(Originally published September 15, 2016) It is hard to believe that we are already 15 years out from the harrowing events of 9/11. What's astonishing to me is not only the fact that every single person I have ever spoken to about it can remember in vivid detail where they were and what they were... Continue Reading →

(Originally posted on November 8, 2015) Ever since I can remember, I have been "writing for my life". Some of you reading this may wonder what this is. Well, "writing for your life" is  when you are a writer not just out of an all-consuming desire to put words on a blank page and to... Continue Reading →

(Originally published September 30, 2015 ) When I was eight years-old I saw my first dead body. My mother's side of the family were undertakers and as far as I know, they still are. On the day in question, I was attending a funeral for a relative I barely knew. For some reason I can't recall,... Continue Reading →

(Originally published September 21, 2015) Horror-fiction is in desperate need of a "Renaissance", a "rebirth".  I know...a pretty bold statement to make as the first sentence of my very first blog post. I don't say this to be provocative, but to start off on the right foot, so to speak. This is a theme that will be interwoven through all of my... Continue Reading →

In 1977, Stephen King wrote a novella under the pseudonym 'Richard Bachman', called "Rage". The short novella is about a teenager named Charles Decker, a disillusioned and deeply-disturbed young man with"daddy-issues", who walks into his Algebra class, shoots his teacher dead, and then holds the class hostage until he has successfully weeded out the "phonies", exposed the "heartless" and turned each and every clique in that 30-student classroom against each other.