Word comes to me that my story, “Zen and the Art of Gordon Dratch’s Damnation,” has been accepted into Maurice Broaddus and Jerry Gordon’s anthology, Dark Faith.  It features naked devil-ladies (well, one naked devil-lady), booze, old men thrashing younger men with fly-whisks, sex, heartbreak, and extremely graphic depictions of mutilation.  So, y’know.  Dinner reading.

Hey!  Look what I got!

Or, uh, if you prefer a cover photo without my ghastly giant head peeking out from behind…

Featuring my story, “Her Father’s Collection,” inspired by Sunrise Mansion in Charleston, which I urge you to go see if you ever get a chance.  It’s pretty creepy.
I’m lucky enough this go-round to share the [...]

A few notes about the changes I’ve been through over the last year:

I made less money than you might think as a strip club DJ.  And it was the most heartbreaking job I’ve ever had.  The patience and kindness of the few girls to whom I could relate on a personal level was the only [...]

TIme to update this thing.  It’s come to my attention that I have several new readers from my place of work (hi, gals; how’s the sunlight/real name world treating you?).
My story, Come to My Arms, My Beamish Boy is live at Pseudopod.  Comments appreciated.
And for all my very patient contributors…  if you haven’t heard from me, [...]

The hero, having returned from the wars, is happy to report that all is well, all is well, and all manner of things are well in the great state of Indiana. The second year that the Indiana Horror Writers have thrown their shindig, and the second year I’ve attended. I’m old news. [...]

Up at 5:30 in the morning? Watching television? NBC, maybe? You, like me, may have witnessed the anchor of Early Today scoffing in disbelief at Mickey Rourke’s proposed match at Wrestlemania. The upshot being that Rourke, who’s chops have been pretty roundly recognized in his comeback movie, The Wrestler, is risking [...]

Folks? Listen up. When you spend an evening getting shitfaced and scarfing White Castle in a Microtel with with a doctor of religion, certain things are… expected of you. Namely, you should prepare to participate in silly internet memes which, despite how much you pretend to dislike them, you actually have a [...]

The following is a piece of satire.  You guys remember satire, right?
Up late tonight, watching basic cable, which has more or less relegated me to The Steve Wilkos Show (bad, but fascinating… Shocklines of television talk shows), then Conan O’Brien (always pleasant, even when the abysmally bad 50 Cent is a guest), then Carson Daly. [...]

…of teh intarwebz.  I’m Twittering now.  Come follow me, and I will keep you updated whenever I take even the least consequential of actions.

What are “things I never thought I’d be alive to enjoy,” Alex.
Chinese Democracy is currently streaming on MySpace. But who knows how long that’s gonna last.  I like it, I think.  I can’t decide if I like it because it’s legitimately good or if I just expected it to be much worse and am in [...]