My horror fiction and my crime fiction have always shared a common trait in that they feature ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, but another trait separates them. My crime fiction in most cases focuses on people who’ve courted danger. My horror fiction […]
Something to ponder the next time you’re at a restaurant. “Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first.”~Ernestine Ulmer
IndieReader.com compiles a weekly list of independently published ebooks and WE ALL FALL DOWN has made the Top 10 for the second week in a row. Well done to the little fella.
A little motor racing philosohpy for the weekend. “Some days you’re a bug. Some days you’re a windshield.”~Price Cobb
Every story has a genesis. Mine usually come from the world around me. Every good writer is a thief and I steal everything. I pinch from the lives of friends as well as my own. The news is always a great source […]
If this doesn’t describe noir fiction, I don’t know what does. 🙂 “Just when things look darkest, they go black.”~Paul Newman
Jaidis Tree gave PAYING THE PIPER a cracking review. I’m glad they liked it.
Luck and me have an estranged relationship, so this one rang true. “The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.”~Bret Harte
DRAGGED INTO DARKNESS is August’s book of the month. It came out in 2003 and was my first collection of short stories. Unlike ASKING FOR TROUBLE, it’s a collection of Twilight Zone-style short stories and not crime stories. It’s not a title, […]
Wise words that we should all listen to. “If you’re going through hell, keep going.”~Winston Churchill