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flash fiction, short fiction, poetry, reviews, interviews & appearances

short fiction: "night soliloquy"

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The Library of the Dead is now live on Amazon. 
The anthology contains my story "Night Soliloquy" alongside new fiction by Yvonne Navarro, Mary SanGiovanni, Brian Keene, Roberta Lannes, Kealan Patrick Burke, Chris Marrs, Jesus F. Gonzalez, Weston Ochse, Lucy A. Snyder, Christopher Golden, Tim Lebbon, Rena Mason, Michael McBride, Erinn Kemper, Gene O'Neill, and Gary A. Braunbeck, with illustrations by Glenn Denny Gak, an introduction/novelette by Norman Partridge, and an interlinking story by "The Librarian," aka Michael Bailey, to guide you throughout.
These are just some of the illustrations done by Gak. 
See all of them, including photos of the book and the real library of the dead in Oakland California, here.
...and here is the artwork GAK did for my story, "Night Soliloquy." 
Everyone, meet Fern.
As soon as is humanly possibly, this artwork will be hanging above my writing desk. I am in love.
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Read more about The Library of the Dead on my blog.

poetry: "estuary"

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Shroud 16 is live on Amazon. The Spring Issue features "Estuary," my poem about a death which has haunted me for almost eighteen years. Tim Deal of Shroud Publishing will later compile the work from it into a print omnibus edition.  


Here's an excerpt from a great review up already for the issue. 
If you enjoy reading on your Kindle, consider taking a look at this stellar mag.

“Another absolutely awesome offering from the folks at Shroud! You just won't find such a diverse, eclectic, though-provoking, cerebral, guttural—and, yeah, grizzly, unnerving and downright terrifying collection of work anywhere else...The art, reviews, fiction and nonfiction blend seamlessly into a nightmarish and truly memorable experience. Shroud consistently gathers only the very best of established and new writers and artists, with a keen eye towards work that will stick with you, keep you awake at night...keep you glancing in the dark corners...”




Check it out for $2.99. It's worth it. 

review: "mourning is the new black: stephanie wytovich's mourning jewelry"

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I'm super excited for this Issue of Shroud Magazine to be released. You can read my review of Mourning Jewelry, Stephanie Wytovich's second poetry collection, 
which is on the Preliminary Ballot of the Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection. The Issue also features one of my favorite poems from Mourning Jewelry, "Vines are in Her Wardrobe."
The cover art is courtesy of GAK, who you can read an interview with inside, as well. 
Thanks to Shroud editor Tim Deal for yet another amazing issue of one of the best speculative fiction, fantasy, and dark fiction  magazines on the market today. 


Buy Shroud Issue 15 here for just $2.99.

poetry: "allhallowtide (to the faithless departed)"

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RIDICULOUSLY excited to grace the pages of this stellar mag! And for such a  special issue, no less. I was invited to submit a piece for the Halloween issue and came up with "Allhallowtide (To the Faithless Departed)", an experimental poem Ken Wood was kind enough to toil over formatting for print. 


Here is the full Table of Contents, which can also be found on the Shock Totem website here.


* Halloween On, by John Boden and Bracken MacLeod
* Night in the Forest of Loneliness, by David G. Blake
* Kore, by John Langan (Holiday Recollection)
* Out of Field Theory, by Kevin Lucia
* Tricks and Treats, by Rose Blackthorn
* Witches and the March of Dimes, and Mike Warnke, by Babs Boden (Holiday Recollection)
* Howdy Doody Time, by Kriscinda Lee Everitt
* When I Scared Myself Out of Halloween, by Jeremy Wagner (Holiday Recollection)
* Untitled, by Barry Lee Dejasu
* The Mansion, by Lee Thomas (Holiday Recollection)
* Allhallowtide (To the Faithless Departed), by Sydney Leigh (Poetry)
* Flay Bells Ring, or How the Horror Filmmaker Stole Christmas, by Mike Lombardo (Holiday Recollection)
* The Candle Eaters, by K. Allen Wood
* Howling Through the Keyhole (Author Notes)




Kindle Edition available here . . . 
Print edition here.

short fiction: "baby's breath"

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BUGS: TALES THAT SLITHER, CREEP AND CRAWL from Great Old Ones Publishing

Edited by prolific novelist, screenwriter, and editor Gregory L. Norris, this anthology features my short fiction "Baby's Breath" alongside work from some of my favorite writers in the genre . . . 

. . . and a Foreword by Simon Rumley. 

Release date: Halloween, 2014


They're here. 


Buy the paperback on Createspace.

Links for Amazon:
Paperback
Kindle Edition



Links for Barnes and Noble to follow.
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"fear takes root"


micro-fiction inspired by a recurring nightmare I had as a child


"house of a thousand copses"



Quick Shivers from the Dailynightmare.com


Paperback

PDF
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The Wicked Library Halloween Special III
was yet another badass podcast hosted by the one and only Nelson Pyles, with toothy art from Miss Maddie Holliday Von Stark.



My story "Magnum Opus" teams up with great pieces from Paul Anderson, Jessica McHugh, Joseph Matulich, and Lindsey Goddard.

Check it out!

Halloween Special III Podcast 


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THE WICKED LIBRARY


Links:

Episode 503
The Wicked Library on Facebook
TheWickedLibrary.com
Recent Episodes

"transference"
"lust for life"
"corpus delectable"

Season 5 of THE WICKED LIBRARY started off with a bang. 
Episode 501 featured Richard Chizmar's "Blood Brothers", 
with Erik Hoffstatter up next on Episode 502. 

