Imagine Wuthering Heights with rattlesnakes.When people think “gothic” they usually picture someplace dark and gloomy, like a castle on the moors or a crumbling house. But when it comes to a creepy setting, I’m going to put in an argument in favor of...

Werewolves used to be more scary than sexy.I’m bringing sexy scary back.Traditional werewolf tales usually have people change as a result of a bite from a werewolf, transmitted like rabies. I decided to subvert the common trope and have shape shiftin...

Werewolves used to be more scary than sexy.I’m bringing sexy scary back.Traditional werewolf tales usually have people change as a result of a bite from a werewolf, transmitted like rabies. I decided to subvert the common trope and have shape shiftin...

Sometimes stories come from the bad decisions we can’t help making. When people say “vampires are creepy” they usually are talking about the sucking blood thing. But you know what else is creepy? Dating people younger than your grandkids. It’s n...

Sometimes stories come from the bad decisions we can’t help making. When people say “vampires are creepy” they usually are talking about the sucking blood thing. But you know what else is creepy? Dating people younger than your grandkids. It’s n...

My original draft of Witch’s Jewel had a plot involving a doomsday cult. I scrapped the plot and kept the title, then scrapped the title too. If you’ve downloaded one of my free short story pairings, you’ll see that the sample chapter in there is for...

My original draft of Witch’s Jewel had a plot involving a doomsday cult. I scrapped the plot and kept the title, then scrapped the title too. If you’ve downloaded one of my free short story pairings, you’ll see that the sample chapter in there is for...

A warlock hitman. A dangerously unstable psychic. And a powerful occult family who use vampires as pawns. Walker is itching to get out of the dead-end town of Seabingen and relive his glory days when an old groupie from his rock-and-roll past dangles...

Before the world ended, I went to visit the Rosenbach museum in downtown Philadelphia. It’s a museum that showcases old manuscripts, especially Herman Melville, who is a favorite there. The building itself is amazing, an old townhouse with sumptuous...