Thursday, January 31, 2008

Pitfalls

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I originally posted the bulk of this blog as a response to another, but it's a subject that I feel worthy of rehashing—particularly give...
Sunday, January 27, 2008

HPLHS's The Whisperer in Darkness

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Most folks who have read a word I've ever written, fiction or otherwise, know that I'm a die-hard fan of H. P. Lovecraft's work...
Wednesday, January 23, 2008

The New Frontier

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My contributor copies of Frontier Cthulhu arrived in the mail today, so I smiled for a while. It's the new Chaosium anthology edited by...
Saturday, January 19, 2008

Burglars Bite

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Our next-door neighbors were gone this past week, so Thursday about midnight, I go over to let out their dog. While Lucky goes winkle, I no...
Monday, January 14, 2008

Mo Horrors, Mo*Con

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My contributor copies of Elder Signs Press's Horrors Beyond 2 anthology arrived today; another fabulous job by William Jones and ESP. ...
Friday, January 11, 2008

OTHER GODS Cover Is in the House

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Artist Wayne Miller sent the cover art for Other Gods this evening. Pretty dang sharp. I rather like. I've also set up a new in...
Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Hidden Voices

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If you're hanging out in this neighborhood, it's a near-certainty that you're into creepiness. Because, yes, thanks for asking, ...
Monday, December 31, 2007

The Inevitable Recap

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These days, if there's any significance whatsoever to the calendar flipping over to a new year, it's nothing I particularly care for...
Saturday, December 29, 2007

I Think It's Gonna Be a Long, Long Time

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Mercy, I haven't seen this one in a long time. I remember when it first aired, and I asked my roommate to please drive nails into my h...
Wednesday, December 26, 2007

I Loves Me Some Christmas

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Always have. In fact, the time of year between Halloween and the new year is always my favorite. Well, Halloween being Halloween, it just ra...
Friday, December 21, 2007

Musical Monkey Shines!

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I received a treasure today. The first record album I remember listening to as a wee young 'un was Walt Disney's Musical Monkey Shin...
Thursday, December 20, 2007

OTHER GODS Scheduled for Spring 2008 Release

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Received the contract and check from Dark Regions Press today for Other Gods, and it's been added to Dark Regions' Web site , so I r...
Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Just What One Needs Going Into the Holidays....

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A blasted cold bug. Got the icky congestion, low-grade fever, achy joints, light sensitivity, the works. Came home early from work, loaded m...
Saturday, December 15, 2007

I Love This Book

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Got a royalty check today for my story ("Bloodlight") in Love in Vein II, a 1997 anthology edited by Poppy Z. Brite. Not a big ch...
Thursday, December 13, 2007

What Dreams May Come and All That

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Not blogging so much lately, with all my energy going into a new tale, which I very much fear may end up novella length. Tough sell, a novel...
Saturday, December 8, 2007

Crab Attack!

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Turner Classic Movies ran Attack of the Crab Monsters last night, or rather, early this morning, at 2:00 AM . This is one of those legendar...
Wednesday, December 5, 2007

I Lost a Friend Today.

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Many of you who read this know Bruce Smith, a.k.a. Boo, who has been a prominent figure on a few horror message boards for the last several...
Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Alexandra Sokoloff's THE HARROWING

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Ever since Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House scared the living hell out of me at age 11 (even if I didn't completely und...
Saturday, December 1, 2007

OTHER GODS from Dark Regions Press

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Dark Regions Press will be producing a new collection of my short fiction, titled Other Gods, scheduled for release in late summer 2008. I...
Thursday, November 29, 2007

Teddy Bears and the Planet of the Apes

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Just when you think radical Muslims must surely have sunk as low into primitive savagery as they possibly could...guess what. I don't us...
Monday, November 26, 2007

Something in THE MIST...

