HORROR DELVE AND “DEAD HANDS CLAPPING” IN ISSUE 2 OF NIGHTMARE ABBEY

BIG NEWS! Issue #2 of Nightmare Abbey Magazine from Dead Letter Press is now available for purchase. My Horror Delve column makes a return appearance in its pages, this time finding me taking a look at dreams and nightmares in short horror fiction. Alongside my column, I also have a new short story published in […]

BLACK INFINITY: ROCKETSHIPS AND SPACESUITS

The new issue of Black Infinity Magazine, edited by the great Tom English (whose insightful Please Stand By columns are not-to-be-missed, by the way), is now available for purchase. The theme this time around is Rocketships and Spacesuits. This issue is filled-to-bursting with classic short fiction by the likes of Ray Bradbury, Robert Silverberg and […]

MY STORY “THE CAROLLERS” IS FEATURED IN A NEW ANTHOLOGY

My short story “The Carollers” appears in the new holiday-themed anthology Christmas Under the Covers edited by Marc Damien Lawler. It’s my tenth story overall to see publication and the fourth of them to be set during the Christmas season. I’m particularly excited to get to share a table of contents with the great Jim […]

FREE READING OF “CHRISTMAS WINE” SHORT STORY

This past week I was honored to have legendary podcaster and literary historian Jim Moon perform a reading of my short story “Christmas Wine” on his Great Library of Dreams podcast. I’ve long been a fan Jim’s podcasts, so it was extra-cool to hear him read a story of mine. As for the story itself, […]

BLACK INFINITY #6: INSIDIOUS INSECTS

Black Infinity issue #6 is now out and available for purchase under $10. This one is especially exciting for me because I make two appearances in it. There’s a new installment of my retro-movie review column Matt Cowan’s Threat Watch – this one focusing on films involving insects or spiders or other such scuttling things, […]

“LOVELY WEATHER FOR AN UNSEELIE SLEIGH RIDE TOGETHER” IS AVAILABLE IN A TREE LIGHTING IN DEATHLEHEM

My new short Christmas-themed horror story “Lovely Weather for an Unseelie Sleigh Ride Together” is now available in the anthology A Tree Lighting in Deathlehem from Grinning Skull Press. This will be my third appearance in the Deathlehem series of anthologies, so I’m excited to make a return visit. To add a bit of context, […]

BLACK INFINITY ISSUE #4 STRANGE DIMENSIONS

BLACK INFINITY magazine returns yet again! This time the theme is Strange Dimensions. The book contains 13 stories dealing with parallel realities in one form or another. There’s also a reprint of a vintage Steve Ditko comicbook story, editor Tom English’s always delve into the issue’s theme, a Todd Treichel weird science article, as well […]

“NUMEN” A SHORT HORROR STORY BY MATT COWAN

“NUMEN” Originally published in Cellar Doors Volume II: Words of BeautyTales of Terror, where it won an Editor’s Choice Award By Matt Cowan “By the way, John, the bathroom speaks at night,” Amanda said, opening a box marked KITCHEN. John glanced over from hanging a picture in the adjacent room. “How unique, surprised they didn’t […]

BLACK INFINITY #3 BODY SNATCHERS, ALIEN CONTROL AND REPLACEMENT

Issue #3 of Black Infinity Magazine is now available for purchase. The theme for this issue is Body Snatchers! Alien Control, Possession and/or Replacement. As always, it’s bursting at the seams with both new and classic weird/science fiction stories, columns, artwork, pictures and a vintage comic book tale. Every issue begins with an excellent article […]

BLACK INFINITY: DEADLY PLANETS SPECIAL PREVIEW

I’ve previously posted here about my movie review column that made its debute in the new science fiction journal Black Infinity from Tom English and Dead Letter Press. What I haven’t mentioned much about is all the other contributions this impressive first volume has to offer. You’ll find a full novel by Harry Harrison, two columns ( […]