I wrote a funny over at LitReactor. Please, Danielle Steel, don’t have me killed. I know you are a powerful woman.

My story, “Beyond the Wall of Sleep in Red Hook, Brooklyn”, is alive over at Visiak’s Mirror, the online journal of Dunham’s Manor Press.

This was my first attempt at a modern take on Lovecraft, before I took leave of my senses and wrote “Kanye West: Reanimator.”

Mary presses her hand to my cheek, her eyes welling with concern. After that my senses fade and everything goes black...

My new horror story, “The Heart is a Monster”, is now live on Cracked Eye. It’s about fear of the unknown and finding the strength to leave a toxic relationship. It’s accompanied by some great art by Mike O’Brien. Check it out!

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Emma paced the apartment, cell phone pressed against her ear. Megin played the digital angel on Emma’s shoulder, countering her friend’s devil’s advocacy.

“You’re better off,” Megin said. “He’s a total jerk.”

“I don’t know…” Emma dragged out the long O sound. “I might have of overreacted.”

“Overreacted? He threw a Rhododendron at you.”

“He wasn’t trying to hurt me.”

“It was potted!”

“Typhon: A Monster Anthology” is out now from the fine folks at Pantheon Magazine, and contains my story “King Rat,” which is about an ether-sniffing janitor/surgeon and his murine manifesto.

Sometimes they regained consciousness before he finished sewing them back up. This proved problematic for a number of reasons…

I have a new story up at Vol. 1 Brooklyn. “Superpolynomial (The Problem with Salesmen)” is about a traveling salesman trying to find his way home, and contains hints of math.

The Salesman stepped off the bus into the haze of the urban heat. He set his briefcase down on the concrete, its leather cracked and flaking, and produced a handkerchief to wipe his brow. Sweat subdued wisps of gray hair. He looked left then right and then left again, surveying the street signs as he tried to orient himself. He looked down at the slip of paper in his hand and frowned…

A quick roundup of recent ‘Kanye West—Reanimator’ coverage:

You can now read an excerpt of section V: “The Horror of the Hova”, over at The Daily Beast. 

I was interviewed by Bill Jones for Noisey.

Birth.Movies.Death. gave the book a fantastic review.

I was a guest on two podcasts: the illustrious Kissing Contest, and Watching the Throne, which is dedicated to all Kanye, all the time.

Thuglit Issue 20 is out now, and includes my story “Letters to the Purple Satin Killer”, which is exactly what it sounds like: a story told through letters written to a serial killer.

via LitReactor. Shirts courtesy of Skurvy Ink, featuring art by Dyer Wilk. Only a handful of these exist, and will probably never be offered for sale, as that would possibly be illegal.

Available now, via Amazon.

Pleased to announce my short story, “The Hand of God”, will be published in Dark Moon Digest issue #21, due out October 1st. It is about a man who believes God is trying to possess his soul.

I made a soundtrack for “Kanye West—Reanimator” on Spotify. It features everything from classic soul to classic rock, Charles Manson to Ray Charles, and yes, even a bit of Kanye himself (but only a bit). Every song in some way relates to the book. Check it out.