I am thrilled to announce that Hazardous Press picked up my dark fantasy story, "The Aggrieved," for publication in the upcoming Tales of the Dark Arts anthology. As is tradition, I offer a short teaser of the story:

After witnessing his father kill his mother in a drunken frenzy, Viktor becomes consumed with hate and turns to black magic to enact ( Read more... )

By the time you read this, Stay Awhile and Listen Book 1 will be available. If you preordered on iTunes, the book should have infested your iBooks device like monsters crawling up from Hell's deepest pit to infest the good people of Tristram. For those who didn't preorder, go to the Kindle storefront and behold the luminescence of the book's cover ( Read more... )

It's been a long road littered with potholes, some as wide and deep as craters, but I am pleased to announce that Tyche Books accepted The Gairden Chronicles, my young adult (YA) fantasy series, as of early afternoon yesterday, 7/30. You can buy the first book, Heritage, in July 2014.

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New Short Story: "Kylie's Angel"

The anthology of stories collecting my first horror short, Kylie's Angel, is now available on Amazon! In my humble opinion (the only type of opinion I ever have, I assure you), Kylie's Angel and my second most recent short story, Shara's Path, represent my best work in short fiction so far. For both of them, I ( Read more... )

While in the process of moving back to Ohio, scavenging for freelance gigs to pay the bills, plugging away at Stay Awhile and Listen, and gaining momentum on SUPER SECRET PROJECT, I received an invitation from new fantasy and sci-fi publisher Tyche Books to submit a short story for their upcoming anthology, Ride the Moon. I'd initially thought to ( Read more... )

Static Movement accepted my first horror-themed short story, "Kylie's Angel," for inclusion in one of their upcoming anthologies. "Kylie's Angel" follows a boy who must choose between mustering the courage to face his alcoholic father's wrath, or succumbing to fear and allowing his twin sister to suffer at their father's hands ( Read more... )

Sorry for the lack of updates; the wife and I are getting ready to move and start some business ventures (writing related, of course) so time to blog has been sparse. I must tell you, though, that The Righteous, a short story I sold earlier this year, is now available. You'll find it in good company with the other stories gathered within publisher ( Read more... )

I'm pleased to announce that Static Movement will be publishing one of my short stories, "The Righteous", in the publisher's upcoming Serve in Heaven, Reign in Hell anthology. As its title implies, the anthology collects stories about angels, demons, saints, sinners, and anything else in the heaven-and-hell vein. "The Righteous" is an urban fantasy ( Read more... )

Earlier today a Blizzard representative contacted me regarding a book I've been researching for the past few years. The book will be a nonfiction account of Condor, Blizzard North, and the studio's projects, with Diablo and Diablo II being the most prominently featured. Put simply, the book will be for Diablo and Condor/Blizzard North what Masters ( Read more... )

Blink and you missed it: compared to the live interview and chart rush launch for Absolute XPress's last short story anthology, the release of Inhuman is a quieter affair. It was released in e-book format this morning, with the paperback version following this Friday, 8/6.

One of my short stories, I Lived, is available in the anthology, as are two ( Read more... )