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I am the author of The Road to the Dark Tower, the Bram Stoker Award nominated companion to Stephen King's Dark Tower series, and The Stephen King Illustrated Companion, which was nominated for a 2010 Edgar® Award and a 2009 Bram Stoker Award.
My short fiction has appeared in places like Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, From the Borderlands and The Blue Religion. In 2010, four of my stories were collected in When the Night Comes Down and my story "The Bank Job" won the Al Blanchard Award.
I am a contributing editor with Cemetery Dance magazine and a member of the Storytellers Unplugged blogging community. I also write book reviews for Onyx Reviews.
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Monthly Archives: December 2004
Here comes the New Year, ready or not
I’ve been AWOL from the computer for the past couple of weeks, and it looks like I will be for an unforeseeable amount of the beginning of 2005. The term “palliative care” doesn’t even begin to describe the condition to … Continue reading
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Signing your life away
Just wanted to wish the best of the season to whoever’s out there reading this thing. I won’t be back online here until after next weekend, so be happy, be safe, and have fun. I signed my name over 1100 … Continue reading
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What would Charles Schulz think?
Though I ranted yesterday about Christmas spirit, one program I never tire of, probably for nostalgic reason’s, is Charlie Brown’s Christmas. It’s almost the Holy Grail (in a Monty Python sense) of Christmas programming. Replete with quotes that everyone recognizes. … Continue reading
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Bah humbug
Me: 1 Christmas Spirit: 0 I can’t recall when I lost the Christmas spirit, but it’s been a good many years. The time of year rolls around and I regard it more with trepidation than with anticipation. I drag out … Continue reading
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The theoretical life of a full-time writer
So, yesterday I took a day off from my day job. I have a bunch of unused vacation days that I have to use by the end of the year or they’ll cease to exist (side-note: where do unused vacation … Continue reading
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From Russia with non-fiction
I received the contracts last night from AST Publishing, a Russian publisher who will translate and release The Road to the Dark Tower in the world’s largest country. The contract was neat to behold. In two columns, the left in … Continue reading
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Something bit me
I had this sore spot on my leg the other morning. At first I thought it was just one of those annoying clogged pores that happens every now and then. A raised white welt with a little redness around it. … Continue reading
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Enjoy Every Sandwich
I’ve been remiss in updating this journal, but it’s mostly been because I was away from the computer for most of the past week, and have spent the last two days catching up for having been away from the computer … Continue reading
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