Tuesday, December 22, 2020

The Withering is Out!

The Withering is now officially out!  You can order your copy directly from Jackanapes Press, where you have different signature options, such as getting it signed by me or signed by me and John Shirley.  Jackanapes Press does have international shipping options.  You can also order it from Amazon and Amazon UK.  It is also now up on Goodreads.  

If you preordered it or if you order it in December, you will receive a sampler pamphlet featuring 4 unpublished poems from my upcoming collection, Darkest Days and Haunted Ways.    



I will have a limited supply of copies you can buy directly from me.  You have the options of getting my signature, a personalization, and/or a kiss in matching Withering green.  You will also receive my Beneath Her Spell: She-Devils of Renown pamphlet which features my 4 femme fatale poems Carathis, Ligeia, Mircalla, and Asenath.  I am just waiting on the pamphlets to arrive. 


As of today, I have signed and personalized copies where appropriate, and they have been shipped off to John Shirley for him to sign.  If you did not order a signature from John, they have still been shipped together.  From there, they will return to the publisher to be shipped to your individual addresses.  Unfortunately, they will not arrive before Christmas but I hope they will get to you before the end of the year.  

If you order a copy, please consider leaving a review on Amazon and/or Goodreads after you've read it.  Even a simple, "I enjoyed it" goes a long way.  I would greatly appreciate it.    






HWA Poetry Showcase Vol. VII

I finally received my contributor's copy of the HWA Poetry Showcase Vol. VII.  My poem, Her Heart that Flames Would Not Devour, appears in this issue.    





Table of Contents

Introduction by Stephanie M. Wytovich
Notes From the Judges by Gwendolyn Kiste and Carina Bisset

Poems
When First You Wooed Me by Gerri Leen
Are Monsters Born This Way by Jessica Stevens
I Am Emptiness by Chad Stroup
I Am the Corruption by Stephanie Ellis
Caligari by Kelly Robinson
Riding the Exhale by Angela Yuriko Smith
Blood, Brain by Donna Lynch
Monsters Bleed by Naching T. Kassa
Smile by Jordan Shiveley
Shades of Domesticity by Sumiko Saulson
Call the CCC, Your Psychic Repair Team by Donna J. W. Munro
Fairyglass Reflections by Miriam H. Harrison
Shatter by K. P. Kulski
My Grandmother's Mirror by Garrett Boatman
Curtains by Michael Arnzen
Haunted by Christina Sng
The Line by Frank Coffman
The High Woman of Lowland Morgue by David E. Cowen
The Midnight Game by Cynthia Pelayo
Haunted Basin by Roni Rae Stinger
Transubstantiation by Loren Rhoads
Leaving Home by Steve Rasnic Tem
Walking Sam by Owl Goingback
Crossroads Conjure by Kerri-Leigh Grady
Sunset in Hungary by Kendall Krantz
Ghost Walk (Nirgal Vallis, Mars) by Ann K. Schwader
The Witch Who Eats Your Children by Ingrid L. Taylor
Mother Yolk by Sarah Read
Summoning Spell: Persephone at the Gates of Winter by Saba Syed Razvi
They Slumber by Teel James Glenn
The Metallurgist's Dream by Colleen Anderson
Red, Red, Red by Annie Neugebauer
Dementia by Pamela K. Kinney
The Siege by Kyla Lee Ward
It Feels Like Drowning by Terrie Leigh Relf
Dance by Robert Payne Cabeen
Her Heart that Flames Would Not Devour by Ashley Dioses
We Live Through This by Lisa Morton
Brotherhood by Marge Simon
Arachnid by Michael Bailey
La Fille Inconnue de la Monde by Janna Grace
Lullaby for Imminently Murdered Children by Mercedes M. Yardley
Distorted Lies by R. J. Joseph
Leisureville by G. O. Clark
Orange by Alexander P. Garza
Retourne by Lee Murray
The Crows Belonged to Me by Corey Niles
People Trees by Joanna Parypinski
Throat Stars by Sara Tantlinger
The End of the World by John Claude Smith
About the Editor
About the Judges
About the Poets



Saturday, December 19, 2020

The Ghosts of Christmas Present(s) by Shades and Shadows


I will be reading from The Withering tonight at 6:55 pm PST on The Ghosts of Christmas Present(s) by Shade and Shadows!  It will be live on Facebook, Youtube, and their website.  Here is the full line-up.  Don't miss out!



5:15- Bob Cabeen

5:25- Roh Morgan

5:35- Jeff Sweat

5:45- C.B. Lee

5:55- John Palisano

6:05- Julia Evans

6:15- Jennifer Brody

6:25- Michael Paul Gonzalez

6:35- Leslie Parry

6:45- Del Howison

6:55- Ashley Dioses

7:05- Aaron Besson

7:15- Adrian J. Smith

7:25- Lucio Rodriguez

7:35- Laura Lee Bahr

7:45- Nicole Sconiers

7:55- Maria Alexander

8:05- Kate Maruyama