I try to be a good person. I swear I do, but from time to time, I get a little impish. These teeny-tiny horns pop up and I can’t help being a little mischievous. Small, devious ideas and concepts come to me—even […]
Keen followers of this blog will know that THE FALL GUY and PAYING THE PIPER were snapped up for German translation last year. Over the last few months, I’ve been working with two editing teams on the books and I’m happy to […]
I have contributed a story to the Piercing the Darkness anthology. It’s an anthology of horror stories and all the proceeds go towards the Child Literacy Initiative. The book has an all-star cast featuring stories by Gary A. Braunbeck, Christopher Golden, Brian […]
Not everything Shakespeare said was gold. “If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?” ~GEORGE CARLIN
A little while ago, CrimeSpree Magazineasked what five books, movies or songs changed my life. Well, here they are: THE DAY OF TRIFFIDS(1962) turned me into a horror movie fan at the tender age of 6 years old. I hid behind my […]
CASTING CALL!! I’m the worst when it comes to creating characters names. They all end up sounding the same, so I need some name for my bit players in my next book THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY, although for many of the […]
Well, I hate to impose my attitude & my opinions on others… :-/ “A liberal is a man too broad minded to take his own side in a quarrel.” ~ROBERT FROST
I’m in my sixteenth year of living in the US—which is a third of my life. That’s a scary thought. Naturally, that length of time in any place is going to have an effect on a person, especially when it comes […]
I’ve been toying with the idea of doing a story about cannibalism for some years now. I think it’s an interesting topic because it’s an uncomfortable one and I like writing about things that make me and you squirm a little. Despite […]
This doesn’t apply to me, right? :-/ “Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.”~T. S. ELIOT