This is the last weekend of my summer. On Monday, I go back to work for the fall semester, teaching first year English to incoming freshman. Just like that, autumn has arrived for me. That’s the weird thing about teaching. Even as an adult, I still get to experience all those familiar “back to school” …
Plus Tommy and the Order of Cosmic Champions Updates I am proud to announce a new release, Liminal Spaces: An Anthology of Dark Speculative Fiction edited by Kevin Lucia, is now available for purchase as a paperback or ebook. My short story, “The Black Door,” can be found in its pages, along with a host …
Party Planning and Menu While patiently waiting for Halloween, sometimes we’re gifted with an excuse to start early by celebrating a comparable…let’s call it “holiday.” That’s right, friends. This Friday is Friday the 13th, and for the Halloween and horror obsessed, the day is one marked by movie marathons, parties, and themed foods. What follows …
A Place of Retro Glory A few years ago, my friends and I discovered a beacon of retro glory nestled into the woodland backdrop of Lehighton, Pennsylvania. It’s a land beyond time and place, existing in its own alternate reality where the digital world falls away like the desiccated carcass of cicada. You’d be forgiven …
Ever since I started sculpting, I have wanted to create a throwback to the mail-in kids’ club packages I remember from the 80s and 90s. Those, now nostalgic, sign-ups we’d send in–sometimes with box tops, sometimes with Kool-Aid stamps or product labels–which resulted in a surprise package at our doorsteps. These boxes would contain all …
It’s been a while since I utilized my website, and as I was typing this FB update up, I realized, dang…this is LONG! So here we are. Sculpting news ahoy! Yesterday I finished casting all of the Leslie Vernon Magnet heads, and today was dedicated to “machine work” (namely, sanding the backs) and priming them. …
On Friday, June 13th, there will be a full moon. The collision of these two events (like stars aligning) signals a moment in time when all horror fans can rejoice together and revel in the glory of our favorite genre’s many gifts. Because listen. Here’s the thing. In terms of actual holidays, we have …
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To help celebrate the release of my new short story “Loosely Enforced Rules,” and to get the word out about my countdown deal for Welcome to Moon Hill, I decided to run a giveaway. Considering my undying love for mystery boxes, it seemed obvious what I had to do. First order of business: Take a …
Tonight, as I dragged my weary eyes across the television screen (that’s a fun visual), I saw familiar cover art featuring Simon Pegg. Being a fan of the actor, I was aware of this movie–A Fantastic Fear of Everything–at a time, but had forgotten about it. Until now. I started the movie, which would take me …
It’s been a while since I’ve posted here. I hate not updating this page more often, but I do have a good reason for it: money. I’m broke, and unfortunately, the more time I spend writing posts for this site, making videos for YouTube, writing horror stories, and basically doing all the things I really …