Brady Allen 1970-2025
April 1, 2025One of the best things about being an author is hanging out with other authors. It’s a rare thing to get to talk to a group of people, talking about essentially the same subject matter in the same language. If you talk to your significant other, who may not be a writer, the chances are they may not understand it as much as one of your pals. A million years ago in 2013, I went on a writer’s retreat organized by the publisher of my first novel. There were a lot of authors, the publisher, and three authors who were…
Happy Spring (Cleaning)
Spring is Sprung
Anger Part Two: Stupid Rage
“O, that my tongue were in the thunder’s mouth! / Then with a passion would I shake the world.” — King John, Act 3 Scene 4, lines 39-40; Constance to King Philip “Oh, shut the fuck up!“ — The most…
Updates On The Fly: Part One-Angry
A scattershot essay on me being angry in an "enlightened" world...
Happy New Book!
Look at my baby! It’s here and available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble (you can request it in store if you’re there) and can be ordered anywhere there’s electricity! I will let you know when I’ll be at book shows…
Rounding the Corner
As of right now, it’s a little over two weeks until All These Steps Lead Down is released. There is a sense of accomplishment that this book is even coming out at all, and although I’m nervous, I’m also relieved.…
Rough Bits
This revamped website stuff is a big pain in the neck. I look very forward to getting it all sorted out as I watch the world spin out of control around me. This font? I’m not sure where it came…
37 Days
Yeah, the site is sure looking different, right? I’m so glad you’ve noticed! Kinda couldn’t help it…I mean, it was even gone for a few days. Hell, it’s still gone as I write this!) The mistake was upgrading and changing…
All These Steps Lead Down Live
In the middle of the COVID 19 pandemic, there was a super fun live reading at Chatham University on October 14th, 2021 featuring authors Sara Tantlinger, Douglas Gwilym, Michael Arnzen and the mighty Jocelyn Codner. And me? I was the…
The Good Bye
Something a little new here on the site….a “live” reading. This story was written nearly 20 years ago and rewritten for a Halloween reading in 2022 with my pals from the Pittsburgh Chapter of the HWA. It was a fun…
An Update Delay…San Diego Part 1.2
Paying attention! It's always the right time!
