Yearly Archives: 2012



 Confluence, Pittsburgh’s annual literary sci-fi convention, is next weekend, July 27-29.  I am going to be participating in three events there.  The Triangulation: Morning After launch party will be on Saturday at 7pm, then at 9pm, I’ll be doing a reading from The Living Dead 2 with John Joseph Adams, […]

Confluence 2012


 Torn Realities has been getting some really positive reviews.  So has my story in the collection.  I’m pretty giddy about it, honestly.  I figured I might as well share a few of them here, for those of you who aren’t my Facebook Fans.   So, here’s one.   I remind […]

Some Reviews



 I took a flash fiction class with Cat Rambo last night.  The class was online, on Google Hangouts.  And since Cat’s on the west coast, it was from 9 to midnight for me.  I started lagging a bit toward the end, but I made it through.   It was a […]

Getting My Learning On


 I got two short story contracts in the mail from Stupefying Stories yesterday.  One for a story they accepted a while ago, and one for another story that I’ve been waiting to hear back about.  I almost never get good news in the acutal mail.  It was pretty awesome.   […]

Another Sale! And Other News!




      Talia picked her way through the shattered revolving door.  Singed bills fluttered in the pre-storm breeze as she ducked beneath police tape and took in the scene.       The bomb had taken out the vault door and blown half the back wall away.       It was impressive work.  […]

Out in the Rain


 I met Jeremy Zimmerman in Kansas when I did the short fiction workshop with the CSSF.  When he started Mad Scientist Journal, I thought to myself, "What a cool idea!  I’ll have to write him a story!"  He accepted a story by my wonderful friend Katy Board, but I just […]

Another Sale and a Write-a-thon Update!