Fiction

In fiction, my primary interest is horror. At a young age, I chose Halloween as my favorite holiday, and this inspired a love of all of the tropes of classic horror, from ghosts and haunted houses to vampires, witches and werewolves. In high school, I read most of H.P. Lovecraft’s stories, and this inspired me to begin writing fiction of my own. Many of my stories are Lovecraftian to some degree, but others depend on classic horrors. I remain partial to ghost stories.

I do not generally write in other genres, but I read some fantasy and science fiction, and these works have surely influenced me as well. Chief among them would be J.R.R. Tolkien, whose tales of Middle Earth have captivated me many times. Dante, Shakespeare, Poe, Lovecraft and Tolkien would rank as my favorite authors.

For a sample of my fiction, see my story “Tisiphone,” which was inspired by the work of Poe. It first appeared on the Ghostwriting page of Ursula Bielski’s Chicago Hauntings.

My short story “Inmate” was published in May 2016 in issue #44 of Sanitarium. Digital copies can be purchased on Amazon, iTunes, Google Play Store or Pocketmags.

In June 2016, my short story “The Cold Girl” appeared in Volume 5, Issue 1 of Hypnos Magazine. Copies can be purchased on their website.

“The Cold Girl” rose again in October, 2019. She has been published in a collection of reprinted ghost stories entitled Re-Haunt: Chilling Stories of Ghosts & Other Haunts. For more information, see my page for The Cold Girl.

“Old Growth” has been published in a collection entitled Scary Stuff. For more information, see this page.

“The Miroir de Vaugnac, or the Scrying Bowl of Lamentation” appears in Dark Divinations.

But Together We Are Strong” has appeared in the February 2020 issue of Horror Magazine.

Climax in the Vampire’s Crypt” has been posted on the Page & Spine site.

Schattenlenker’s Hidden Treasure” has been published by Silent Motorist Media in their anthology, The Nightside Codex.

The Seeker and the Queen of Ghouls” appears in Unbreakable Ink Volume 2.

“When the Hunters Prowl the Night” has appeared in the final issue of The Society of Misfit Stories from Bards & Sages.

“The Lord of the Horizon Beckons” appears in The Nameless Songs of Zadok Allen and Other Things That Should Not Be.

“Withered Bindings” appears in Manor of Frights.

Summoner of the Cryptic Fiend” appears in A Darkness Visible.

The Great God Nephren-Ka Is in Procession” is one of the winners of the June 2023 Synthemata contest, and can be found here.