Lullabies for Suffering is currently FREE on Kindle! You can pick up stories by Caroline Kepnes, Gabino Iglesias, Kealan Patrick Burke, John F.D. Taff, Mark Matthews, and me! This is where my story “Love is a Crematorium” first reared her darling little head. She has since become the titular story to my Love is a Crematorium and Other Tales collection. You can pick … Read More
DARLING is Out-Of-Print.
My publisher is moving more toward anthologies, charity showcases, and special projects, so Darling is officially out-of-print and the rights have reverted to me. You can probably still find it until retailers run out of stock, and I also have a few signed copies for sale. Eventually I’ll put it out again, but I’m not sure when that will be. … Read More
Our Women in Horror Reading Starts in 30 Minutes!
My friends! Stop by to see R.A. Clarke, Suzi Madron, Lee Mitchell, and me do a reading for Women in Horror Month! Elaine Pascale is hosting. We’re each read a short excerpt, and then stick around to answer any questions you might have. The whole event is scheduled for an hour. Please stop by here! The reading will be recorded … Read More
Women in Horror Interview!
I’m delighted the enchanting Staci Layne Wilson interviewed me for Women in Horror Month. Thanks, Staci! We discuss my latest work, Love is a Crematorium and Other Tales. You can read the interview here.
Love is a Crematorium Made the Final Ballot for the Bram Stoker Awards!
Oh my goodness, my friends! I’m so excited! I learned yesterday that Love is a Crematorium and Other Tales made the final ballot for the Bram Stoker Awards! They are the premier literary horror awards, and it is such a huge honor. I’m especially pleased because this year was such a fantastic year for horror, and it is so humbling to … Read More
Join the Virtual Love is a Crematorium Book Club Tonight!
Hi friends! Tonight I have a pretty exciting event going on. Cemetery Dance Publications is hosting a new Paperback Book Club series, and I’m so honored to be the inaugural author! Join us tonight to discuss Love is a Crematorium. It’s a fun, pressure-free environment. You can participate as much or as little as you’d like. Feel free to mute … Read More
A Short Story For You! A Serial Killer’s Christmas.
My friends! Life has been wonderful and busy and chaotic and challenging and painful and so exquisitely full of beauty. To celebrate us muddling through together, I want to give you a gift. Once upon a time in 2013, I wrote a short story for this now out-of-print anthology titled Let It Snow: Season’s Readings for a Super Cool Yule. It … Read More
A More Realistic Holiday Newsletter 2024!
Every year we’re bombarded by holiday newsletters telling us about the wonderful year our friends have had curing cancer, running marathons on the moon, and achieving nuclear fusion all while looking absolutely stunning. Well, good for you. Here in Mercedes Land, we’re heavily medicated. So I present to you our More Realistic Holiday Newsletter for 2024! Read what we’ve been … Read More
Please Vote for Little Dead Red in Today’s BoH Short Smack Competition!
Hi friends! Things have been so deliciously busy, and I need to fill you all in. But for now, my Bram-Stoker Award-Winning novella Little Dead Red is competing in the Facebook group’s Books of Horror Short Smack competition! Each member of the group gets to vote for their favorite 32 books, and they’ll eventually whittle down to a winner. Today is … Read More
Join Me at the Las Vegas Book Festival!
Tomorrow (Saturday, October 19) will be a fun, busy day! I’m thrilled to be part of the Las Vegas Book Festival! I am also honored to be included in the welcome video alongside my friend and colleague Jarret Keene on the festival’s website. Jarret looks like a proper, broody author and I’m just happy to be there. I’ll be on … Read More