Hi. You should start celebrating Halloween now. Orange and black goodies are starting to flood the shelves, and if you want to suck every last bit of pumpkin juice out of the season, well, get moving! To help you on your way, I present two new offerings. First is an article I wrote for Horrornovelreviews.com, […]
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I’m sitting at my computer desk at 12:01 on a Wednesday afternoon, typing what you now read, while I listen to the heavy drops of rain fall outside my window. It’s dark in this room–because it’s grey and overcast outside. It’s not too hot here, but the humidity makes everything–even inside–feel damp. I don’t mind
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Exquisite Death An Audio Book Available now, a new audio book anthology from In Ear Entertainment. Zombies, freaks, vampires and… dogs? This anthology has everything a horror fan could ever want from a collection. Meet Bob, a plumber with some unusual methods of clog-unblocking; Ray, a teenage vampire who may depend on his friends a
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I’ve noticed writers often like to dip back into their past to see if they have always been drawn to writing, or perhaps a certain genre, from a young age. I know this for two reasons. First, I often see posts on Facebook about it, usually accompanied by a picture of yellowed notebook paper covered
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Just a quick one for you folks today. I’m running a giveaway on Goodreads this month for a free copy of Soundtrack to the End of the World. It’s free to enter. Have fun! Goodreads Book Giveaway Soundtrack to the End of the World by Anthony J. Rapino Giveaway ends September 04, 2013. See
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I sometimes feel I need to embrace that this page on my website–the one I alternately think of as a news source, mental ward journal, and horror aphrodisiac–is really just a blog. I know how that sounds, believe me. I have the intense urge to wash my mouth out with soap. But it’s true. This
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Greetings, friends. I hope everyone out there in reader-land is finding ways to stay cool during this God-awful heat wave. For the past two decades, I have spent every single summer stewing in my own juices with no air conditioner to set me free from the heat. I’d do all I could to stay cool:
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I was sitting here in my office, getting ready to work on my second novel, when it occurred to me: I haven’t posted a blog in weeks. This is not an epiphany. It’s something I consider nearly every day along with inquiries about strange growths on my head and research about elevated caffeine levels in
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I forgot all about this. What seems like over a year ago–and maybe it was–I had a previously published short story picked up by Drabblecast for their horror/weird podcast website. I’m proud to announce my story, “Morning Espresso at the Church of Me,” is finally available (was actually available nearly a month ago, unbeknownst to
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While I’m still jittery with morning coffee, I thought I’d post and let everyone (all five of you!) know that my debut novel SOUNDTRACK TO THE END OF THE WORLD is currently FREE on Amazon. The free promo started yesterday and ends today (May 1st, 2013), so get it while you still can! It’s worth
