Spring 16 Appearances

We're moving into the season for literary conferences and conventions, and it feels like I'm crawling out from under a snow-covered mossy rock, so I thought I'd post a general update on things I'm planning to do after I blink away the sun blindness. Among other things, I'll be a guest at two big cons in the horror genre. The 2016 World Horror Con in Provo, Utah runs April 28th-May 1st, and I'm fortunate to be one of the special guests. This promises to be an intimate con, with a great chance to hang out and chat with writers and…

Instigation Prompts: Scary Politics

In December’s issue of The Goreletter, I posted the following list of story starters for “Scary Politics.” As the primary season is heating up to the boiling point of hellfire, I thought I’d copy it here to the blog, as a reminder that there's no better place for reimagining the world -- and for doing so in horrific ways -- than in the real world of American politics. If you didn’t see this before, it’s because you don’t subscribe to my newsletter. SUBSCRIBE (or fill out the form to update your email address) and you’ll get Instigation fresh off the…

Goreletter 10.2 Mailed

The Goreletter Vol. 10, #2 was delivered to mailing list subscribers on 12/29/15 @ 3pm est. It contains extra entertainment/material not available here on the weblog version, including a new gorelets poem, a mini year-in-review, information about upcoming events, a batch of "political" instigation prompts, and new art/photos. But most importantly, it contains news about the NEW YEAR'S EVE GRAND PRIZE GIVEAWAY in the currently running contest rally. If you subscribe to the Goreletter you can win a rare leatherbound, lettered edition of my fiction collection, Proverbs for Monsters. All you need to do is sign up for the newsletter…

Holiday Hugs & Kisses from gorelets.com: End of Year Contest Rally!

Happy holiday hugs and kisses! All the New Year's contests have ended now and the grand prize winner is announced below. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED. Subscribe to the Goreletter (free) for future chances to win free books and more! Aside from creeping you out with those uncanny body parts above, the best way I could think of to give you a holiday gift was to run random draw contests to finish out the year! There will be several rotating giveaways, so come back to this page routinely between now and New Year's Eve. For the first Xmas round of…