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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: April 2007
Recap shows
Grey’s Anatomy was one of those annoying recap shows. Why? There hasn’t been any hiatus to speak of. C.S.I. was also a recap, of sorts, but one done right. It gave an overview of the entire history of the miniature … Continue reading
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Land of the Rising Sun
Looks like I’m going on a business trip to Japan at the end of May. A week in Tokyo. Takes two days to get there and less than an hour to get home. I think I’ve been there four times … Continue reading
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Blender
As I suspected, much of what I wrote yesterday morning didn’t really survive in its original form, but I didn’t expect it to get rewritten so quickly. I’d made a false start on this story in February, when I was … Continue reading
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Just when I thought I had it all figured out
I spent a lot of this past weekend with earphones in. I was listening to hours and hours of research material for the short story I started this morning. Got 1000 words done, too, though I’m fairly sure none of … Continue reading
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Long weekend
I have Friday off from work, as do many people over here, I imagine. The extra time to work my way through my research material is much needed. A discovered a new trove of data this morning that will be … Continue reading
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Re: born
Today’s the day for issue 3 of Gunslinger Born, if you’re following the graphic novel series. I’ll have to drive over to my favorite hole-in-the-wall comic shop after work to pick up my copy. It’s a fairly big store in … Continue reading
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Somebody else’s sandbox
I reviewed the page proofs for Doctor Who: Destination Prague last night. Only my story and bio so far—that’s all I had time for as I also had to read my daughter’s seven page essay on Milton. I found a … Continue reading
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The doctor is in
I received PDF proofs of Doctor Who: Destination Prague from the range editor of the series this morning. That’s a title I’ve never heard of before, but I presume he’s someone responsible for overall continuity within the Short Trips series … Continue reading
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