguably even cooler than the anthology. Where to begin? So at Franciscan University, fellow anthology author R.C. Erickson ��and I started a writers’ group almost two years ago. What started as us, Alexander Pyles, and Kathleen Gulo, turned into this […]
The Merchant’s Folly Audiodrama Excerpt–The Homecoming
So. Below is perhaps the coolest thing that’s ever been done with any of my writing–arguably even cooler than the anthology. Where to begin? So at Franciscan University, fellow anthology author R.C. Erickson and I started a writers’ group almost two years ago. What started as us, Alexander Pyles, and Kathleen Gulo, turned into this […]
