Update from the Darkside
Mother, I've just had a terrible nightmare... It started this month when I decided to participate in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing...
9/11: Healing Through Storytelling
It is hard to believe that we are already 15 years out from the harrowing events of 9/11. What's astonishing to me is not only the fact...
Writing for Your Life
Ever since I can remember, I have been "writing for my life". Some of you reading this may wonder what this is. Well, "writing for your...
Umpqua C.C.: Some Thoughts
In 1977, Stephen King wrote a novella under the pseudonym 'Richard Bachman', called "Rage". The short novella is about a teenager named...
Death: First Impressions
When I was eight years-old I saw my first dead body. My mother's side of the family were undertakers and as far as I know, they still...
Horror and the Fifteen-Year-Old Girl
Horror-fiction is in desperate need of a "Renaissance", a "rebirth". I know...a pretty bold statement to make as the first sentence of...