THE RESOLUTION: A Twitter Story Contest – Sponsored by AuthorBee!

ANNOUNCING A NEW YEAR'S WRITING CONTEST in the Instigation Playground at AuthorBee Deadline for entries is 12/29/13 at Midnight est. WIN AN AMAZON GIFT CERTIFICATE FROM OUR HOST, @AUTHORBEE! Let's write a twisted tale together to ring (or is that "wring"?) in the New Year! The story is called "The Resolution." And it all begins with the following line: You're bound. A TV shows Times Square. "What's your resolution," a man holding a knife asks, "for the afterlife?" Consider yourself "instigated": YOU GO NEXT! You simply need to be a member of twitter to play along (it's free -- check…

Special NaNoWriMo Offer on Instigation

ALERT, HORROR WRITERS! For the rest of November, you can get my creative writing helper, Instigation: Creative Prompts on the Dark Side at a 50% discount (just $1.99) if you order directly from Mastication Publications. Available only on the Mastication Publications weblog. [Sorry...special offer period has ended. But you can subscribe to the Mastication Pubs newsletter for another opportunity to get Instigation at a discount!]

NOVA Reading & Booksigning in Manassas, VA – Friday 10.25.13

I'll be reading at North Virginia Community College - Manassas on Friday, October 25th. The event in Colgan Theater begins at 7pm, and will be followed by a booksigning. This part of the event is free and open to the public; the following day's workshops are for NOVA students only. If you're nearby, come on by Friday night to warm up for Halloween!

Signing at CMU Bookstore Pittsburgh 10.19.13

I'll be signing books at Carnegie-Mellon University at 1pm on Saturday, 10/19 -- part of Raw Dog Screaming Press' "Pittsburgh Bookshop Hop." If you come to town, tour the area bookstores and meet all five of the Raw Dog Screaming Press authors who will be on hand across the city. CMU should have copies of my novel Play Dead on hand, along with other titles. I'll bring some Fridge of the Damned magnets, too. Mike Arnzen at 1pm at the CMU Bookstore - 5032 Forbes, 15213 Stephanie Wytovich at 2pm at The Big Idea Bookstore - 4812 Liberty, 15224 Matt…

Play Dead: Now Shipping in Paperback

Long available only in a fine hardcover edition, my second novel, Play Dead, is now officially shipping in paperback to your favorite bookseller. Here are some ways to get your hands on a copy hot off the press (list price, $15.95): from the publisher, Raw Dog Screaming Press from amazon.com from barnesandnoble.com from your local bookstore (ask for ISBN 9781935738336) I'll let the back cover of the book below describe the contents...for more information, see gorelets.com/books/