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Is It September Yet? My August Writing/Working Update

August 28, 2026

Given that I keep putting this off and straight up forgetting about writing this blog post, you can tell this has been an exhausting month for me. An yet, I’ve barely done any writing. Actually, maybe I haven’t done any writing … Well, at the beginning of the month, I finished the final edits of Skull Daddy II so that I could get everything finalized and uploaded for publication. And that’s it. This month, I’ve

Prescription: A Flasher Story

The situation in this story is very real. Well, except for the ending; I made that part up. But the rest of it… I was standing right behind “Rachel” in line at the pharmacy. In order to protect the identity of this stranger I had the misfortune of encountering, her

Skulls & Sharks & So Much More! July 2026 Writing Update

I was trying to think of a third thing that started with an “s” but… Well, you see how that went. And my main priorities this month have been Skull Daddy II and Shark Week. First, let’s address the great white in the room: I am beyond disappointed that Discovery

Ouija: A Flasher Story

This month’s flash fiction offering is dedicated to my loving and supportive partner who’s been a HUGE help when it comes to events and publishing. I seriously could not do any of this without him. So, of course, this is a story Mark would hate. His hatred / fear of

The Horrors Persist (But So Do I): My June Writing Update

I fear I have exceeded my allotted number of screams into the void. We all know that May was rough for me. The month of June has largely been spent recovering from that. Well, recovering and attending a multitude of events. I’ve got some days off planned for July and

Notice: A Flasher Story

Back when I first started writing and brainstorming for this collection, one of my main goals was to play around with different ways to tell a story. A notice taped to a wall was one of the formats that came to mind. And even though I wrote this piece of

Month Of Hell: My May 2026 “Writing” Update

CW: death, grief, depression, chronic pain, medical content, daddy issues (can’t you see how fun this post is going to be?) As I’m sure you’ve already guessed by the title of this blog post, not a whole lot of actual writing happened this month. I went into May full of

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