Crimson King recently featured on topical internet site, The Big Smoke and I'm both flattered and extremely grateful for Jospeh Edwin Haeger's thorough and thoughtful review. 

It's come, it's come, Release Day has finally come! Thanks to the lovely people at Journalstone Publishing, I can finally unleash my cute and cuddly Murder Bull on the world

Hello, hello, hello!
I know I've been quiet for a while but I'm back just in time for the spooky season with some (exciting for me, at least) news!

Crimson King, my Halloween creature feature novella, releases 29 October 2021 and is now officially available for pre-order. So, if you want to skippity-skip to the front of the queue and make sure you don't miss it, head on over to JournalStone's website and place a marker for the book's release. Interested in the best deal possible? Grab the paperback--that gets you a physical copy with Nick Day's absolutely gorgeous artwork on the cover AND a free e-copy for your e-reader's tummy.  WIN-WIN!

Say hello to my creepy-weird baby!

Crimson King is a fun little supernatural/weird novella I wrote a few years ago that came so close to publication a few times but never quite made it through to the final cut. Fortunately, Bizarro Pulp Press had a brief 'pitch yer shit' window  last fall (in conjunction with Rooster Republic Press) and my Cujo meets The Thing concept won them over.

You can feast your eyes on the absolutely gorgeous cover art for Crimson King below, and head on over to Rooster Republic to get a little sneak excerpt of the story.  Crimson King drops October 29, 2021.

It's here! It's here! It's here! After weeks and months of waiting, FORGOTTEN STARS is finally live and available to grace your eyeballs and all just in time for Christmas! And you, yes lucky you, can grab your very own copy right...
HERE.

Hey, hey! I'd hoped to be back with updates earlier, but I just got the news that Severed Press will be releasing  Forgotten Stars just in time for Christmas. In fact, the book releases on 9 December 2020 so make sure to treat yourself and grab a copy! In the meantime, how's about you check out this cover reveal exclusive courtesy of that most wonderful indie review site SciFi & Scary.

The news is out, and I couldn't be more excited! I recently signed my supernatural/weird novella CRIMSON KING with JournalStone's Bizarro Pulp Press imprint, which will be published in concert with the (slightly deranged in the best of ways but otherwise) fine people of Rooster Republic Press. As Rooster Republic describes it, CRIMSON KING is a ... " 'creature feature'... about a gigantic, murderous, mutated bull with glowing green eyes and the unfortunate ability to hold a serious grudge." 

Kinda proud of that description, honestly. I love me my little messed up bull.

You can read all about CRIMSON KING and the other works on the Rooster Republic/Strangehouse Books/Bizarro Pulp Press slate on the Rooster Republic website. Look for CRIMSON KING's release in October 2021--that's right: just in time for Halloween!

After a long, long, long, long drought, I'm finally back with a Bad Movie Review! Best part: this one's a doozy. I actually don't think Reign of Fire is a bad movie in any way shape or form, but Lilyn G. (owner and operator of the most venerable of sci-fi and horror review sites, Sci-Fi & Scary, holds a different opinion. Furthermore, and not so coincidentally, this same Lilyn G. maintains that Ghost Ship is a good movie, so after much snarky and arguing back and forth, I decided it was game on: this month I review Reign of Fire, next month a I trash.... er, post an insightful thesis on the merits of Ghost Ship. 

Heh-heh-heh. This is gonna be fun.

Until then, I give you Reign of Fire in all it's flag-wavy, God bless 'Merica (and dragons) glory.

I never shared this thoughtful review of my fantasy short story, The Child Thief, which was included in Mannison Press' Little Girl Lost anthology. Why didn't I share it? No idea. But it's a lovely review, and better late than never so, here it is in all it's glory, with many thanks to the most wonderful Cecily Winter for highlighting my tiny tale of a girl and a chance-met pooka.

Wow. So, uhh...hi! 

I know, I know, it's been a loooonngggg time since I last put out a new book. BELIEVE ME, it's felt like ages to me as well. I have been writing all this time--I swear!--but wanting to get something published and actually getting something published aren't always the same thing.

Thanks to the most wonderful peeps at Severed Press, I will soon have a new shiny to offer up to all you fine folks. If you've stuck with me through this (unexpectedly) long hiatus, thank you! If you haven't and you're reading this now, hello! Welcome back!

Ok, so brass tacks time: WHAT IS THIS BOOK AND WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Well... I don't have a ton to share as yet. For those who were hoping for another Serengeti book, I'm gonna burst your bubble right now so you can work through the disappointment. I adored that series and its characters but, for now at least, the story of Serengeti and her crew is done. The new book is set in that same universe, but at a different time and with a different ship and crew. Hopefully, once you start turning pages, you'll come to love these characters as well. I'll have cover art once that's complete and a blurb on the plot to share once Severed Press approves the back cover copy--for now, all I can really offer you is the title (which may also change, because that's how publishing works):

Forgotten Stars & Distant Seas is coming soon.