A lover of the weird and fantastic; I favor the Oxford comma, torturing my characters, and bacon. I sincerely hope you'll find things that are new(-ish. Hey, nothing's really new in this universe) and things that make you want to ask more questions. Curiosity is fun. My current projects are the supernatural legend, Fixit, and another story of the Traveler, The Hotel Bismarck. Look for my first published piece - "Bloody Chrysalis" - in the anthology Trans Bodies, Trans Selves 2! https://the-painted-corner.com
Take a journey back with me to 1977. Star Wars was the biggest thing that summer. I personally saw it 22 times that summer. (Hey, now. I was six and the movie theatre had $0.50 matinees and let you stay there for the twilight show too, for free. So, twice a day for about two … More “You’re Gonna Love This.”
Don’t be scaredI’ve done this beforeShow me your teeth Lady Gaga, “Teeth” It’s a strange sensation to read a romance novel immediately upon finishing a horror novel. It lends a certain otherworldliness to the romance. Sentence structures are completely different, the point of a paragraph so at odds with each other. I keep waiting for … More Teeth
Like pleasure and a little painThe sacred and profaneIce and fire counteractLike black on black Heart, “Black On Black II” I’ve been a writer for a very long time. I can remember crafting stories all the way back to the age of four. I had few friends – I’ve always had few friends. That’s just … More Black On Black II: Changes
How many times do we take for grantedSimple things that make life sweet?Enraptured by material longingsWe miss the pointWe need to know, to seeBeyond your being and in the void lies the meaning Sanctuary, “Long Since Dark” I lost a friend today. I didn’t know that they were a friend until now. I thought they … More Black On Black
I’m old enough that my family of origin was caught up in the Satanic Panic of the 1980s. Between my love of fantasy literature, playing Dungeons & Dragons on a regular basis, and loving heavy metal music, the people who spawned me came down hard on me for simply liking what I like. Those people, … More Satanic Panic / Trans Terror
I haven’t written any cooperative stories in a while now. Back when I was still on Improbable Island, I was writing there as often as I could manage. Which turned out to be almost every day. As I’ve mentioned before, it was a transformative experience. Let me wax poetic a bit about it. I wasn’t … More Tables Turned
WARNING: This entry contains triggers. Hang on to your hats. In 2003 I had the opportunity to spend time in a facility dedicated to helping extreme cases of potential health hazards. This is a flowery way of saying I spent a week in-patient at a local “behavioral health hospital.” And another two weeks out-patient. I … More This One Is For The Black Hole
I’m a big fan of live chamber music: string quartets, violin and harpsichord sonatas, baroque symphonies. If you are at all interested in music, I highly recommend going to a performance. There are far worse ways to spend a few hours than giving a couple of bucks to a local musician (such performances are usually … More WWGWD?
Over the past twenty years or so, I’ve seen the growth of the phenomenon where authors and other creatives put several pages into their books, discussing the people whose works influenced them. When I was your age, you didn’t find a long “acknowledgements” section at the end of a book or an author’s introduction where … More Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants
I am marking this day in my calendar. Today is the day that I officially declare the first draft of Fixit to be done. My first (completed) novel. I think I’m in shock. I know I’m crying, and they’re tears of joy. What a relief! Proof positive at long last that I can embark on … More Tears Of Joy
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