The Italian Translation of Little Dead Red is Up for Preorder!

Friends! I’m delighted to share that Independent Legions, an Italian Publishing company, will be translating Little Dead Red into Italian! This is so exciting! This will be my first translation, and it’s so humbling to have my work translated into a different language and be introduced to a completely new audience. What an honor. You might recognize this gorgeous cover … Read More

My Episode of the Black Mariah Series Drops Today!

My friends! I’m excited to share that my contribution, Season 1 Episode 5, of the Black Mariah series dropped today! Black Mariah is a sweeping epic, and my novella is a standalone story in a shared world. Do you want to hear about strange attacks, visit new locals, and discover a sinister agenda? Check out the Black Mariah series. Do … Read More

Apocalyptic Montessa is on sale for 99 cents!

Hi, friends! It’s been a long time since I’ve posted. I’ve been quite ill, but more on that later. Today I’d like to share that my novella Apocalyptic Montessa and Nuclear Lulu: A Tale of Atomic Love is on sale at the Crystal Lake Publishing site for 99 cents! Streetwise Romeo and Juliet meets Stephen King’s Firestarter. Montessa Tovar is … Read More

Announcing the Epic Shared World Serial BLACK MARIAH!

Oh, my friends. This is the Super Sekrit Project that I have been working on, and it is certainly going to be something special!  May I introduce you Black Mariah, a sweeping conspiracy theory serial that is going to knock your socks off!   BLACK MARIAH is a ripped-from-the-headlines thriller told in episodic form about a series of global attacks that spawn … Read More

“Lullabies for Suffering” Is Now Available! And Preorder the Hardcover!

This is such an exciting announcement! I’m absolutely privileged to announce that the anthology Lullabies for Suffering is now available. This anthology of addiction horror is edited by Mark Matthews and contains novellas by Caroline Kepnes (Have you read You? Stunning and horrific.), Kealan Patrick Burke, John FD Taff, Gabino Iglesias, Mark Matthews, and yours truly. My story is titled “Love is a … Read More

A Mormon Walks Into A Bar With A Book About Murder.

It sounds like I’m setting you up for a bad joke, but it’s really what I call Friday night. I had just done a reading of Apocalyptic Montessa and Nuclear Lulu: A Tale of Atomic Love at a cool local venue, and then stopped by to get dinner at the casino’s bar in order to eat yums and validate my parking. … Read More

Apocalyptic Montessa and Nuclear Lulu: 99 Cents!

Two posts in one day? I know, man. Craaaaazy. Stabby-award winning Apocalyptic Montessa and Nuclear Lulu: A Tale of Atomic Love is on sale for 99 cents. Grab your Kindle version here. This is a Kindle Countdown, which means the price will increase by a dollar every 24 hours until it’s regular price. Right now it’s 99 cents for another 18 hours. … Read More

Miss Murder Officially Joins Crystal Lake Publishing

It’s official! I’m now an author for Crystal Lake Publishing. What a delight! I’ll let Joe Mynhardt from Crystal Lake take it from here: I’m very happy to publicly welcome Mercedes Murdock Yardley to Crystal Lake Publishing. We’ll be publishing six titles from her in the next year, starting with NAMELESS: THE DARKNESS COMES this coming Friday (Book one in the … Read More

A Beautiful Review For Apocalyptic Montessa

Author T.O. Munro just wrote the most beautiful review for my novella Apocalyptic Montessa and Nuclear Lulu.  It made me smile. Apocalyptic Montessa is currently out of print, although it is available as an audiobook. But it will soon be re-released by Crystal Lake Publishing, and I can’t wait for that day to come. Please stop by and read this review. … Read More

WIP Wednesday

Working hard! This week I turned in two short stories. They both need polished, but we’ll see what the respective editors have to say. It was good to see forward movement on them. My focus this week is staring down the very Mouth of Hell in one novella, with a poor sweet boy that keeps getting more and more thrown … Read More