Box Cutters: RELEASE DAY! (excerpt #6)

For the six days leading up to the official release of my chapbook, Box Cutters (sunnyoutside press), I’ve been posting the first sentence or two of each story in the chapbook, one each day, as a kind of teaser for the book. And today is RELEASE DAY! So here is excerpt #6, and if you like somethingContinue reading “Box Cutters: RELEASE DAY! (excerpt #6)”

Box Cutters: excerpt #5

For the six days leading up to the official release of my chapbook, Box Cutters (sunnyoutside press), I’m posting the first sentence or two of each story in the chapbook, one each day, as a kind of teaser for the book. Today is excerpt #5! The book releases tomorrow! But you don’t have to wait until NovemberContinue reading “Box Cutters: excerpt #5”

Box Cutters: excerpt #4

For the six days leading up to the official release of my chapbook, Box Cutters (sunnyoutside press), I’m posting the first sentence or two of each story in the chapbook, one each day, as a kind of teaser for the book. Today is excerpt #4! But you don’t have to wait until November 12 to order yourContinue reading “Box Cutters: excerpt #4”

Box Cutters: excerpt #3

For the six days leading up to the official release of my chapbook, Box Cutters (sunnyoutside press), I’m posting the first sentence or two of each story in the chapbook, one each day, as a kind of teaser for the book. Today is excerpt #3! But you don’t have to wait until November 12 to order yourContinue reading “Box Cutters: excerpt #3”

Box Cutters: excerpt #2

For the six days leading up to the official release of my chapbook, Box Cutters (sunnyoutside press), I’m posting the first sentence or two of each story in the chapbook, one each day, as a kind of teaser for the book. Today is excerpt #2! But you don’t have to wait until November 12 to order yourContinue reading “Box Cutters: excerpt #2”

Box Cutters: excerpt #1

As of today, it is six days until the official release of my chapbook, Box Cutters, from sunnyoutside press. And the chapbook contains six stories. So, for the next six days, I’m going to post the first sentence or two of each story, one each day, as a kind of teaser for the book. ButContinue reading “Box Cutters: excerpt #1”

The Jersey Devil and Jesus are best buds

One of my favorite things about working with Jersey Devil Press is that it NEVER gets old. Every issue feels like the best issue ever — I always love the work we get to publish. This month, we also get to introduce our new online editor, our old friend Laura Garrison, who is stepping upContinue reading “The Jersey Devil and Jesus are best buds”

Slip loose the blade and rip her open!

Ladies and gentlemen, today I have some huge news. HUGE! This morning, sunnyoutside press revealed the cover of my upcoming chapbook, Box Cutters. This is my first chapbook — my first book, for that matter — and I am simply GEEKING OUT over it! Huge thanks to the gang over at sunnyoutside, as well asContinue reading “Slip loose the blade and rip her open!”

New publication

I have a new story online today, gang. It’s called “Please Know Our Loving Thoughts Embrace You,” and it’s a love story, a classic romantic tale of boy-meets-corpse. No, seriously. And before you all start frothing at the mouth in Walking Dead glee, no, it’s not a zombie story. And no, you more twisted horrorContinue reading “New publication”

Words everywhere

What a week in literature! This past Tuesday, my wife and I went to see Salman Rushdie speak as the inaugural writer in this year’s Portland Arts & Lectures series. I’ve heard him on the radio several times and I’ve enjoyed his appearances on The Daily Show, so I knew the guy was not onlyContinue reading “Words everywhere”