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Slush Pile Limbo

A pandemic is a highly weird time to be doing anything significant, as we all well know, because we're smack in the middle of a strange...

Taking Stock: July 2018

It's been a busy old first half of the year, so I thought it worth pausing to collage together some of the various notable bits and...

The Hillside Curation: Fraternal Mixtaping

Another day, another project. At the back end of last year, with a work-in-progress milestone reached, my fingers were itchy for creative...

The Shadow Booth: Weird Times, Weird Fictions

Weird times call for weird fictions. We're all looking over our various shoulders at the lurking shadows and the too-bright lights...

Spiderseed: Laying the Eggs

For those of you who have read my latest collection Spiderseed, here's a bit more background about each of the stories. Enjoy! Trails In...

Spiderseed: Spinning the Web

In a little under two weeks my brand new collection of flash fictions will be birthed and screaming for your attention. The incy wincy...

The Costs of Writing: Literary Magazines

The latest issue of The Alarmist magazine opens with a lengthy and rather gloomy introduction from editors Gary and Mansour titled...

Spiderseed: Collections and Collaboration

Exciting developments this week. I can giddly announce that my next flash fiction collection Spiderseed will be published with Sleepy...

Grabbing at Zeroes: The Free E-Book Promotion Strategy

Orginally written in December 2014 As you might have noticed, I have a little e-book out. A Christmas book of festive horror stories...

Writing Heaven, Publishing Hell: Navigating the Labyrinth

Originally written in October 2014 As someone who would love one day to make something of a career out of my writing, the current state...