Samhain

It's my favourite day of the year!

This evening I'll be enjoying a traditional Celtic meal of colcannon and soul cakes, then I'm off to take my youngest Trick-or-Treating. The Dark Half of the Year is upon us.

My heartfelt thanks to Mr. Cochran and the fine folks at Silver Shamrock Novelties for providing such wonderful masks this year.

Wishing you all a very happy Samhain/Hallowe'en.

CTHULHU 2012

I was very pleased to learn that my story "Annexation" will be appearing in David Wynn's Cthulhu 2012 anthology, due out from Mythos Books next year.

Although the book's Table of Contents cannot be revealed at this juncture, believe me when I say it is formidable. All the stories explore, in a variety of ways, both Lovecraftian themes and/or motifs along with the rich Mayan mythology associated with the year 2012.

Several years ago I experienced a vivid dream involving Mesoamerican settings and iconography. After several false starts at short stories, I concluded that these images would remain as a dream journal entry.

Once I dovetailed these images with some touches of Lovecraftian horror, however, "Annexation" was born.

Bestseller

I was very happy to learn that The Darkly Splendid Realm was ranked #2 on Horror Mall's Bestsellers - Pre Order list for the month of September. I'm just behind J.F. Gonzalez's latest, so I'm in very good company.

Thank you to everyone who placed an order, not only for my book but for all the upcoming horror releases.