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[June Giveaway] Win a Copy of Fossil Lake II: The Refossiling [CLOSED]

It’s not too late to enter our giveaway! All you have to do is leave a comment.

A Small Press Life: Books. Art. Writing. Life. Tea.

Do you like horror? Short stories? Horror short stories?

How about free things?

If you answered “yes” to all of the above, you’ll want to enter our June giveaway.

I have decided to make the ultimate sacrifice, and will be parting with a copy of Fossil Lake II: The Refossiling. It’s a nifty book that features my story, Beyond the Boneyard Gate.

Fossil Lake II: The RefossilingFossil Lake II: The Refossiling

If you’d like to enter, please leave a comment on this post by the end of the month. That’s all! A winner will be chosen on or around 1st July. This giveaway is open to residents of the United States or Canada. Good luck!

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[June Giveaway] Win a Copy of Fossil Lake II: The Refossiling [CLOSED]

Do you like horror? Short stories? Horror short stories?

How about free things?

If you answered “yes” to all of the above, you’ll want to enter our June giveaway.

I have decided to make the ultimate sacrifice, and will be parting with a copy of Fossil Lake II: The Refossiling. It’s a nifty book that features my story, Beyond the Boneyard Gate.

Fossil Lake II: The Refossiling

Fossil Lake II: The Refossiling

If you’d like to enter, please leave a comment on this post by the end of the month. That’s all! A winner will be chosen on or around 1st July. This giveaway is open to residents of the United States or Canada. Good luck!

Fossil Lake II: The Refossiling Has Been Released!

It’s official: Fossil Lake II: The Refossiling is now available for your reading pleasure!

Fossil Lake II

Fossil Lake II: The Refossiling

You can buy a gorgeous paperback at Amazon or an e-book via Smashwords. The anthology is full of wonderful stories by great writers; the introduction is by Brian Keene. Please spread the word!

I’m Anthology-Bound, with Fossil Lake II: The Refossiling!

My short horror story Beyond the Boneyard Gate, which initially came to life a year ago in a lovely on-line magazine called The Paperbook Collective, is being published in an anthology due out in February.

I am happy and honored to be part of Fossil Lake II: The Refossiling.

Table of Contents for Fossil Lake

Partial Table of Contents for Fossil Lake II: The Refossiling.

The book is full of stories from wonderful writers.

Brian Keene is penning the foreword.

The cover art will be spectacular.

Big thanks to Christine Morgan, the editor/publisher/ringleader.

I’ll  keep you updated. In the meantime, feel free to head over to Fossil Lake to view the full Table of Contents or just poke around.

Fossil Lake is also on Facebook!

Here’s an Excerpt from My Seasonally-Appropriate Short Story…

Here’s an excerpt from my seasonally-appropriate short story, Beyond the Boneyard Gate. It is featured in the October issue of The Paperbook Collective.

“I open them on the inhale. Smoke laps against my prickly face. A bright orange dot glows from the statue like a pulsating beacon, growing and then receding with each pull of breath. His  breath. Moonlight glances off of a face whose features are re-forming before me, as stone becomes flesh and sinew. I pant, voiceless, and do not scream again.”

A Year in Books/Day 202: Tales of Mystery and Imagination

  • Title: Tales of Mystery and Imagination
  • Author: Edgar Allan Poe
  • Illustrator: Harry Clarke (from the 1919 edition published by George C. Harrap and Company Ltd.)
  • Year Published: 1987 (The Franklin Library)
  • Year Purchased: 2005
  • Source: Barnes & Noble clearance rack
  • About: It’s Poe, people. We all know Poe, don’t we? His stories are such an immutable fact of our culture that we’re practically born with them embedded into our consciousness. Continue reading