In Episode 503, which aired Friday, September 19th, 
Host Nelson Pyles reads my drabble "Transference", 
my flash fiction "Corpus Delectable", 
and my short fiction, "Lust for Life"--
which, by the way,  is definitely not a chapter from 
WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING. 
Art by the Stark Raving Maddeningly Beautiful Von Holliday! 
(It's called poetic license, people!)



short fiction (as shawna l. bernard): 
"late lunch at the eddie bear"

Widowmakers, 
The James Newman Benefit Anthology, 
was put together to help defray medical costs following a terrible accident James suffered earlier this year. 

I donated "Late Lunch at The Eddie Bear", a story I wrote under my real name many years ago. 


Gorgeous over art provided by Keith Minnion.

The print version is over 800 pages.
I know firsthand what medical costs can amount to after an accident or illness. I truly hope this makes a difference for James and his family. 


Buy it for Kindle
or in gorgeous trade paperback 
here.




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dark verse: 
"transitional matter"

Issue 24 of Sanitarium Magazine features "Transitional Matter", my first dark verse submission to them. 

Welcome to the Sanitarium . . . your room is ready.


Release date: August 27th. 


Available on:


Amazon US
Amazon UK
Apple Newsstand
Pocketmags 

"where the horror happens"

See just how many pictures Holden photo bombs 
during my interview with Sanitarium Magazine, 
out now in Issue 25.


Available at:


Pocketmags
Amazon US
Amazon UK


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Firbolg Publishing's 
Enter at Your Own Risk: The End is the Beginning


short fiction: 
"Rabenschwarz"
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Available in trade paperback and for Kindle...

Buy it here! 
Featuring:

Norman Partridge
H.P. Lovecraft
Edgar Allan Poe
Lawrence Santoro
Gertrude Atherton
Gene O’Neill
Nathaniel Hawthorne
M.R. James
John Grover
H.F. Arnold
Mary Shelley
Giovanni Boccaccio
Eric J. Guignard
Michael Meeske
Sydney Leigh

B.E. Scully
Gary Braunbeck
K. Trap Jones
T. Fox Dunham
Joshua Skye
Kenneth Cain
Gregory Norris
Rose Blackthorn
Julianne Snow
Blaze McRob
Tais Teng
Die Booth
Kevin Wetmore
Mark Patrick Lynch

This anthology was  launched at the 2014 World Horror Convention  in Portland, Oregon with Norman Partridge, Rose Blackthorn, B.E. Scully, Dr. Alex Scully, Eric J. Guignard, and artist Malcolm McClinton.
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Darkness Ad Infinitum

Villipede Horror Anthology 1


experimental poetry: 

"The Undertaker's Melancholy"
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Villipede Publications’ first horror and dark speculative fiction anthology will tenderly caress your amygdalae and viciously twist your imagination. With fifteen short stories and four poems from both established and upcoming authors, this haunting collection will force readers to reevaluate their thoughts on what darkness really is: something we’re all born of yet perpetually trying to flee; a malevolent force that desires our servitude or destruction–or something that simply wishes to lock us in its cold, scaly, fathomless grip. Or perhaps, even, it’s an asylum for our jittery minds and confused hearts–a place of solace where humans may patiently inspect their primal natures and desires…a place where the barriers between monster and man begin to shift and break down. 

The authors’ origins span the breadth of the globe: the UK, Greece, Australia, Sweden, the US–and their stories are just as diverse. While the styles and subject matter of the stories may differ greatly, what is consistent is the dedication each author has harnessed to create unique fiction and scenarios of bewitching caliber. 


Holding Darkness Ad Infinitum in your trembling hands, you may find yourself faced with a simple ultimatum: Do you turn around and embrace the darkness of your own free will…or will it embrace you first?

Available in beautiful trade paperback and on Kindle . . .
Buy it here.



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See the teaser images for each piece in the anthology on Villipede's Facebook page here.
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Cover Art by Wednesday Wolf








"And the Gunman's Hand Held a Pen: 
A Review of Bracken MacLeod's 
Mountain Home"


Shroud 14 makes the magazine's debut appearance in Kindle format.

Pick up a copy for $2.99 on Amazon or Smashwords. 


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poetry:


"the spider box"

"woodland serenade"
"flesh, blood, and bones"


Available in print and Kindle editions 
here.


You can also read these on 
THE HORROR ZINE 
online
here.

THE DEMONIC VISIONS 50 HORROR TALES SERIES
Edited by Chris Robertson

Picture Book One — September, 2013


"Corpus Delectable"

Artwork by: Steve Wenta and Grant Cross Designs

Available on Amazon in Paperback and Kindle Edition...Buy it here.


Also available on Smashwords.




PictureBook Two — December, 2013



"Magnum Opus"

Artwork by: Steve Wenta and Grant Cross Designs

Available 
on Amazon in Paperback and Kindle Edition...Buy it here.

Also available on Smashwords. 




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Book Three — March, 2014


"Canis Familiaris"

Cover art: Grant Cross

Available in paperback and digital version on Amazon...Buy it
here.

 Also available on Smashwords.

PictureBook Four — July, 2014




"Lust For Life"


Cover Art: Grant Cross 

Available in paperback and digital versions on...

Amazon

Smashwords


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