Interview at Spinetingler Magazine

Spinetingler Magazine's Brian Lindenmuth was very kind and awesome to ask me for a Conversations with the Bookless interview. It's up today.  If you can stand one more of my interviews, check it out here.

A handful of you have noticed I've slipped out of existence recently. The good news is that I AM still in existence, but caring for a loved one who has been in the hospital and is going through a very troubled and trying time right now. The adjustment has been difficult, and you probably won't see me online until May or so.

Do know that I am still writing and that my muse has been feasting more than ever on new things I've been learning. So I hope you all are keeping up (ha ha).

Miss you all!

J. Mac

You know you wanna. Vote for Pillow Talk
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Spinetingler Award Nominee

I just returned from no man's land to discover:

Pillow Talk is nominated for Spinetingler Award: Best Short Story on the Web

Yay! I would do a summersaults on my lawn if it had grass, weren't full of thorns, palm fronds, and baby mesquite trees. Not only am I shocked, surprised, blown away about the nomination but look what fantastic company I'm in!

Lily Childs, Matthew C. Funk, Nigel Bird, Steve Weddle, Jen Conley, Peter Swanson, Catherynne M. Valente, Dennis Tafoya.

Just Wow.

You can find all the story links available at the Spinetingler site HERE. Read up! Voting begins next week.

Many thanks to Beat to a Pulp editor David Cranmer for publishing Pillow Talk. I had no idea at the time how disturbing Henrietta would be on the audience's psyche, and how much they would enjoy it. (Freaks!)

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P&E Poll Time - Click It or Ticket

Two sadistic, lovely souls decided to torture and delight mine by nominating my short stories Spindled Souls & Pillow Talk over at Predator & Editors Polling Site. If Amazon Goddess Frogslingers threaten you or  lest I send Henrietta with scarlet binds and finely feathered pillows ~all the better to smother you with, my dear~ then go now, and vote for the tortured souls of the scarecrow folk OR for whoever the heck you want to vote for (Lori Titus, Sean Monaghan, Angel Zapata, Paul Brazil, Bill Crider, Chris Holms, Brian Barnett, Jim Bronyaur, ect, ect, ect...)  HERE.

And while you are at it, there are many fine ezines and editors that have been nominated as well. I've made my choices and you can make yours.

Click here to vote for editors.

Click here to vote for ezines.

Pillow Talk at Beat to a Pulp

Yeah, yeah, I know I've had more shorts come out this week then the whole freaking summer. But hey,  it's the week before YOU KNOW WHAT, and this story is as psycho, sexy, crazy as it gets. The night I wrote this, I had to turn on the lights...  and I had to question where Henrietta came from, then decided I didn't want to know. I don't want to know how dark it gets in those soulless places where the sun can't raech.  If you're brave enough read...

  
Pillow Talk at Beat To A Pulp

A big Thank You to wonderful Beat to a Pulp editors, David Cranmer and Elaine Ash. Be sure to catch their first anthology, Beat to a Pulp: Round One. It holds some of my fav writers including Spinetingler award winner Anonymous-9.  That wicked woman kicks serious fiction booty. (Arrr!)