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If you loved The Unmothers, good news! I wrote another super weird folk horror book just for you. Children of the Wrong Heaven is coming! 2027!
"Trick or Peat!" I yell at the children. "Peat?" they ask, but it's already too late. They belong to the bog now.
Chapter 5 of A New and Ancient Machine is live on Substack!
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My small son looked up at me and said "fist bumb." Obligingly I extended my fist to meet his. As they were about to meet he stuck up two fingers, pressed them to my closed fist and exclaimed "now it's a snail!" My God. The children are truly our future and the future is so bright
Here it is! The cover for my next horror novel, Children of the Wrong Heaven.
A mommy support group becomes convinced their children are aliens. This deeply upsets the townsfolk around them…and also the aliens.
You can preorder it now!
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It's very funny when you've grown up in a manipulative household and someone tries to blame shift or gaslight you and you become the old master with your robes fluttering in the wind, tip toe on the highest tower like "you fool. Do not bring me this weak-ass kung fu."
I think if an assassin said "just so you know, this isn't personal" it would actually make me feel a little better.
You can sometimes enter a strange sort of Zeno's Paradox at the end of novels, where you continuously write thousands of words toward the planned ending and it just seems to get farther away.
I’m teaching a horror writing class at Goat Local in Delaware, Ohio Friday, October 30th, from 6–8 pm. Open for any skill or interest level. Workshops have filled up before, so get your tickets now!
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Chapter 4 of A New and Ancient Machine is up now!
Friction builds as the stranded group tries to carry on as normal. Meanwhile, Daisy begins to plan their escape.
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