David Bain made his presence known to me nearly a decade ago when I was given the chance to review Steve Vernon’s short story collection NIGHTMARE DREAMS.  Being very impressed with the collection, I then turned to its editor when I was looking for someone to help me with my own collection, TERRIBLE THRILLS.  That editor was David Bain.

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I had a rough night's sleep, which wasn't helped by the 3:00 AM heartburn, but I did manage another 873 words on the new story, which brings the total to 4968.  Next Monday is my deadline.

I received an email this morning I thought I would pass on to everyone:

"Here is a warning about a known plagiarist, thief, and scam operator: David Boyer.

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So just how did I meet Jason Brannon? I believe it was back in the early 2000s, maybe 2002, but definitely by 2003. Probably on some message board or other. I read and reviewed a couple of ebooks he wrote with Eric S. Brown, SPACE STATIONS AND GRAVEYARDS I believe was on, POISONED GRAVES was another? Possibly. I’d run into him here and there on ( Read more... )

I first encountered Cullen Bunn over a decade ago when I was trying like hell, unsuccessfully, to get printed in his magazine Whispers from the Shattered Forum. He never accepted any of my individual shorts, but he did accept my vampire collection, Icons to Ashes, for his Undaunted Press. Right before he closed. It’s okay; it’s been a theme in my ( Read more... )

Of all the writers I’ve met over the years, Christopher Fulbright is one of the few I really can’t pin down just how we met.  He published a couple of stories of mine, “The Stand-In” and “Plaything” in his magazine SAVAGE NIGHT, but by the time the latter was submitted, I already kind of knew him.  So I can only guess it was on some message board ( Read more... )