2 New Stories

Howdy!

It's been awhile, yeah? I get emails occasionally asking if I'm alive and I assure you I am. My son has developed an illness that takes a lot of my time and energy. Also, I'm working on projects under another name which I may or may not reveal in the future.

Two new stories for you:



Pulp Modern: Number Four 

At the very cool Pulp Modern, I have an October story that came out in January. Hey, it's always halloween in our hearts, right?

In Smashing Roxy, Blondie throws off niceties and normalities, becoming the monster she truly is the one day of the year it is acceptable. When she hears dolls whispering about the Reaper from nearby bushes, she follows them to an empty house where she meets the unexpected.

I devoured the whole magazine, and let me assure you a story called "The Pity Monster" by Stanley Rutgers is reason alone to buy the latest issue.

A big thank you to editor Alec Cizak.


Pulp Metal Magazine

It's ladies night at Pulp Metal Magazine where you'll find the "Deadlier than the Male" issue up. My story "In the Pines" was inspired by Kurt Kobain's version of "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?". I was listening to it while driving, and immediately my fav femme fatale spoke to me, and another piece of the Rietta puzzle wrote itself out.

Thank you, as always, to the groovy Jason Michel.

Beat To A Pulp Round 2

David Cranmer and Matthew P Mayo present:

BEAT TO A PULP ROUND 2

with some hella killa Pulp writing heroes including my personal favs: Bill Crider, Vicki Hendricks, Ed Gorman, Dave Zeltersman, Alec Cizak, Steve Weddle, Patricia Abbot, and Glenn Gray. Bang! 

In '10 when Round 1 came out, I won an extra copy in a raffle on Women of Mystery's website. I decided to gift it to one of my brothers.  He enjoyed the anthology which is cool because a) he is picky(!) and b) tends to take apart every story he reads piece by piece. I told him I'd send him the next "round". Little does he know big sister has a story in it! 

Really humbled and proud to be in this one.

Pick up BEAT TO A PULP ROUND 2 at Amazon or CreateSpace

I interview Yelena Sabel at Pulp Metal Magazine

Script writer, film producer, and actress Yelena Sabel and I talk about how she pulls stories from the written word through a camera lens to a visual experience, the psychology behind Stockton's story The Lady or the Tiger, her film Sex, Blood and Fairy Tales,  and of course, imagination in the purest art and form. The lady's mind is sharp and believe me when I say she's going places.


Come and enjoy the fun chat at the always epic Pulp Metal Magazine.

"TAP" in 9 Days of Madness

Chris Allinotte presents stories of the unsettling and disturbing.Think of straight jackets & long hallways with white and black tiled floors. No doors or windows. No green exit signs. Only an axe in a glass display case to use in emergency. PA speakers repeat,"NINE DAYS OF MADNESS."

The madness began with Godwin. I continue it today with  

"Tap"

ps. This has to be one of my favorite series of the year. Chris does a great job. Last year's stories were spectacularly creepy & insane, as this year's promises to be.


UPDATE: Download a free E- book of the 9DOM! Click on pic below

Ruby Hearts at Cast of Wonders

Pssst...Hey there, it's been awhile, as in like four months. Where have I been? If you figure that out let me know, I'd appreciate it. In the meanwhile, one of my oldest writing friends, Barry Northern, fantastic editor of two thriving podcasts (Cast Macabre and Cast of Wonders) has published and narrated my fantasy YA story,  

  
Ruby Hearts.

I am delighted and tickled with the way he has brought this story to life (and check out the cover art he created for the story- yay!). Amazing. Thank you, Barry! A special thanks to Cast of Wonders producer, Graeme Dunlop, as well.

*This story was originally accepted in Absolutely Kate's "Harbinger 33".

Black, White and Red All Over at In Between Altered States

Santa Muerte takes us to Jerusalem in "Black, White, and Red All Over" at In Between Altered States. The theme this month is salvation, and its always neat to read all the contributions together. The collective subconscience is amazing when a group of people are asked to write on a similiar subject.


Sincere Thank You to editor, Aleathia Drehmer.

Also, special thank yous to Sean Monaghan, Angel Zapata, and Lori Titus for the write ups they've done for "Mantra" and "Free Mercury" this last month. And extra appreciation to Erin Cole & Chris Allinotte for their encouragement and to others for reviews on Pulp Ink & Laughing at the Death Grin! anthologies and my stories within.  I don't know what I'd do without the support of my writing family. 

"Free Mercury" at Beat to a Pulp

Horror.

Some think a Mantra can keep it from happening to them, others induce it into sick Halloween Games. It often bumps in the night casting shadows against the walls, hiding under your bed with a knife.  Sometimes, though, horror is a simple melt of our vulnerabilities over blistering hot lava.

The only hope is to "FREE MERCURY"




Thank you, as always, to the wonderful editor of Beat to a Pulp, David Cranmer.

Happy Halloween!