Tectonic: A Conversation with the Gore-ious Maureen Tellani

In the 1984 film Tectonic, Maureen Tellani gave a performance so soul scathing she never acted in another film. Once production wrapped, she remained in Harborton, Maryland, where her family owned a farm. Most of the cast have since disappeared or committed suicide. Except for Maureen. Some say the film is cursed, or that Maureen …

Telethon

It's 1982, and middle-aged Tommy Liplet has been the comedian in residence for Pittsburgh's WPXT, channel 20, hosting the local telethon for years. The telethon has been, as far as anyone -- including Tommy -- knows, funding the Hauser House, a local charity for sick children. But that isn't the telethon's main purpose. No, it's …

“Face It” in Extremely Bizarre

A woman on the run finds a group of survivors in a world where face pareidolia manifests in the most bizarre, deadly ways. This story is included in the anthology Extremely Bizarre put out by Planet Bizarro. https://www.amazon.com/Extremely-Bizarre-Planet-Bizarro/dp/B0B9QYPDZD

“Psithurism” in Vasterian

A man with prosopagnosia lives in a house that is more than just brick and wood. And he knows the house wants him to find a companion, no matter the cost. https://www.amazon.com/Vastarien-Literary-Journal-vol-issue/dp/B0B3LMPYB4

“The Overnight” in Dread Imaginings

This one's a little late in updating. Better late than never.... A trucker gets an urgent request for an overnight delivery, no questions asked. Against his better judgment, he takes the job and quickly regrets it. (A note: I took over the Dread Imaginings site from Bill Hughes just as my story was planned to …

“Song of the Deep Wood” in Daikaijuzine

Yhvie and her loyal dog, Frida, live carefree days in their cabin home on the side of a mountain near Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina. Until one day a strange bird flitters into their lives, and the little songling changes everything. Featuring other stories and poetry by Scott Branchfield, Sonny Zae, Jason P. Burnham, …

“Unknown Ancestry” in Mythaxis Magazine (UK)

Thrilled to have my story "Unknown Ancestry" published, in which a young man's journey to understand his history after an inconclusive Internet DNS test goes farther astray with each step. Available in the Spring 2021 issues of Mythaxis Magazine.This issue includes great stories from Subodhana Wijeyeratne, Jack Mackenzie, Meg Candelaria, Micah Hyatt, Gregory L. Norris, …

“Outside of Everything, There Is Nothing” in Tales From Omnipark

From 1977 to 2003, OmniPark thrilled, astonished and educated guests of all ages. ...or did it? My story "Outside of Everything, There Is Nothing" features in this shared universe anthology. Includes stories by Brian Evenson, Gemma Files, Ben Thomas, Orrin Grey, Maxwell I. Gold, Alicia Hilton, Pedro Iniquez, and others. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0578836173

“Apoctatryptamine©” in Vastarien: A Literary Journal

Adnan Vonus, who some have called a mad scientist, has discovered the "God pill," which allows the user to step through potential alternate futures and choose the one in which they always survive, thus leading to immortality. (Based loosely on the quantum suicide thought experiment.) My story "Apoctatryptamine©" appears in this double issue of Vastarien, …

“They Always Dreamed of Falling” at Bewildering Stories

My slipstream story "They Always Dreamed of Falling" in Issue 879 of Bewildering Stories is about the ghosts that haunt a woman who once fell 10,000 feet from the sky. With other fiction and poetry from Natan Dubovitsky, Bill Kowaleski, J. H. Malone, Harrison Kim, Heather Pagano, João Ventura, and Jo-Ann Newton. http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue879/blurb.html