Reading and reviewing Ray Bradbury Unbound

It's only fitting that I am holing myself up in the public library on these rainy summer afternoons to review Jonathan R. Eller's Ray Bradbury Unbound for an upcoming issue of Rue Morgue Magazine. Unbound, due out this Sept., is the sequel to Professor Eller's first—and astonishingly well-executed—Ray Bradbury biography, Becoming Ray Bradbury. Ray often did the same thing I am doing. As a kid, he spent the summers of his formative years reading, reading, reading.

E-interview with Michael Rowe online at Postscripts

My online interview with the eloquent Toronto editor and horror writer Michael Rowe is now up at the Postscripts to Darkness website. I talk to Mr. Rowe about his latest horror novel, the soul-kicking Wild Fell, as well his various inspirations and themes. Check this out to see how the pros do it - both the interview and the question-answering.

My Book Arrived in the Mail

Guess what arrived in the mail from my publisher on Monday? The advance uncorrected proofs of "Town & Train". For those not in the business, these are the advance copies that get sent to book reviewers and the media in general. I also have to give the book one last look before it goes to press for the Nov. 8 publication date. I got a little light-headed about seeing the books after I opened the box. I owe a huge thank you to my publisher and editor, Steve Berman, and to Matt Cresswell for his amazing design work.

Ranylt Richildis publishes "No Chimeras"

Some great news regarding Ranylt Richildis, a peer of my Little Workshop of Horrors writers’ workshop. Her stunning story, “No Chimeras”, has found a home in The Future Fires, an online magazine. You can check out her handiwork here.

Congratulations, Ranylt!  And keep on writin’.

About my novel "Town & Train"

Want to read a  new book this fall? Here it is—the official back cover blurb about my horror novel, "Town & Train", forthcoming from Lethe Press on November 8, 2014. Many thanks to my publisher Steve Berman for all he has done for me, and many other new writers breaking into the business.

 

“In a small Ontario town, seventeen-year-old John Daniel wakes by the railroad tracks with no recollection of how he got there. Something called him from his bed. Officer David Forester, a recent transfer from Toronto, struggles to fit into the local police force, despite resistance from established circles. Both soon suspect a more pervasive and menacing collusion occurring in town when an antique steam train arrives late in the night. At the phantasmal engine, a conductor promises the desperate locals escape from their town dying with so many closed stores and shattered dreams--but there is no denying what the stranger really brings is the stuff of nightmares”.

—Lethe Press, copyright 2014.

A photo of yours truly with the cover image of the book. Courtesy of Sean McKibbon.

The book is available for pre-order, here, on amazon.com.

Metro News article about my book Town & Train

Yesterday, Metro News, a free news daily in Ottawa, ran the first coverage about my horror novel, Town & Train, forthcoming from Lethe Press. Check out this snap of yours truly. Many thanks to reporter Trevor Kevin Greenway and managing editor Sean McKibbon for doing the story.

Blurb for my novel "Town & Train"

Tremendous news. I have had a few people asking if there is my blurb back cover description for my novel, Town & Train, forthcoming from Lethe Press. 

Here it is, on amazon.com. 

It's a literary horror novel set in a small town in a heat wave summer. It's dg1990 and not all is well Brandon, Ontario. I am also sending out a huge thank you to my editor and publisher, Steve Berman, for all he does for new writers trying to be heard-and read. This bud is for you, Duke of New Jersey, fine editor and publisher of Lethe Press. You make it possible for new voices to find their way. For that, I am profoundly grateful.