News:

She’s here! In the Dollhouse We All Wait is officially out far and wide, in ebook and paperback. An evergreen reminder that this is splatterpunk/extreme horror and not for everyone, but if you’re already deep in the horror thicket and you enjoy the philosophical nuance of the Saw and Hostel movies, this is probably your speed. It has all the trigger warnings (except animal cruelty, unless taxidermy counts), so read responsibly. I’m still very excited.

You can read an excerpt here at Linzé Brandon’s A to Z Blog Challenge, where I is for IN THE DOLLHOUSE…

I also have an in-depth interview at Crystal Lake’s YouTube channel, if you want to hear me talk about where DOLLHOUSE comes from and what it means to me.

The paperback of A Nightmare for All Seasons has been approved. Both the glossy and matte looked really good, but I liked the matte better. Both the ebook and paperback are now live.

“Mirror Writing,” a narrative poem, is a finalist in this month’s Shallow Waters flash fiction contest at Crystal Lake’s Patreon, near the end of the 20 posted stories. ($5/month tiers and up to read and vote, lots of fun)

Works in Progress:

I thought about doing a bit of creative non-fiction this week, but car troubles have dominated my landscape. These things do mean that I got some solid reading done. No writing progress on anything, which is actually kind of a relief, in a way. Still resting until I get the proofreading edits for Never & Forever (Meridian Book 8).

Books I’m Reading:

Raising Loki: A Memoir by Elliot Manarin (found it, finished)
The Shining by Stephen King (finished)
Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman (finished, almost in one sitting while waiting at the car place)
Skeleton Crew by Stephen King

Things I’m Listening To:

Singalong playlist
Lily Kershaw

Things I’m Watching:

From Dusk Till Dawn
Anaconda (2025)
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Celebrity Jeopardy series
Hoarders series (finished)
True Haunting series
Matlock (new) series
Tracker series
Prodigal Son series
Wayward series
Home Town series

Poem of the Week: (throwback to April 2022)

an afterlife dilemma
empyrean light blinding
to a blissful ignorant eye
or gehennan revelation
sour gnostic bite from
yggdrasilian roots