Growing Dread: Biopunk Visions

Growing Dread: Biopunk Visions

Available for purchase in March of 2011 // Timid Pirate Publishing has released the author list for Growing Dread: Biopunk Visions, and my story "God Bloom" is on board. I am so excited for this anthology. It's going to be great! The future doesn’t go beep in the night—it goes squish. Delivering on the dark promise of the biotech revolution,…

Book Review: “Orpheus” by VMK Fewings

Angel’s Adjectives: epic and evocative The vampire’s journey has fascinated us for hundreds of years. It, quite often, begins in tragedy and ends in even more tragedy. Everything in between is tragedy, romance, and tragedy. What is it about that combination that draws us in so completely? I’ve just finished Orpheus: A Vampire’s Rise by VMK Fewings (her second vampire…

Clockwork Chaos – Table of Contents Announced

Editor Neal Levin has announced the table of contents for his anthology entitled Clockwork Chaos. I am so thrilled to be part of this anthology. It will be the first appearance of Miss Josephine Winterdove, a character I've already come to love and plan to write much more about. She is a clockwork genius, leader of the Circle of Ingenius…
10 Years of ArenaNet and Guild Wars!

10 Years of ArenaNet and Guild Wars!

I just celebrated my 3-year anniversary at my current job (which I still love and look forward to every day!). This is also the year that ArenaNet celebrates its 10 years of existence. At our holiday party this year, they showed us this retrospective video. It's a nostalgic look at the past and a thrilling taste of things to come!…

“Oral Tradition” at Pseudopod

The amazing fiction podcast, Pseudopod, has produced my short story "Oral Tradition." Give it a listen! Excerpt: My granny had only two teeth, in the front, on the bottom. They sat crooked, pitted and decaying, and her lips fell inward, into the chasm of her mouth. Faded and splotchy, her black face had the contours of a dried-apple doll, molded…

666: Six Aspects of Horror

written by SatyrPhil Brucato So, on Saturday night we watched the Werner Herzog's late-70s remake of the horror classic Nosferatu. As it stands, Herzog's version is considered a classic in its own right. It's taken me decades to get around to seeing it, but now that I have, I realize why that film enjoys its high reputation. For starters, Nosferatu…