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

“Fracture” Made the Bram Stokers Award Ballot!

Oh, my friends! I’m so very excited to share that my short story “Fracture” is a nominee in the Bram Stoker Awards short fiction category! “Fracture” is a story about a girl born of glass with a human heart. It was published in the Weird Little Worlds anthology Mother: Tales of Love and Terror, which was also nominated! (And the anthology Into … Read More

Good News! I Have An Agent!

I’m absolutely delighted to announce that I’ll be agented by Italia Gandolfo from Gandolfo Hein and Fountain Literary Management! Talking to her was like talking to an irreverent, brilliant old friend. I have the utmost confidence that she will help guide me in the right direction. Hooray!   Come look at my fancy new page on their client site. I’m over … Read More

Pimp a Friend Friday: John Boden and Mercedes M. Yardley

You know I adore John Boden. He was one of the original founders of Shock Totem, and was such a wonderful guy to work with on staff. One day he approached me and asked if I’d read this wonderful story he was working on, called “Thief.” As time went on, the title was changed to “Loving the Girl with X’s … Read More

Little Dead Red is an Official Nominee!

There have been so many wonderful things going on lately that I haven’t been able to keep up. But I am delighted to announce that Little Dead Red made the official Bram Stokers Award final ballot in the long fiction category. It’s my first time ever being a Bram Stokers Award nominee and I’m quite excited about it. You all … Read More

Good News for Little Dead Red!

My friends, I’m delighted to announce that Little Dead Red was recommended for the 2015 Bram Stoker Awards Preliminary Ballot. This means that some members of the Horror Writers Association liked it enough to recommend it, and it may or may not be on the final ballot, which consists of five stories. It means that people are reading Little Dead … Read More

Oh! Watch This Space!

Because I have something EXCEPTIONALLY AWESOME to announce tomorrow, and I can’t wait! If it’s something you’re interested in, you might want to get a jump on it. Talk to you soon!