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April 15, 2017
Excerpt: “Cities in Time” [Kendrick/Warden]
I’m currently in the early stages of writing “Cities in Time” but I thought you, my reader, might want to see what I’ve been up to. Here’s a short chapter in which Kendrick and Warden have to deal with one another. Standing in a private chamber with guards at the door and chains on his … Continue reading Excerpt: “Cities in Time” [Kendrick/Warden] →
April 4, 2017
Amanda’s Agenda “SYWBASK” [Fiction]
Perhaps I expected her to flinch. Maybe. Truthfully, I wasn’t certain what I expected. I had the twenty-one-year-old daughter of two of my victims in my car riding along as if we were headed to our first date. This included the somewhat moody silence of two people in an enclosed space who don’t quite know … Continue reading Amanda’s Agenda “SYWBASK” [Fiction] →
April 3, 2017
Getting to Know You “SYWBASK” [Fiction]
Amanda I didn’t question joining him under the umbrella even though it put me well within reach of his free hand. What was he going to do, manhandle me to the car I was going to willingly? Seemed funny. If there was anything giving away his feelings, it was his white-knuckled grip on the umbrella … Continue reading Getting to Know You “SYWBASK” [Fiction] →
March 29, 2017
At the Robin’s Egg “SYWBASK” [FICTION]
PHILLIP POV Amanda. Silhouetted against the florescent lights of the Robin’s Egg, I pegged her for a lost sixteen-year-old looking for money to get home after having made one of those mistakes you don’t run home and tell to Momma. Then she introduced herself. Lawson. I hadn’t killed anyone by the last name Lawson. I … Continue reading At the Robin’s Egg “SYWBASK” [FICTION] →
March 28, 2017
So You Wanna Be a Serial Killer [Fiction]
A snippet opener for a new story eating my brain with a spoon. Phillip Denton wasn’t what I expected, but then your heroes usually aren’t. He was more gangly than broad, but with the kind of wiry muscle that still left him capable of being a bobcat in a bag to handle. I could imagine … Continue reading So You Wanna Be a Serial Killer [Fiction] →
March 25, 2017
Quick Catch-Up
If you’re not a follower of my Facebook page, (Shame!) you probably haven’t heard from me in a while. I post there a lot more than I post here. And I post here more than I send to my newsletter, go figure. Anyway, for those who aren’t up to date on the adventures of my … Continue reading Quick Catch-Up →
March 10, 2017
Devouring Mother – “The Box”
“What’s in the box?” – Detective David Mills “Se7en” You spend the entirety of this short film with that exact question on your mind. In “The Box”, one of the four shorts done in “XX”, you are presented with a typical family: mother, father, daughter, son. One day, on the subway, they encounter a man … Continue reading Devouring Mother – “The Box” →
February 27, 2017
“Whoever Fights Monsters” written by the man who advised Thomas Harris
As my longtime readers will undoubtedly know, I love Hannibal Lecter. Not in the “I want to marry him” kind of way, but just in the “you are who you are and don’t apologize” sort of adoration. Yes, I am 100% aware he is not a human worth emulating in any regard other than that. … Continue reading “Whoever Fights Monsters” written by the man who advised Thomas Harris →
February 8, 2017
The Cannibal and the Cop: Why I love Hannibal and Clarice
Goodreads allows readers to ask questions of authors, a feature I normally don’t pay a lot of attention to. However, in this case, I found the question interesting enough to warrant a response. My favorite fictional couple isn’t really a couple at all at least not in the traditional sense. Hannibal and Clarice never kiss. … Continue reading The Cannibal and the Cop: Why I love Hannibal and Clarice →
