Photos from NOVA Horrorfest Event — 10.25.2013 Manassas, VA

I had a fabulous time last weekend as a guest at North Virginia Community College – Manassas, who has been running a "Horrorfest" all month to celebrate student creativity on the dark side. The event began with my reading in Colgan Theater (I read a sampler of things, from excerpts from 100 Jolts to zombie poems from Gorelets Omnibus to a dark slide show of images and poetry based on my trip last Halloween season to the Mutter Museum). The booksigning afterward was great because I got to meet lots of great folks, from people I knew only from twitter…

Random Shots from the RDSPress “Booksburgh” Bookstore Hop 10.19.13

Raw Dog Screaming Press authors signed at bookstores all around Pittsburgh today, and I dropped in to see each one. With help from Diane Turnshek, Laurie Mann and the good folks at Parsec, the event was dubbed "Booksburgh" and every store offered some great discounts and happy surprises along the way. My photos don't do much justice to the creative energy and frivolity on display this afternoon, but it gives you some sense of the occassion. The day began with my signing/reading at CMU Bookstore, which was a good warm up act to a series of intelligent and entertaining readings…

Photos from Killercon V

KillerCon V (Sept 2013) -- a scary-sounding and small-but-professional convention for authors of dark crime, horror and thriller fiction -- was really a blast to attend last weekend. It was my first con West of the Mississippi in a really long while, so it was good to reunite with old friends and to make all sorts of charming and alarming new ones.  My reading and panels were fun, and perhaps I'll share some audio soon.  I also was pleased to sell a lot of copies of my novel, Play Dead, since this book is SET in (a fictionalized version of)…

Photos from DogCon 2013

Some visuals from Raw Dog Screaming Press' community gathering in Columbus, OH, Aug 2-3, 2013. I did not manage to snap too many, because I was far too busy having a blast. For now, you can find things on the Raw Dog Screaming Press facebook page, and I'm sure more recordings will make their way online soon.