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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: January 2008
Newly dating
The producers of The Amazing Race describe one of the four remaining teams (TK and Rachel) as “newly dating” and their AR bio says they’ve “only” been dating a year. I wonder at the thinking behind those adverbs. I think … Continue reading
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Classic this and classic that
Gratia Placenti received a glowing review from Norm Rubenstein at Horror World (about halfway down the page). About the anthology in general he says, “Some short story anthologies are rather “mixed bags” with a combination of short stories of varying … Continue reading
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Worst finale ever
We finished Season 2 of Star Trek: The Next Generation last night. “Shades of Grey” had to be the worst season finale ever. It’s the one where Riker is poked in the leg by a barb and is infected with … Continue reading
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League of Extraordinary Gentlemen [and woman]
My daughter gave me this DVD for Christmas, so we watched the movie yesterday afternoon. I had no familiarity with the graphic novel or the film, so I went into it cold. It was a decent flick with some pretty … Continue reading
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In a Country Churchyard
My newest short story In a Country Churchyard is now available for y’all to read at Horror World. It’s the sad, sad tale of a poor teenager’s misadventures while mowing a graveyard one dreary afternoon. What better way to start … Continue reading
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