As we approach the end of 2018 and look toward the new year, I’m excited at my upcoming projects. I continue to work for a small non-fiction magazine. Fortunately, the job still allows time for fiction writing as well. My short story “Angels Don’t Fear Heights” has been selected to appear in the Kill Switch […]
Music has the power to soothe the soul, drive people to obsession, and soundtrack evil plots. Is music the instigator of madness, or the key that unhinges the psychosis within? From guitar lessons in a graveyard and a baby allergic to music, to an infectious homicidal demo and melancholy tunes in a haunted lighthouse, Crescendo […]
Crescendo of Darkness Edited by Jeremiah Donaldson “Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” -Victor Hugo My short story “Become the Music” has been selected to appear in the upcoming Crescendo of Darkness anthology. Music can change hearts, minds, and lives. It can also destroy. Can […]
Authors often debate whether it is useful to submit short stories to open submission calls. After all, it takes effort to write, effort to sell, and the pay isn’t great. And if it doesn’t sell to the first market, you have to make it conform to market after market. I had to ask myself this […]
So how do you progress as a writer over a long summer? I have advice, most of which I even managed to follow. Tell me about your successes. Writing Conferences: If you have the time and funds, writers conferences offer several benefits. Like any industry, networking can open doors and give you insight that someone […]
The print and ebook anthology Spiders is available on Amazon.com. My short story, “The Golden Rule,” was written at the Rainforest Writers Village: Genetically-modified spiders are at the mercy of university researchers who milk their silk and venom. The tables are soon turned. Have you ever known a merciful spider? Yes, it’s horror with some sci-fi flavoring […]
My short story The Pirate is now available through Flagship Magazine along with stories by Brand Gamblin, Mike Plested, and Philip Carroll. The Pirate gives you sci-fi with a sense of fun. Much more optimistic than the horror shorts you may have heard from me recently. The Blurb: What do you do when you are born […]
The LIVE reading by P.G. Holyfield of my short story, Feverfew, was a great success and fun for everyone who attended. I got to be in the chat room for the reading and gave a small interview at the end. Thank you to anyone who attended the reading.
My fantasy short story Feverfew will be read LIVE on Wednesday, December 30th 2009 at 6:30 pm Pacific by P.G. Holyfield on video at http://www.stickam.com/pgholyfield. The story is set in the world of Murder at Avedon Hill (available in print in 2010). The Tales of the Children anthology provides looks at the Children of Az. […]
The Wicked Women Writer’s challenge at Horror Addicts is on. A huge episode of Horror Addicts is followed by four smaller episodes, one for each of the Wicked Women Writer’s short stories. Each story involves killing a husband and is horror oriented. Mine is the fourth story. Listen to my story Graveyard Shift (and Re-shift) as […]