News:

I’ve had a poem accepted for two years(!) that finally posted this week. My dark fairy tale poem “Golden” is up on Corvid Queen, free to read.

In addition, “Growing Things” is free to read at the Crystal Lake website, and you can listen to Bree Allison’s narration at the same time, if you want. It’s on the bottom of the page.

Works in Progress:

Texas Frightmare is so much fun to go to, but I don’t bring my computer along, and it’s very draining. Not a lot of sleep had. I let myself get some good sleep afterward and didn’t get to do any writing work until Wednesday.

I struggled writing a flash fiction piece, but after convincing myself it didn’t matter how good it was, I did manage to finish. I’m in the process of cutting it down to size for the Shallow Waters Halloween theme. That’ll probably take me the rest of the afternoon.

Then I’ll work on May Cooler Heads Prevail. A little behind, but I hope to have it for you before next Friday.

Books I’m Reading:

Skeleton Crew by Stephen King
Queen Bitch Slay by Patrick C. Harrison III (finished)
It was All a Dream 2: Another Anthology of Bad Horror Tropes edited by Brandon Applegate

Things I’m Listening To:

Let’s Hear It for the Girls playlist
Hannibal playlist
Thorns playlists

Things I’m Watching:

The Pitchfork Retreat
Models vs. Werewolves (skip it; it’s funny, but all the effects are AI, Frightmare watchers were pissed. seriously, we went feral for Velocipastor. a rubber suit and strawberry milkshake would have been better.)
Marrow (quite good, quiet slow-burn psych horror)
Cleaner
The Book Club Murders
Elsbeth series
NCIS series
Tracker series (finished)
Prodigal Son series
9-1-1 series
9-1-1 Nashville series
Wayward series (finished)
True Haunting series (finished)
Dirty Rotten Cleaners series

Poem of the Week: (throwback to May 2022)

translate the sure
postulate the tell
inculcate the cure
inoculate the well
vaccinate the crowd
mandate the trick
contaminate the loud
isolate the sick