"Body Doubles"

The Fantasy Femmes special issue of Morpheus Tales is now available, featuring my surreal shocker, "Body Doubles":

Catherine's reflection steps out of the bedroom mirror. She says the lines Catherine wrote for her. Catherine retreats, tumbles backwards onto the bed.

"Shoot me," her reflection says. Her silk nightgown hangs open, the belt slithers to the floor. "You know you want to."

Get it here.

Story Acceptance: "The Franchise"

Great news. "The Franchise" has been accepted for publication in the Blade Red Dark Pages anthology. Check out the TOC here.

"Tide" Comes In

The latest issue of ChiZine is now online, featuring my story "Tide":

The figurehead washed in on the tide one day in August. We were playing the Drowning Game. It was Tom's turn to bob like a corpse in the surf ...

Go check it out.

Year-End Review

A look back at 2009:

Short stories completed: 6.

Short stories accepted for publication: 8 (of which 2 are reprints).

Stories currently under construction: 4.

New Year's resolution: finish one story a month, write another novel.

Story Acceptance: "Tide"

I'm very pleased to announce that "Tide" has been accepted by ChiZine - this is thrilling news, as ChiZine is one of my favorite magazines.

"Count of Three"

"Count of Three" is now up online at Dark Recesses.

Three hundred feet up, cliché is affirmed. Those aren’t people down there on the sidewalk. They’re ants. Rod grins at his buddy and whispers, “On the count of three, spit.”

Go check it out.

Story Acceptance: "Famous Monsters Remake"

Fifty-Two Stitches will publish my flash story "Famous Monsters Remake" in 2010, first online and then in a print anthology slated for release in late summer/fall.

Fifty-Two Stitches is a fun project. Be sure to check out 2009's batch of bite-sized goodness!