I’d just like to announce that I am the artist for Issue #10 of Weird Horror Magazine. All 8 interior illustrations have been drawn by me.
Special thanks to Editor-in-chief Michael Kelly for this wonderful opportunity!
Category Archives: Fiction
Sherry
My wonderful, beautiful wife, Sherry, without whom none of this would have been possible!
My Newest Published Story: Haunted Apartment
Today I opened a package with four (4) wondrous contributor copies of the September 2024 issue of ParABnormal Magazine, with my story “Aveline’s Apartment” contained therein. Special thanks to magazine editor H. David Blalock and Hiraeth Publishing editor Tyree Campbell, for molding my lumpy ball of clay into a sleek, symmetrical rocketship 🚀 of a story (no, it’s not about a spaceship.)
ParABnormal Magazine is an all around entertaining magazine, filled with fiction, nonfiction, and art, and I recommend a subscription unreservedly.
Fiction News
I have short story news, as opposed to the boring illustration news:
1. My story “Disquiet” will go live in June, on Penumbric.com.
2. I have sold my story “Aveline’s Apartment” to ParABnormal Magazine.
After a long dry spell, three things are going right. The first two are mentioned above. The third is that I’ve finally gotten control over my novel. I have tamed the beast, and now that she is under my control, we will go to wonder-filled places, on an Earth just like this one…mostly. I will post a very short excerpt on Slip of the Pen in a few days. Until then, I will be writing my butt off, and you beautiful people will be performing your own kind of magic….
Enter the Vortex
I would just like to mention the new Vortex Books & Comics, bricks n’ mortar brainchild of authors Brian Keene and Mary SanGiovanni. Opening roughly in the springtime of 2024, the store could use a donation, large, small, or mammoth, to help apply ignition and thrust sufficient to reach LEO, and beyond. If you would like to help Vortex reach Escape Velocity, you can donate here.
My Latest Illo for Penumbric
Here is my latest illustration for Penumbric.com:
I also have an illustration reproduced in the Best of Penumbric
Story Sale…
My short story, “Disquiet,” has been provisionally accepted for publication on a future issue of Penumbric.
My latest illustration, “Behind the Door,” is up in the December 2022 issue of Penumbric. This drawing was inspired by author Mary SanGiovanni‘s novel of the same name, although the titular door, as described in the novel, bares little resemblance to my illustration.
New Story: The Martian Wave
My flash science fiction story, “The Last Goodbye,” is in the November 2022 issue of The Martian Wave. This is a story about how, in an era of interstellar space travel, two people can be separated, for all intents and purposes, forever. If you’ve read the story and come away with a heavy heart, this might perk you up: another story, featuring the same two characters, will find them reunited against impossible odds, in order to face a dire threat to the entire human presence in the Milky Way galaxy. I will post more about this once the story gets underway.
The Martian Wave (November 2022)
My latest illustration, “A Giant Leap For Womankind,” is up in the October 2022 issue of Penumbric.
A Giant Leap For Womankind