Fiction Bragging Reminder: Last Week to get “Bother” for Free!

Wednesday, April 24th, 2013

In February, I let you all know about the opportunity to get your hands on one of my short stories for free for a limited time. And now that time is almost at an end! “Bother,” along with many other fantastic stories collected by M. David Blake for the 2013 Campbellian Pre-Reading Anthology, will only [...]

Fiction Bragging: The 2013 Campbellian Pre-Reading Anthology

Monday, February 11th, 2013

Published by Stupefying Stories, the 2013 Campbellian Pre-Reading Anthology is now available for free — that’s right, free! — for anyone interested in perusing the works of authors eligible for Campbell award nominations this year. What’s that? As M. David Blake, editor of Stupefying Stories explained, Named for John W. Campbell, Jr., whose 34 years at [...]

Fiction Bragging – Feature Friday at Astraea Press

Thursday, July 12th, 2012

After the publication of Maya’s Vacation, I took part in the first Feature Friday story for Astraea Press. Feature Friday is a collaboration among a bunch of Astraea Press authors to write an ongoing story with three words as a starting point. Each Friday, a different author tackled the next leg of the story, taking [...]

Fiction Bragging — She Could Be Me

Thursday, February 16th, 2012

Time for the next entry in my self-promotion series! She Could Be Me is a short story published by Flashes in the Dark back in May of 2010. And it’s available online for free! It’s a horror story with a Twilight Zone feel to it. Interested? Here are the first few lines: “I’m delayed,” Tom [...]

Fiction Bragging–Last Complaint

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

I wouldn’t call it a resolution, but I am attempting to do a better job of that self-promotion part of writing. I hate self-promotion. I want people to magically find all my published work, become instant dedicated fans, and beg me to create more stories for them. Funny enough, that doesn’t happen on its own! [...]

Six Sentence Sunday

Sunday, September 25th, 2011

I’m joining in with Six Sentence Sunday this week, giving my fiction fans six sentences from one of my works to see if it entices you. Six Sentence Sunday is mainly perused by romance authors and readers, so when I participate, I try to include something a bit similar to that genre. This six comes [...]

Six Sentence Sunday

Sunday, June 12th, 2011

For Six Sentence Sunday this week, I’m venturing into my recently published urban fantasy short story called Bother. Let’s just dive right in, shall we? The sound of crunching bones came next, like nuts cracking but louder, so much louder. It went on for what seemed like ages, but it could only have been a [...]