Story in “32 White Horses on a Vermillion Hill” anthology

My story "Hammer Dulcimer" appears in Volume 2 of this anthology from Planet X publications, a two-volume charity collection to help fellow writer, Christopher Ropes. It features stories & poems generously donated from members of the weird fiction & horror communities. Christopher has a condition called dentinogenesis imperfecta, which causes discolored, brittle teeth, and has …

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New Story in Lamplight Magazine

My story "The Church Fire and Redemption" in the newest issue of Lamplight Magazine. With fiction from Shameika Moreland. A. Martine, S.R. Mandel, and M.C. Williams. Also, essays from Maeve Geist discussing the surrealists Leonora Carrington and Gisèle Prassinos. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07LHLNSRK Lamplight Magazine: https://lamplightmagazine.com/

New Story in the Anthology “Caravans Awry”

My story "The Tulsa Devil" is part of this excellent anthology, the first of a pulp books series. "Tales of carnival knowledge imparted by ringmasters & roustabouts, wranglers & the restless dead. Hit the road and follow the circus down Route 66 where you'll meet con-artists, freaks, jugglers, & clowns; and while their antics aren't …

Blood and Superheroes: Review of Revenge

Watch or Not: Watch What do you get when you cross the #metoo movement with The Wild Bunch? A bloodbath. Revenge is ridiculous. Things happen that could never happen. You think: hey, no one could survive that! Hey, no one could lose that much blood and live much less fight! Hey, that's not how you …

Strange Indeed: Review of The Strange Ones

Watch or Not: Watch Two roads diverged in a yellow wood... You will either really get into this movie or likely hate it. I found it fascinating. A narrative structure that is chunked up and told in a disorienting nonlinear mess. A central relationship that is both troubling and yet may not be what we …

Where the Wild Things Aren’t: Review of Wilding

Watch or Not: Not I remember watching the trailer for Wildling and thinking, "Hey, that looks alright, even if I can guess what happens." Well, I was half right. Wildling, something of a hybrid between Twilight and Room, starts off decently enough, especially if you're a fan of Brad Dourif, which I am.  It's easy …

Who’s Your Daddy: Review of Shelley

Watch or Not: Not For the longest time I didn't watch this movie, though it kept popping up in my Netflix recommendations. From the name and cover image Netflix used (a girl's face, not the image to the left), I thought it was an old movie about Mary Shelley I'd already seen. I was wrong, …