Quote of the Week...

...comes from a Facebook commenter on a post where someone was desperately trying to ascribe communism to the Nazis:

There is socialism in “national socialism” in the same way there is shepherd in “shepherd’s pie.”

Let's Hear it for Diversity (And paid publishing opportunities)!

Sometimes, when one has been writing long enough and has been fortunate enough to see publication of several pieces, there is the occasional feeling that a completed work is a slam dunk. Such was the case with my short story, "Your Future for a Low, Low Price" which was just accepted for publication in the Colors in Darkness anthology "Deadly Bargain" (pictured below).

My story deals with the provided character who first appears as a non-specified Eastern European handyman/peddler in a well-to-do suburban neighborhood who draws the ire of an immigrant-hating Amurican looking for someone on whom he can take out his lifelong frustrations. But when the peddler offers him the future, his rage gives way to something even worse. As soon as I fiished it, I knew it was likely to get picked up by someone.

I don't have a publication date yet but once I do, I'll post an update.

An Unexpected Positive Review of Sorts.

Michael Cieslak of Dragon's Roost Press recently re-posted a glowing review of the for charity horror anthology Desolation: 21 Tales for Tails and, while it doesn't single out any particular contribution or author, but the reviewer certainly seemed to enjoy herself.

My short story was "Beautiful Libby & the Darkness," a peculiar story even for me that takes place in a Concentration camp where experimentation on a young woman results in immediate disaster for the Nazis involved and long-range disaster for the victims of her appetite through present day.

Read the review here.