Shared Psychosis: An Interview with Sara Tantlinger

One of the things I enjoy about National Poetry Writing Month (aka "NaPoWriMo") is Gerald So's "30 Days of the 5-2" Crime Poetry blog tour. He asks poets and readers to contribute something for a calendar day related to his journal of crime poetry. I've participated in the past (and I also published a new piece at the 5-2 just last month for "Pi Day") but this time around I decided to do something different: conduct an interview. As luck would have it, I knew one of the recent contributors to the journal, because she's working with me as a…

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…