Blatant Self-Promotion

I have published a short story collection. It's available for Kindle and for Nook. Right now you can get it for only $2.99. What a bargain! Please check it out. There's about 90,000 words worth of horror and suspense stuff. and for those of you that don't have one of these handy e-readers, you can hop over to Smashwords and pick it up in, pretty much, ever other format.



KINDLE VERSION                          NOOK VERSION                     SMASHWORDS

The very cool cover is courtesy of Robert Elrod.

From The Depths is a publication from Haunted Waters Press. I have two pieces of flash fiction featured in there. We're hoping to see a print version early next year but the online publication is very slick. Go check it out by clicking the banner.

This is the July 2011 Issue of Trembles. You can find my short story, The Block, inside. It's available in print and for the Kindle and Nook.

Available at Amazon and Eternal Press

Summary

An intimate suspenseful tale of one man’s struggle with his true-life nightmare.

The tragedy has left a scar that will never heal. The pain is so great the man can find no relief. Can he discover a way to move on with his life; a way to bury the nightmare? Or will the nightmare bury him? Life and clouds have two sides, one dark and overflowing with anguish, the other sunlit and brilliant. Where will he come to rest?

Excerpt

  Maybe, the good doctor is on to something, and I will work this all out in my head if only I work through it using my trusty Toshiba. Maybe I can find some reason behind it all, maybe some reasoning if only I replay the whole thing for the millionth time but this time I punch it all into this stupid keyboard.

   This is the first time I have tried to string words together in some semblance of a coherent thought, since the time I now think of as the end of my normal life. And, honestly, I find it incredibly laborious and difficult. There is no joy in it. There is no excitement. There is only pain that I can feel rushing through my body, seeming to begin in my mind and run through my hands into the keyboard of my once beloved laptop. I use to feel such a charge as the stories took shape in my mind and on the simulated page of the computer screen. The excitement that I felt as the story came to life was the greatest feeling I ever had. I don’t know if other authors know how their stories will end when they begin them, but I rarely have even a clue. I am as surprised at the twists and turns that turn up in my stories as I am when I read someone else’s work.

   I look at this computer now with loathing. It was here that those first stories came to life and so here was the birth of my nightmare. I know how this story will end. I know how each moment will flow into the next. I hate it.

   As I struggle through this prescribed exercise, I must fight to restrain from throwing this computer against the wall and watching it explode into so many pieces of plastic and transistors and whatever else makes up the guts of this thing. When I am done, when I have printed the last sheet for my dear doctor, I am pretty certain that I will indulge myself in this little fantasy.

Eerie rest stops, ghostly passengers, a journey to hell... Road Trips will take you on a wild ride. But be warned: not all travelers will return from this trip.

Available at Amazon

An anthology of short horror stories. Authors include Doug Murano, Suzi Bradshaw, C.H. Potter, Mer Whinery and (in the anchor position and bringing it to a riveting conclusion) Michael A. Kozlowski.

Available at Escape Artist and Overseas Registry

Life in Australia: All Over The Place Like a Mad Woman's Breakfast

My family and I decided to move to Australia when an employment opportunity presented itself. We did our best to prepare ourselves; visiting web sites, reading books and talking with others who had experienced similar situations. Nothing adequately prepared us for all that we would encounter.

All Over the Place Like a Mad Woman’s Breakfast is an honest and humorous account of our experiences. In it you will find useful information about moving internationally, comical accounts of everyday living in the Land Down Under and descriptions of the local flora and fauna. You will learn about the history of Australia and receive insight into the culture and attitudes of the people.

Scarlet Literary Magazine is a new venue for horror lit. I am happy to have a short story in each of there issues, thus far. Their fourth issue should be coming out soon and I've got one in there, too! Scarlet hopes to offer print versions of the magazine in the near future but, for now, it is on online publication.