Archives 2026

I’m happy to announce today that one of my short stories, featuring a Washington-based cryptid creation, has been chosen to appear in print through the publisher Mystery Rebellion!

This Spookane Anthology collection will be released in two volumes under the name: Spookane: Ghosts, Gargoyles, and Garbage Goats sometime later this year. Whether my work is in Volume One or Volume Two is to be seen. This collection from Mystery Rebellion is a gathering of Spokane and Spokane-area specific horror stories, where my imagined Washington State based cryptid was sighted a few times.

I’m excited to be featured alongside other Spokane and Spokane area authors in this fiction anthology, and will share more details on the release and any signings/readings when they’re available.

In the meantime, I’m incredibly excited to be an author in a project like this for the first time. Grateful to Cliff Hansen for considering my tale among the ones selected and hope you’ll support this collection with a purchase once it arrives.

More generally speaking, I have also made great progress on my work this year. I slowed down the short story submissions/writing over the last months to put more energy into finishing my WIP novel and I’m happy to be able to say that the second draft is complete! The story has been told and the book is now on hold while I build up some cash to put towards paying an editor to help refine my book into a query-ready narrative.

Anyone who has managed their first book can relate to the pains of having the story ready but needing to wait on the cash to have it reviewed. In hindsight, perhaps I shouldn’t have started with a lengthy Fantasy story for my debut – when you add up the cost-per-word industry average it’s not an insignificant investment to get the eyes and expertise of professionals put to work on it. But, I believe in the story. It’s the story I wanted to start with, and I would never want to devalue the crucial work that Editors do. We’re all trying our best out here.

So I shall practice patience and save my pennies with the knowledge that with just two more hurdles (The Big-Scary-Edit, followed by the Even-Scarier-Query), I’ll eventually wake to an email/call to an offer that will allow me to deliver what started as rampant imaginings in my mind to a story anyone can enjoy.

That’s all for now. If you need me, I’ll be working on the next story.

Today is another first! My horror short story, “Stairwell”, was adapted by the awesome people over at Creepy Podcast. Alicia Atkins narrated the tale and it was amazing to hear the story realized in this format.

Inspired by M.C. Escher-esque looping stairs, Stairwell follows Charlie on her way to an interview, where a choice to take the stairs might just become the last she ever makes.

This story is available for listening on Creepy Podcast’s Patreon as an exclusive right here, and may be adapted into one of their longer collections in future without the paywall. As-is, there’s always a preview you can check out.

A written variation will come available sometime down the line, but for now this can only be enjoyed through Creepy Podcast.

More news to come. This is an exciting first foray into a new medium for my work!

As always, I’d recommend following my Instagram. It helps more than you can know.

I’m happy to announce that a re-imagining of “A Funeral’s Release” has found a new home through Kobo!

This revised tale tells of one Anna Sutton, a woman with a peculiar limitation on her expression that leads her to one day be discovered. Will this person expose her secret? What do they want?

You can find the answers to Anna’s dilemma for yourself by supporting my work via Kobo for just $0.99. Check it out here.

This story is a fresh take of what was my first ever horror story written with “short story” in mind. I have a fondness for this tale because of that and hope you enjoy it.

On the subject of Kobo itself, there is also a completely free version of Exit 218 available at this time with plans for a couple more titles to appear over time. I do not plan on self-publishing many stories to Kobo, in truth, as I’m more inclined to go with traditional publishing and featured spots on existing print anthologies, magazines, zines, podcasts, etc., but those placements can come with the drawback of being harder to access/read in comparison to an e-book that can be read on any screen.

As such, Kobo will be the place for shorter works of mine. Bits and pieces that might not fit in other publishing avenues but still deserve a chance to be enjoyed by others. Being an author at the start of their journey, each read means a lot – and though its lame to say, reviews do too.

If you’ve read this far, you’re my kind of person. Thanks for taking a moment to see what’s new and check back soon! I’ve got an upcoming feature I’m stoked to talk about and a whole bunch more brewing behind the scenes.