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I may be the last one on the block seeing The Mist, but I got to it this evening, and—hoooey—I'm thinking that in terms of intensity ...
Thursday, November 22, 2007

Happy Monster Turkey Day

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I've always loved great big old monster turkeys on Thanksgiving. I hope you do too. Nothing like spending time with the family at th...
Saturday, November 17, 2007

Telling the World to Shut the Hell Up

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That's kind of been me this week. In recent days, I've been pulled in too many directions by too many things (mostly by my own choic...
Sunday, November 11, 2007

A Sojourn at Stately Wilson Manor

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Spent a couple of very pleasant days in Hertford, NC, at Stately Wilson Manor, home of my longtime friend and fellow writer, Dave Wilson; h...
Thursday, November 8, 2007

Unproductive...Perhaps. Fat and Happy...Definitely

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Didn't manage a lick of writing tonight, which ordinarily would bring me no joy; however, I did enjoy a fine dinner of boiled dead crus...
Tuesday, November 6, 2007

A Sale, a Check, and Mo*Con III in the works

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It's been a nice couple of days on the writing front. Earlier today, I sold a reprint tale ("Now I Lay Me Down to Dream," whi...
Saturday, November 3, 2007

Booksigning in Elizabeth City, NC, next weekend

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Just a reminder: I'll be signing books at Page After Page bookstore, Saturday, Nov. 10 from 12:00–3:00 p.m., so if you're in traveli...
Thursday, November 1, 2007

Trail of the Dead

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Okay, so it's not really the trail of the dead, but being the day after Halloween, it's only fitting, right? I've taken a coupl...
Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Happy Happy Halloween

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Halloween is the one day of the year I really look forward to going to the office. We have trick-or-treating, a costume contest, jack-o...
Sunday, October 28, 2007

Another Trip to the ER

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Since my wife, Peg, has the rare ability to injure herself in ways that most people don't, we ended up at the emergency room last night ...
Saturday, October 27, 2007

Halloween MMVII: The Search for Buckwheat

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Another long-standing Halloween tradition for the Damned Rodan gang is to hit the Blue Ridge Parkway and have breakfast at Mabry Mill, where...
Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Messages From a Dark Deity

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I've received official acceptance of my short story, "Messages From a Dark Deity," for Elder Signs Press's Visages of the...
Sunday, October 21, 2007

Back From Book Em

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Spent a really nice weekend with Elizabeth Massie and Cortney Skinner in Waynesboro, VA, and participated in Book Em on Saturday, which i...
Thursday, October 18, 2007

We Loves Our BBQ, Book Em, and the Great Pumpkin

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Last night on the local news, there was a notice about the Greensboro Police Club's annual barbecue fixin', and as I am a barbecue n...
Sunday, October 14, 2007

Walking the Rail Trails

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I thank all the inhabitants of the Black Lodge that my old hometown in Virginia's piedmont is still a largely undeveloped, lushly wood...
Saturday, October 13, 2007

A Birthday in the Mountains

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Some days turn out rather special, and I'd count today as one of them. For my mom's birthday, Peg and I took her up to Chateau Morri...
Thursday, October 11, 2007

Chowderhead

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Spent the last couple of days pounding the keys for a new tale, which I'm writing for a specific market. For all the pounding, it doe...
Sunday, October 7, 2007

A Gross FEAST

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Last night's scary movie was Feast, from 2005, produced by Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, and Wes Craven. I hadn't heard much about it—pr...
Saturday, October 6, 2007

Eyes Without a Face, Part Deux: Roadkill

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Evidently, yon possum who adorned our fence the other night (see October 4 ) was one of a family, as one of its relatives had a bad nigh...
Thursday, October 4, 2007

Eyes Without a Face

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There's something slightly heart-stopping about going out after dark to take out the trash, only to hear a sudden scrabbling on the fenc...
Tuesday, October 2, 2007

HorrorWorld Fiction

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Thanks to the intensely wicked Nanci Kalanta, unsuspecting readers will be subject to one of my horrific tales next year at HorrorWorld. I ...