Ready for some awesome news? My 2002 short-story collection DIE LAUGHING is available once again, this time in e-book format for the Kindle!

http://www.amazon.com/Die-Laughing-ebook/dp/B003UV98L8/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_3

I'm still really proud of this book, and I think it holds up pretty well. There are some great stories and poems inside, if I do say so ( Read more... )

Enter early and often!

http://www.gshw.net/contests.html

A few years ago, Amazon.com accepted my short story "The Sweet Smell of Success" for their Amazon Shorts program. Well, Shorts has been discontinued, but the tale is now available for the Kindle (meaning it can be read on an actual Kindle, a PC, a phone, or just about any other device). Check it out here.


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I spent about an hour last night scouring Amazon.com for books I contributed to so I could add them to my Amazon author page, which now lists a half-dozen in-print books, one digital story, and another several titles that are available used through Amazon.

I was actually a bit shocked as to how many books have run my stories and poems over the ( Read more... )

Hey, my latest book is out today!

I have two poems in "Vicious Verses and Reanimated Rhymes," out today from Coscom Entertainment. Check it out!

Vicious Verses and Reanimated Rhymes: Zany Zombie Poetry for the Undead Head
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At last, a new Platt short story! My tale "Dream Girl" is the first story in the new anthology, Dark Territories
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Wow. When I first sold my story "Flames in the Night" to the anthology BOUND FOR EVIL, I had no idea how big this book was going to get: 800 pages, 66 stories, two dozen illustrations, and more goodies hidden inside. If you're in the market for a book containing stories about evil books, this is pretty much the only one you'll need.

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Completing a bit of news I hinted at several weeks ago, my short story "Dream Girl" will appear later this year in Dark Territories, the next anthology from the Garden State Horror Writers. I'll let you know when it's available for order.

Meanwhile, a previous GSHW anthology, Tales from a Darker State, containing my story "Growth," is still ( Read more... )

Now this should be fun -- podcast publisher Pseudopod has accepted my short story "That Old Black Magic" (first seen in the out-of-print anthology Bell Book & Beyond). They'll record an audio version of the story and then release it back into the world of cyberspace for all of you iPodders out there. (You'll also be able to listen to it directly on ( Read more... )