I know the Reaper on a first-name basis

I have met all my deadlines. Rejoice, for I now have free-time.

In the spirit of free-time, I'm assembling a small army of writers, artists, musicians and creative types to help out with Flesh Trap. My debut novel is in the last stages of tweaking and fine-tuning, cutting out any silly business and adding in some "deleted scenes" to make this the tightest, most heart-felt and possibly crazy story I've ever tackled. Six new chapters and four thousand more words so far, compounding the insanity of paranormal murder mysteries, smart-mouthed death omens, hardcore Japanese amputee fetish porn, violent patricidal hallucinations, faceless children, venus flytraps, and killer thought-forms running loose snatching up anybody that gets too close. Oh, and a love story at its heart, because I like to keep things classy like that.

Here's the rundown: I want the novel to be ready for public consumption by August for a early-mid September launch, at its own .net, complete with illustrations and music. I'm releasing it as a free-to-read weekly serial with supplemental material provided by my rag-tag team of friends and volunteers, as a big mixed media project. Consider it an experiment in horror fiction and media-based publishing, using the power of truth and love  to conquer traditional publishing and create a unique piece of work . Or, you know, something like that. Music, art, maybe even some supplemental fiction from contributing authors (because I love me some fanfiction), anything to help round out the experience.

My mutual friend Anna has volunteered her talent to illustrate some characters and scenes, which I'm so thrilled about. We've had some discussions about quadruple amputees and medical fetishism that leaves me very hopeful about the future. In the meantime, atomic vaudevillian Reverend Civilian (who contributed the lovably weird reading of Single Singularity) is hard at work workshopping the shape and feel of the novel soundtrack. What he's shown me so far is really dark and weird and exciting, and I have the utmost faith in his ability to craft a great collection of songs. There's even talk of recording an audio book, but that's a topic for another day.

So watch this space.