Cover Reveal for Tom Deady’s THE RACK, With a Story from Me!

Friends! I am so excited to share this with you! I am honored to be included in the very cool The Rack anthology edited by Tom Deady. It features one of my favorite stories of the year, which is called “I Am A House Demanding To Be Haunted.” It’s a beautiful, otherworldly tale about a haunted house…but in reverse. The extraordinary … Read More

“Places My Father Left Me and Other Horrors” is Now Available!

Weird Tales has been around for 100 years, and I’ve wanted to publish there since I was a little girl. Imagine my complete joy when Jonathan Maberry, who edits Weird Tales, said, “Welcome to the Weird Tales family.” I’m delighted to announce that WT published my short story “Places My Father Left Me and Other Horrors” in Issue 369, The … Read More

Come Listen to my Interview on Rock and Roll Nightmares!

Staci Layne Wilson interviews Nadia Robertson and I on her Rock and Roll Nightmares podcast! We talk about our stories in Parallel Lines. Nadia’s is “The Man the Colonel Never Knew” about Elvis Presley, and mine is “Holding Hands Like Paper Dolls” about the Manson Family. Come listen! This is what Staci says in her episode notes: Mercedes M. Yardley and Nadia … Read More

Talk to the Editors of Gamut Magazine Tonight!

Hello, my friends! Tonight is the first State of the Slush Zoom meeting with the editors of Gamut, including yours truly! We’ll give you a behind-the-scenes peek at all things Gamut. I hope you register and join us! Want a behind-the-scenes look into our editors’ reading and selection process for Gamut Magazine? What are they seeing too much of? What … Read More

Paula Cappa Features Miss Murder!

My new friend Paula Cappa was gracious enough to feature me on her blog for Women in Horror Month and also to represent Quiet Horror. You can read it here! Thank you, Paula. 😀 She also included an interview that Todd Keisling and I did all by ourselves because the host never showed up. Incidentally, it mentions the time I … Read More

Watch This Space for The Darkest Night Cover Reveal!

There’s a super cool anthology that is releasing in September. It’s called The Darkest Night and I have a story in there. I dearly love this sad little tale! Stay tuned for the cover reveal on March 14.

I’m a Guest on The Horror Talks Podcast!

Well, I’ll straight up tell you that Erin Wilczynski is my new best friend. Except for maybe Nacho, the orange cat who made an appearance, because I fell in love with him immediately. But I was delighted to take part in Erin’s Horror Talks podcast! We had a lot of fun discussing the usual, like writing, serial killers, and destroying … Read More

Miss Murder and Nemesis Take Over Columbus!

I had the most terrible airport experiences (Six delays! Stuck on the Las Vegas tarmac for two hours in triple 113 degree heat! Flight cancelations! Being bumped from flight to flight THREE TIMES!) but my time in Columbus was wonderful! I was able to spend a week with my favorite nemesis Matt Betts, and we hit the ground running. We … Read More

Announcing the Love is a Crematorium Collection!

I am absolutely over the moon to share that my short story collection Love is a Crematorium and Other Stories will be published by Cemetery Dance in the fall of 2024! Love is a Crematorium is a very special, beautifully dark collection. I am so happy to see her published! And Cemetery Dance has always been a white whale for me. What a … Read More