New Release Link-a-palooza!
March, the month in which the Old Gentleman From Providence left this world for another, is roaring like a lion of new releases:
-After two years of me shopping it around, Weirdbook picked up my "The Handmaid of the Key", a shivery little sketch inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's "The Dunwich Horror", in which Lavinia Whateley ponders her place in the world of her weird little twins, as she tucks them into bed one wintry night. I've had a soft spot for this strange lady, and so I thought to take a peek into her head and her heart, and mind you, said heart is a motherly one which genuinely cares for her half-Elder God kidlets (hey, they might be weird creatures, but she loves 'em, dangit).
The print and Kindle versions can be found over here
- My "Something Eating at You" has at last found a place for it to lurk, in Deadman's Tome's "The Ancient One II" anthology. The germ of the story came from "The Colour Out of Space", crossed with an incident at the Topsfield Fair, when I spotted some really odd looking vegetables on display in the Fruits and Vegetables show building. Not sure if they were supposed to look like that, but I mused that they might have gotten exposed to the contents of a strange meteorite that fell into the kitchen garden. In a spirit of "Well, why not write it?" - something that's spurred on a lot of my writing - I took on this story, and found just the right venue for it.
Pre-orders are available Over here! The book drops April 1st, just in time for Easter (I ain't foolin').
-After two years of me shopping it around, Weirdbook picked up my "The Handmaid of the Key", a shivery little sketch inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's "The Dunwich Horror", in which Lavinia Whateley ponders her place in the world of her weird little twins, as she tucks them into bed one wintry night. I've had a soft spot for this strange lady, and so I thought to take a peek into her head and her heart, and mind you, said heart is a motherly one which genuinely cares for her half-Elder God kidlets (hey, they might be weird creatures, but she loves 'em, dangit).
The print and Kindle versions can be found over here
- My "Something Eating at You" has at last found a place for it to lurk, in Deadman's Tome's "The Ancient One II" anthology. The germ of the story came from "The Colour Out of Space", crossed with an incident at the Topsfield Fair, when I spotted some really odd looking vegetables on display in the Fruits and Vegetables show building. Not sure if they were supposed to look like that, but I mused that they might have gotten exposed to the contents of a strange meteorite that fell into the kitchen garden. In a spirit of "Well, why not write it?" - something that's spurred on a lot of my writing - I took on this story, and found just the right venue for it.
Pre-orders are available Over here! The book drops April 1st, just in time for Easter (I ain't foolin').
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Doug wrote: ""Handmaid" is a terrific story. It's a shame that it took two years for an editor to appreciate its merits. I'm sorry that it took so long, but their loss is Weirdbook's (and the readers') gain.
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I was about ready to shelve Handmaid, if it didn't pass muster with the editors at another Weird fiction magazine. And then I went to NecronomiCon 2017 with some friends in the New England Horror Writers, and saw the good things at the Wildside Press table: I flipped through a couple of issues and loved what I saw. I decided then and there to submit something the next time there was an open call.... and it wasn't much long after then that I discovered your recent open call, and the rest, as they say, is history.
I'm sorry that it took so long, but their loss is Weirdbook's (and the readers') gain.
Thank you so much for submitting it.
Doug