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New Story Available!
My weird story, "Pain is My Fear Escaping" is now live at Atomjack Magazine. My story follows a poem by Bruce Boston, and I couldn't be happier sharing such company. Most people either love or hate this story. Feel free to tell me which side of the fence you sit. Leave a commentMore governmental control
The FDA has introduced a new food labeling system. Tier 1: Food with ingredients that your great-grandmother would recognize will have no special labeling. Tier 2: Food with enhanced, modified, extruded or emulsified ingredients will now be labeled as Unnatural. Tier 3: Food that has genetically modified ingredients or has been irradiated will now ( Read more... )Short Story Sale!
Just found out I've found a home for my piece, "Pain is My Fear Escaping." This story generally evokes either hatred or high praise from readers and nothing in between. Since I wrote it, and I've taken the time to try to sell it, I fall into the later category. More details to follow. Once it becomes available, you can tell me which category ( Read more... )Requested full mss
Just sent off a requested full mss for novel #2. It would make me a very happy man to work with this publishing company.Deadlines!
Oh, shit, I just realized I missed a deadline I was really working hard to make. I generally obsess over reading guidelines, but for some reason it didn't click in my head that the deadline was for "received by..." not "post marked by..." God damn it.Nonfiction Book
Since I have nothing better to do (haha), I've decided to put together a nonfiction book proposal for a regional publisher. I've had the idea squirreled away in a file on my desktop for about two years. Today, I came across what seems like an ideal publisher. At one point I thought the topic (a ghost town close to me) would be a great setting ( Read more... )Procrastinating with Dirt
In a concerted effort to avoid my current wip, I've been getting my hands dirty tending my garden. I think this avenue of distraction is about to come to an end considering I've shoe-horned everything I possibly can into my postage stamp backyard. So, to recount, I've put in three varieties of tomatoes (gold medal, crynkovic, and yellow stuffer ( Read more... )Afraid Review
Afraid is the first horror novel from Jack Kilborn, aka thriller writer, JA Konrath. While this novel is touted as horror, I see it more of a horror/action hybrid that travels at an unrelenting pace, and is inhabited by likeable heroes and vile villains. Set during one harrowing evening, Afraid pits the citizens of the sleepy Wisconsin Northwood' ( Read more... )New to Facebook
I guess I'm on Facebook now ( Read more... )New Book Announcement... sorta
Well, I have some details for one of the deals I'm working on. It's a collection tentatively titled the same as this blog: "Through the Eyes of Strays." It will contain about 12 stories, about a third reprints and the rest brand spanking new. The unifying theme is the world seen through the eyes of outsiders, or "Strays." These stories run the ( Read more... )