Rot & Ruin
Rot & Ruin is the first volume in Jonathan Maberry’s popular Benny Imura series. This novel introduces 15-year-old Benny and follows his adventures as he becomes […]
At The Mountains of Madness
At The Mountains of Madness is one of H.P. Lovecraft’s most influential novels. Written in 1931, it presents the first-person narration of Dr. William Dyer, a […]
Some of my recent favorites
I have done a bit of media tie-in work — most recently I wrote stories for Shadowrun and X-Files anthologies — but there are two shows on that I […]
Welcome to Lovecraft
Welcome to Lovecraft, the first volume in Joe Hill’s Locke & Key graphic novel series, focuses on siblings Bode, Tyler, and Kinsey Locke relocating from California to […]
Need nonfiction? I can help!
Last week, I added a couple of new reward levels to my Patreon: Ghostwriter $150 or more per month In addition to all my writing, […]
The Call of Cthulhu
“The Call of Cthulhu” is probably H.P. Lovecraft’s most enduring and influential story. It’s been reprinted and borrowed from and adapted in thousands of ways since its […]
More Advice to Beginning Writers
Several years ago, I posted some advice to beginning fiction writers. I still field regular queries from aspiring writers. Lately, the questions I’ve received have fallen […]
The Waste Lands
Early on The Waste Lands (the third book in The Dark Tower series by Stephen King), protagonists Roland, Eddie, and Susannah encounter Shardik, a gigantic bear who […]
The Drawing of the Three
The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King is the second volume in The Dark Tower, his epic, cross-genre novel series. I enjoyed the first novel, The Gunslinger, […]
The Gunslinger
The Gunslinger is the first novel in The Dark Tower, Stephen King’s classic, epic cross-genre series. It introduces the reader to the last gunslinger, Roland of Gilead, […]
On Being Nineteen
When I started reading Stephen King’s Dark Tower novels, one of the things that resonated with me is his introduction, “On Being Nineteen”, which is included in […]