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New Year, Same Old Me
Writing, Boarding, and Punching Through the Dumbest Timeline America
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A Clay McLeod Chapman Recommendation and Another Shallow Waters Finalist...
A working-class hero tries to do right by his daughter in "Hammered Halloween" and more news
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Real World Horrors #1
Nonfiction Review and Recommendation for JT Blatty's Snapshots Sent Home - plus some exciting personal updates!
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A hat trick of published stories in October
And one of them could use your vote!
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Witches, Ghosts, and War... and More
The Colorado Shakespeare Festival delivers with Macbeth
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Review in Brief: Creep This Way by Rebecca Cuthbert
A walk into the dark woods of horror writing and publishing with a friend
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Welcome to the Macabre Mob
Musings, reflections, and the occasional story from writer Jonathan Gensler
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Into the Fall
Some New Books to Check Out and More...
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A Monstrous End to the Year
Godzilla and more
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Read my story "Don't Tell" for free!
Cosmic Horror Monthly's latest free online release
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The Endtimes and Looking to the Future
New Recs and Upcoming Releases
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New Work: Pre Orders and Out Today!
My two latest short stories are coming up (or out today!)
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