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04/07/2025

I have a few spots left in my Contemporary Dark Fiction class, running Sept-Dec this year. It's the only time I'm teaching it in 2025. If you are beyond the basics, but are still looking to improve, this is the creative writing class for you. https://storyvilleonline.com/contemporary-dark-fiction

08/26/2024

We're giving away TEN COPIES of my fourth novel—Incarnate, over at Goodreads. If you like The Thing, The Terror, The Giver, The Only Good Indians, and/or The Fisherman—this may be for you. Enter, and spread the word! Thanks!

Enter to win one of 10 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Aug 26-Sep 06, 2024. We're excited to be giving away ten copies of acclaimed horror aut...

04/18/2024

Guys, I'm so excited. ARCS arrived today!!!

09/01/2023

GUYS IT'S HAPPENING! It's alive. Gamut returns! And what a great team—I'm thrilled to partner with Richard, Mercedes, Cina, Christa, Sarah, and Heather. Gamut is returning on 1.1.24 as House of Gamut, an online magazine, publishing house, and writing academy for authors and readers of dark speculative fiction. Get a sneak peek at what’s to come at the link below and SUBMIT your work, we are OPEN TO SUBMISSIONS but not for long ➡️ https://houseofgamut.com/ Sign up for the newsletter to stay in the loop, and you might win a GREAT prize.

07/01/2022

Happy Friday! Start your weekend off with this short story by Aimee Ogden. Here's "Company Town" over at Clarkesworld.

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast. This page: Company Town by Aimee Ogden

06/28/2022

Congratulations to all the Locus Award winners!

The Locus Science Fiction Foundation announced the winners in each category of the 2022 Locus Awards on June 25, 2022, during the virtual Locus Awards Weekend. Connie Willis MCed the awards ceremon…

06/24/2022

It's Friday! Start your weekend with "There Are No Monsters on Rancho Buenavista" by Isabel Canas over at Nightmare Magazine. Enjoy!

In Folktales of Mexico, compiled by Américo Paredes (one of the founding fathers of Chicano studies in the U.S.), I read a story about a man who discovered that his wife was a monster. Any night the man was away, the wife stripped away her skin and flew through the air as a skeleton, terrorizing th...

06/20/2022

It takes skill and mastery to write good flash fiction, to get to the heart of the matter, and pare down the narrative so that it is lean yet beautiful. Here are seven flash fiction stories that exemplify the power of the form.

Flash fiction is many things: hilariously difficult to categorize; confusingly known as “microfiction,” “short shorts,” “minisagas,” “dribble,” and “drabble”; and sometimes, even dangerous. But great might not be the first word that springs to mind. Remember, this is a style of w...

06/14/2022

Congratulations to all the winners of the Lambda Literary Award! Need some books to add to your stack? Read widely, and try these on for size!

On Saturday, Lambda Literary announced the 24 winners of its 34th annual Lambda Literary Awards, chosen from more than 1,300 submissions and selected by more than 60 judges in the literary field. I…

06/09/2022

One of the most exciting things about fiction is the way it can change the way we see the world. This transformative power packs a punch, especially when it reveals before unknown horrors. Here's 5 horror books that will change the way you look at everyday objects.

Something that I love about horror, no matter its subgenre, is when it can take something harmless and ordinary—like a rubber ball, or a button, or a VHS tape—and turn it into a symbol of terror. W…

06/02/2022

Are you a list maker? What does your writing list look like?

If we are what we do, then to-do-lists are itemized descriptions of our true selves. Although I like to think of myself as a tropical bird, impulsive and free, my daily lists describe a much more b…