LILITU cover revealed, launching March 27th

LILITU: THE MEMOIRS OF A SUCCUBUS comes out March 27th, 2020, for both Paperback and Kindle. It is being released by award-winning horror publisher Crystal Lake Publishing (https://www.crystallakepub.com/).

We can now also reveal the amazing cover art created by Ben Baldwin (http://www.benbaldwin.co.uk/?LMCL=yJu8SQ).

Pre-orders will be available soon.

Synopsis:

"England, 1876. Twenty-year-old Maraina Blackwood has always struggled to adhere to the restrictive standards of Victorian society, denying the courage and desire that burn within her soul. But after a terrifying supernatural encounter, Maraina's instincts compel her to action.

Maraina soon discovers a plot to unleash a new world—a world of demonic aristocrats, bloody rituals, and nightmarish monsters. Putting her upbringing aside, Maraina vows to fight the dark forces assuming control of England. But as her world transforms, Maraina finds that she too must transform...and what she becomes will bring out all that she once buried."

Releases, Interviews, & Delays

Hey everyone, sorry I've been neglecting to update this blog. Lots has been happening!

First, the good news: THE INDIGO VOLUME is now available! This pay-what-you-want anthology contains fresh new stories by the Clarion Class of 2012. All proceeds are donated to the Clarion Foundation. It includes my new story DIRECTIONS TO THE HOLLOW OF SOULS!

Full blurb:

“The students from Clarion 2012 (a.k.a. “The Awkward Robots”) have pulled up a collection of stories and poems from the depths of imagination.

In the years since they left San Diego, the Awkward Robots have amassed publications in Lightspeed, Asimov’s, The New Yorker, Strange Horizons, Granta, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Nightmare, and Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy.

Table of contents:

SOME QUEER SUNLESS PLACE by Lara Elena Donnelly A QUARANTINED MIND by Eric Esser DIRECTIONS TO THE HOLLOW OF SOULS by Jonathan Fortin THREE LITTLE PIGS by R.K. Kalaw GREEN LIKE STARLIGHT by Chris Kammerud A RIVER WITCH'S GUIDE by S.M. Mack HEALTHY WILDS by Dan McMinn THE INDIGO MUSEUM: TWO POSTCARD STORIES by Sam J. Miller LOLA'S GAMBLE by Luke R. Pebler”

You can grab it here: https://gumroad.com/l/indigovol

The not so good news: LILITU: THE MEMOIRS OF A SUCCUBUS has been delayed until early 2020. We'll have pre-orders and the cover art up by Christmas. I, for one, cannot wait.

Finally, I was interviewed for HorrorAddicts' Finale and Halloween Special: https://horroraddicts.wordpress.com/2019/10/19/horroraddicts-net-176-finale-and-halloween-special/

Wishing everyone a happy holiday weekend!

25 Of The Most Metal Films (That Aren't About Metal)

My blog tour has zoomed back to HorrorAddicts. Here's a list of movies that aren't *about* metal but still FEEL metal (at least to me).

https://horroraddicts.wordpress.com/2019/10/06/guest-blog-25-of-the-most-metal-films-that-arent-about-metal/

My thinking here was, other lists of "Most Metal Movies" only ever feature movies that are explicitly about metal. My own criteria was, "Do the images in the movie feel like they could be metal album covers? Could you put metal on the soundtrack and have it feel right? Does the story feel like it could also be that of a metal concept album? Does it feel powerful and meticulously constructed in the way that good metal does?" Hopefully that makes this a more interesting, if controversial, list.