So, I’m working on a new short story to submit to an upcoming anthology.  It has a particular theme, one I think is pretty intriguing, but it involves a bit of research on my part.  No big deal, I’m always down for that, I just hate that my own science background is so shaky.  While I wait for a buddy [...]

Writing a short story isn’t all that hard.  Writing a good short story is.  Writing a whole collection of good ones is damn near impossible.  Other authors understand this, and would probably agree with my estimate that for every published piece of quality short fiction, a writer has another ten that just aren’t worthy of public eyes. People a lot [...]

Every aspect of designing and running this Haunted House has been a learning experience.  Not just socially, but creatively, and I truly feel as if I’m gathering some incredible insight on what scares young people here in 2012.  I’ve written about it all before, but much of it was academic, while last night I got to really see it in [...]

Last night was our first dry-run at the East Liverpool Area Jaycees Haunted House.  Full costume, makeup, lighting and everything for the benefit of a small camera crew shooting our promo video.  I’m having a hard time believing we’re actually done, especially after being at that building for an average of 10 hours per day everyday for the last month.  [...]

There’s so much that a horror writer can learn from working at a Halloween Attraction.  Even more if he gets scammed into being one of the committee heads who runs it.  While it’s unbelievably stressful, it’s also undeniably awesome. I’ve always been a big fan of deconstructionist theory, and I feel like I’ve managed to see past the window dressings [...]