Mistresses of the Macabre – Anthology Introduction

Genre: Introduction / Editorial Year written: 2013 Year first published: 2013 Where You Can Find It Mistresses of the Macabre, print anthology, by Dark Moon Books, 2013. Order it online. History The anthology's editor, Lori Michelle, wrote and asked me to write the introduction for her anthology of short horror stories by women authors. This coincided with the publication of…

Clockwork Chaos anthology

Steampunk! This anthology contains my short story "Miss Winterdove and the Erupting Eulogist," described by SFRevu as "Lots of fun!" Check it out.

Deep Cuts: Mayhem, Menace, and Misery

Genre: horror Year edited: 2012 Year first published: 2013, Evil Jester Press Where You Can Find It Order the paperback edition online. Get the Kindle edition. If you read it, please do take a moment to give it a star-rating or review at either Amazon.com or at Goodreads.com (you can find reviews in both places as well. History Over the…

Tales for Canterbury – Benefit Anthology Wins SJV Award

Editors Cassie Hart and Anna Carro put together a short fiction anthology whose proceeds went to the Red Cross fund to assist victims of the earthquake that caused so much death and destruction in Christchurch, New Zealand in 2011. So amazing was this project that it won a 2012 Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Collection! Try to imagine the…

Charlie Darwin, or The Trine of 1809

Genre: fantasy Year written: 2009 Year first published: 2011, Publisher: Nevermet Press Interior art by: Steven Austin Where You Can Find It Amazon Stories in the Ether, e-zine, by Nevermet Press, September 2011. History 2009 marked the 200th birthdays of Charles Darwin (February 12), Abraham Lincoln (February 12), and Edgar Allen Poe (January 19). The most remarkable element of this…

Necrotic Tissue #14

I have had the distinct honor of having a story chosen to appear in the final issue of Necrotic Tissue. As you can imagine, this is a bittersweet joy. This magazine has had an amazing run, led by editor R. Scott McCoy (no relation to me), who, through it, has helped to advance the horror industry as a whole. I'm…