LAST MONTH, Sinister Grin Press began taking pre-orders for the limited, signed and numbered hardcover edition of my 7th novel, the spider-fest, Violet Eyes. This is a special limited collector’s edition of the book, and will only be available on an order basis, so if you want a copy, sign…
Now Ziggy really sang, screwed up eyes and screwed down hairdo / Like some cat from Japan / he could lick ’em by smiling / He could leave ’em to hang / Came on so loaded man, well hung and snow white tan. — David Bowie, “Ziggy Stardust” I WAS IN LINE to…
THE TITLE ABOVE kind of says it all for me. Wow… 2015 went fast. On the fiction front, Samhain Publishing released my 4th full-length (and longest) fiction collection late in 2015 — Sacrificing Virgins. I also had new stories appear in Dark Discoveries Magazine and the Eulogies III anthology. Plus,…
SO, A LOT OF authors this week have been posting their Top 10 lists of Best Books Read in 2015 and I feel like I should follow suit, but honestly… I haven’t read 10 books in the past year. If I posted a Top 5 list, that would probably encompass…
MY FOURTH FULL COLLECTION of short stories, Sacrificing Virgins, is finally on sale today! Some preview copies debuted at the HorrorHound Convention in Indianapolis a few weeks ago, but today is the day you can finally order an e-book or trade paperback copy on all the major bookstore outlets! If…
MY SIXTH NOVEL, NightWhere, was a Bram Stoker Award finalist in 2012 when it was released, and this week, for the first time since its release, the publisher has put it on sale for just 99 cents! I’m hoping some more people will discover and enjoy this decidedly non-mainstream novel…
IT WAS SUPPOSED to be the launch of a celebration, but instead, this has turned out to be a black week in horror. And a crossroads point for many up-and-coming horror authors. For many of us, it’s a week of deja vu.  If you follow a lot of horror authors on…
I HAVE HAD A GREAT TIME this month hosting the horror author “takeover” of the Not Now…Mommy’s Reading book review site! Every day, the site’s owner, Blu, has sponsored a contest for the authors that she and I have pulled in to be featured for the day. And the authors…
THIS IS THE BIG WEEK, and today’s a big day! I have a handful of things going on for the horror holiday, so I just sent out an e-newsletter with a bunch of points that I thought I’d repost here: â–¶ This afternoon, from 5-7 p.m., I’ll be speaking and…
THIS MONTH, TO CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN, I am serving as the “Horror Host” for the Not Now…Mommy’s Reading book review site! And I’ve lined up a whole calendar of events, fiction and prizes you don’t want to miss! Blu, who runs the site, asked me a few weeks ago if I’d…
