BOOK BLURBS OF MY WORK

All books in this bibliography are available on Amazon.

 

INSIDIOUS ASSASSINS

My story in this anthology is "Letter for You" about a frighteningly enterprising young lad.

NAM3LESS MAGAZINE

My story "Oil King" is about an old German poem that rides off the page and into reality.


VOICES FROM THE GLOOM:VOL 2

 

My creepy story in this collection is "Glendale After Dark" about the perils of walking to work at night.

 

 

LUNA'S CHILDREN:FULL MOON MAYHEM

This is a collection of werewolf-themed short stories.  Mine is: "Into the Woods" about a fellow with a problem and a witch with a solution.

 

SOMEONE WICKED: A WRITTEN REMAINS ANTHOLOGY

My blackly humorous short story, "The Plotnik Curse" was in this one.  It's about a cursed gemstone and the havoc it wreaks on a upscale jewelry store.

DARK BITS

My story "Smokes" appears in this flash fiction collection.  It's a mini-mystery with a surprising conclusion.

 

THE BEST OF THE HORROR SOCIETY 2013  

Edited by Carson Buckingham

 A central coast trip that leads to devastating consequences for wine collectors. An adjoining hotel room that isn't what it seems. A long bus trip with a stopover in an eerie little town. You'll visit these places and more in this volume. Or how about the old woman with the strange plant? Or the odd little boy selling lemonade? Perhaps the sideshow lady who just smells so good? You'll meet them all at the turn of a page and they will remain with you long after the book is closed. The Best of the Horror Society 2013 is an anthology of the weird, the wonderful, and the downright wicked. Within you will discover not only the best of emerging horror writers but seasoned pros whose names you will no doubt recognize as well. So turn out the lights, pull up a chair beside the nearest roaring fireplace and enjoy the ride.  (The Best of the Horror Society 2013, published by The Horror Society Press, is now available for purchase!  I edited this anthology and one of my short stories, "Lemminaid" is included.)  Should you feel so inclined, you may purchase it here:


GOTHIC REVIVAL

Alex and Leo Renfield are a husband and wife contractor team who’ve recently moved to the village of Woodhaven, Connecticut to escape the chaos of life in New York. Pretty close to broke, they meet Theodora Hamilton, a somewhat unsavory and odd individual, who offers them an astronomical amount of money to repaint the first floor of her family home. But along with the huge paycheck comes a set of unsettling rules that must be followed explicitly if they are to accept the offer; one of which is they must reside on the property having no direct contact with the outside world until the job is complete. Is Theodora Hamilton just an eccentric woman with a peculiar way of doing things, or is there a more sinister agenda that Alex and Leo are unaware of? What exactly does she have in store for this down-on-their-luck couple who have no choice but to accept the offer and the strange requirements that come along with it?

ZIPPERED FLESH 2: MORE TALES OF BODY ENHANCEMENTS GONE WRONG

This anthology, title pretty self-explanatory, has a reprint of my short story, "Skin Deep" -- all about cosmetic surgery gone too far.

 
SATAN'S TOYBOX: TOY SOLDIERS
This anthology is a collection of short stories about, as the title states, toy soldiers--but from a creepier point of view. My story in this antho is entitled, "Red Squares, Black Squares," about a GI Joe doll. Don't turn out the lights...


HOME 

This debut novella is a journey of self-discovery for Kate Kavanagh that begins with a carnival fortune teller and ends at an unusually modified house. Following the deaths of her mother and beloved aunt, Kate inherits the family homestead in the Irish enclave of Three Oaks, Connecticut; but the house has changed since she visited a year ago--no more windows on the first floor and gaslights and a wood burning stove in place of the modern appliances. It also appears to be haunted. And that's just for starters. Once she moves into the house, Kate herself begins a gradual but terrifying biological transformation that is part of her inheritance, too; though not mentioned in the Will. With the help of a Rottweiler that's more human than animal, a new friend whose farm stand is only open dusk to dawn, and the "Rat Boys," Kate will get some answers or die trying.
HOME is not currently available, but will be soon--keep checking back for further announcements!

DAMNED IF YOU DON'T
This anthology is about the appalling consequences--made all the more ghastly by turning a group of horror fiction writers loose on them-- of cultivating an addiction rather than curtailing it--thus, Damned If You Don't.  In my story, "Skin Deep," the protagonist is addicted to cosmetic surgery. 

M IS FOR MONSTER

This anthology is an alphabetical exploration of 26 various monsters.  Each short story begins with the first letter of the monster being written about.  My letter was "Q" and though the publisher opted out of putting in actual titles of stories, mine was, "The Quillen Curse."  It recounts a disaster of major proportions taking place in an upscale jewelry store around the holidays.