One of my favorite short stories, so far, "The Night Menu," has been published. Available now at your favorite digital store!Consumed: a horror and dark fiction anthology by John WardUniversal Book Links Help You Find Books at Your Favorite Store!AUTHORS
Polar Borealis, the Canadian SFF and Horror zine, has a new free issue with a story of mine - Demon Liquor https://polarborealis.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/POLAR-BOREALIS-36.pdf
Writing
A serial killer and a spell gone wrong = weird revenge in Rae Patterson's "Blood Golem" in Dirty Magick 15. Buy the single story or the whole issue on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/posts/142513665?collection=1811580
Musings
Whenever I hear someone say they don’t want their children exposed to “gender ideology” in school, a very specific scenario plays out in my head. Some poor sap of a child, when students are talking about their families, mentions their uncle and his husband. The teacher raises a hand,
Musings
What I really don’t like about the current AI craze is the fact that by its nature, AI in its current state is best used for confusing reality and make-believe. The predatory chatbots on employment search and dating sites, the glorious images of fruit platters and rustic cottages on
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A story of mine, "All the Way Down," will be published in the upcoming anthology "Malice" published by Dragon Soul Press. It it a Noir SF story that I enjoyed writing very much. It will be published 30 September 2024. https://dragonsoulpress.com/dsp-books/#jp-carousel-6321
Writing
Some writers have such a strong voice. I’m thinking Bradbury or Pratchett, say, where whichever work of theirs you are reading, it’s like you are sitting on the ground beside a campfire, listening to the author tell their own story. It may be funny or terrifying or heartbreaking,
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I am ridiculously excited :) https://www.spindlehousepress.com/dark-tales-from-the-tarot/sangre-del-diablo
Musings
For your convenience, you can now take a job away from an underpaid, non-unionized cashier and do their job with no training and for no pay. Despite the obvious conflict of interest this imposes on you, valued customer, we trust that you will ring everything in at the correct inflated
Musings
Imagine, if you will, that you are driving your 4X4 across the desert to the fabled city of Xanadu, out of view in the distance. You have set your course and have been driving for quite a while. You realize that your steering is out of alignment and that you
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The enshittification of Loblaws, easily the largest supermarket chain in Canada, is well into the “squeezing with both fists” portion of our program. We all owe Cory Doctorow a debt of gratitude for his development of the concept of enshittification. Amazon is, of course, the poster child for this business
Musings
I have high blood pressure which I have had since my twenties. I had pre-eclampsia when I was pregnant. Over the years I have been on every kind of hypertension meds, and on none at all. When I was drinking, back in the day, doctors told me that alcoholism was