My second-person psychological horror story You Are Reading This Story has been published in the This Is Too Tense charity anthology by Bag of Bones Press. The story is an ouroboros: the reader is the writer reading the story he is writing, as he considers how to write the story he is reading.
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My psychological horror novelette Make It A Double has been accepted by Dark Horses Magazine for their August 2022 issue. It’s a cautionary tale of the “be careful what you wish for” variety, about the unfortunate consequences of unchecked envy and greed.
My short horror story Leftovers is now free to read at Teleport Magazine. It’s a story about an elderly woman whose son moved out and left her to fend for herself in a decaying, crime-ridden neighborhood. She’s not worried about the junkies and the gangsters though—there’s something far worse out there.
My horror story Leftovers has been accepted by Teleport Magazine. It’s a story about an elderly woman whose son moved out and left her to fend for herself in a decaying, crime-ridden neighborhood. She’s not worried about the junkies and the gangsters though—there’s something far worse out there.
My post-apocalyptic horror comedy Wine List For The Apocalypse, Courtesy Of Your Olive Garden Sommelier has been selected for the longlist in the Bear Creek Gazette’s Apocalypse writing competition. Winners will be announced August 1st. 🤞
My flash fiction tale You Are Reading This Story joins a collection of other 2nd person point-of-view horror stories in the This Is Too Tense anthology by Bag of Bones Press. It’s a self-referential piece of metafiction about a writer trapped by his own words.
My historical horror story Breathtaking has been accepted by the Thirteen Horror Podcast. Set in 1930’s Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl, it’s the story of a girl who sees a mysterious, white-robed woman screaming outside in her yard during a raging dust storm.
My sci-fi horror story One Last Step has been published in the Summer 2022 issue of The Sirens Call. You’ll find it on page 226 of the downloadable PDF.
It’s a story about a little girl stalked by an unseen shadow-thing across a post-apocalyptic landscape. The key to her survival? Following the instructions her dead father tattooed on her arm.
My techno-horror story Blame is now available to read for free on The Dread Machine.
It’s a “found footage” story consisting of emails, Slack conversations, Reddit threads, phone transcripts, and more unusual artifacts like git commits, JIRA tickets, door entry logs … even a Walmart receipt.
Also, like many found footage tales, the story is ultimately pieced together based on incomplete information. Multiple reads of the story should reveal new hidden details that may change your interpretation of the ending.
My sci-fi horror story The Door Is Open leads off the Another Dimension anthology from Smoking Pen Press. It’s hard to describe the story without spoiling it, so let’s just say: never open a door that can’t be closed. You never know what may slip through.
