The Omniverse

I love a good vampire novel when I saw Coffin Moon by Keith Rosson as a recommendation by an author whose novel I'd recently read, an enjoyed Nat Cassidy who wrote Nestlings. I decided to give it a try. The story is about Duane Minor, a bartender just back from a tour in Vietnam. He's married and he and his wife have adopted their 13-year-old niece, Julia. Life is going fairly well in spite of the...

I plan on using this audio as part of the audiobook version of this collection once I've recorded all of the stories. If you have any feedback on the audio, let me know. Otherwise, enjoy!

I love something with a dash of Steampunk. Or a whole cup. As a result, I’m a big fan of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences. The organization, created for a series of wonderful books by Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris, investigates supernatural happenings in Victorian England and around the world. I was invited to include this story in one of their shared world collections. Once I received the rig...

I’ve been a fan of Joe Hill’s work for a long time. Much like his father, I think his strongest works are also his shortest. I’ve really enjoyed the graphic novels he’s produced, especially The Cape and Basketful of Heads.  Recently, I noticed he had a new novel out, his first in about ten years. I didn’t pay particular attention to how long the book was. It’s not usually something I worry about....

This is one of the stories from my short story collection Blood Borne (affiliate link). This story takes place in the same universe as and shares characters with Two Steps from Hell. When asked by Charlie Brown (yes, I know) to take part in his Dirty Magick: New Orleans anthology, I decided to revisit that tale. This is a prequel of sorts, exploring a relationship more than TSfH allowed. There’s e...

Light of the Outsider, by Matthew Wayne Selznick, is a heist story set in a fantasy world that’s on a different planet a la Pern. Well, it’s that and it’s so much more than that. The royal baby has been kidnapped. The kidnappers are on the run and factions from the government and other interested parties are after them. The real stand out here are the characters. Matthew uses very close third pers...

This is the audio for chapter one of a book I'm working on (and have been for a while) called The Harvest. I'm going to start recording my own audiobooks starting this year, until I can afford to hire someone. I'm curious to know if there's anything in the quality of this recording or my reading of the work that would need to be tweaked for eventual sale as an audiobook. Please give me any and all...

What do you think about prologues in general? This one specifically? What do you think about the quality of the audio? (I know I have a couple of chair squeaks in there. I need to de-squeak my chair.) Should I include the prologue in the finished book?

Dave makes his living with his pearly whites. Imagine his terror when he wakes up with incredible dental pain. Is it a cavity or something... worse. (It's worse. Whenever I use the ellipses it's definitely worse.)

Today's story is about Bobby and a very special guest he finds in his back yard.

A man receives a straaaange box that takes him on a journey.

A little story about why it's a good idea to always take a partner on ghost hunts. And also my first episode in my rebooted fiction podcast. A little story about why it's a good idea to always take a partner on ghost hunts. And also my first episode in my rebooted fiction podcast.