horror fiction

  • The Turbulent Flight Home

    The Turbulent Flight Home

    A million years ago (in two thousand fifteen,) I had a story in an anthology that took place in the very same universe as Night of the Living Dead. Called, Rise of the Dead, the idea was to have various stories that took place ideally on the same day as the original movie, but…

  • Brady Allen 1970-2025

    One 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…

  • Rough Bits

    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 from; it was probably an accident. (And I do enjoy an accident as long…

  • 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 stuff 40 days before the new book is finally released. The release of the…

  • All These Steps Lead Down Live

    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 opening slab of storyteller. It was a fun evening for all involved especially for…

  • THE LETTER IN THE LIGHTHOUSE (灯台の手紙)

    Spooky goings on at the Aniva lighthouse…

  • StokerCon 23 Part 3

    Better late than never? Maybe… Keep in mind I am writing this approximately four months from next StokerCon..Late? Understatement. I’ve been trying to write this third part for months and each time I start, something awful happens. It’s a post that in retrospect doesn’t really require a ton of exposition except from the point…

  • The Dinner Conversation

    Here are two friends having a lovely dinner chat about life, death and a nice bag of potatoes.

  • Spiritus Ex Machina

    Free fiction about a haunted English Race Car