My sci-fi horror story The Door is Open has been accepted into the Portals, Gateways, and Doors anthology by Farthest Star Publishing. 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 who—or what—might slip through.

My underwater horror story A Sinking Feeling has been accepted by the Lunatics Radio Hour Podcast. It’s the story of two survivors trapped in an air pocket in a sunken ship at the bottom of the ocean. And they’re not alone.

The Lunatics Radio Hour Podcast explores the history of horror and craft of modern day scary storytelling.

I didn’t know how long we had been underwater at that point—we had no way to measure time—but for however long it was, we hadn’t heard any noises outside of our own movement and the occasional groan of the ship’s structure as it settled into the ocean floor. But this noise was different.

Something was moving. And it was close.

My holiday horror drabble Dead Bulb has been chosen as the winner of the Pulp Asylum drabble contest. It’s the story of a man whose holiday lights are powered by souls captured at the moment of death. And one of them needs replacing.

“Bulb’s out?” Bob asked as he walked his dog past my house.

I glanced at my neighbor, then at the darkened Christmas lights. “Looks like it.”

My psychological horror story Me, a Hero has been accepted into the Mask of Sanity anthology by Wicked Shadow Press. It’s a story about a man who joins the search for a missing girl in hopes of making an appearance on the local evening news. 

Since the girl disappeared, some of her friends had turned her regular table in the corner of the coffee shop into a makeshift shrine, with a large 8×10 photo, plus a few flowers, candles, and even a teddy bear. A hand-made sign reading “Have you seen me?” was affixed to the wall above the table.

“Yes,” I thought as I paid for my coffee this morning. “Plenty of times.“