CONTEST IS CLOSED, WINNER CHOSEN. The Kindle Fire is an amazing little gadget. Running on Android platform, you can read books, watch videos, play Angry Birds, surf the web, check your bank account, and do whatever you like to do computer, internet-wise! Fits snug in your hand, too, which is…

It feels good getting good reviews, especially from your hometown newspaper. And this less effusive yet still positive one from Rue Morgue (I think that particular reviewer has had to read one too-many zombie novels). And finally, my good friend Dan O’Shea says nice things about This Dark Earth over…

I’ve been Mr. Frowny lately in my blog posts and people are worried I’m depressed. I’m NOT! So I thought I should blog on a more lighthearted matter: THE APOCALYPSE! In light of the release of This Dark Earth (have you bought your copy yet?) I set down here in indelible…

Way back in the early days of the Internet when I was working at advertising agencies, one of my bosses would always bring up the fact that the word FREE was the most searched for word on the web. Or the information super-highway. We were so silly back then. This…

My horror quartet, Fierce as the Grave, is free for the next five days, from July 20 to July 25. The collection features the story that was the inception and beginning of This Dark Earth called “Heaven of Animals,” a title I cribbed from legendary Southern author and poet James…

Just returned from Fandom Fest in Louisville. That was a fun convention but due to organizational issues, the literary track was seriously under-attended. While there were at least ten thousand people there for the con, the organizers didn’t have a cohesive guide or schedule for any of it and the authors…