Posts Tagged ‘Cleveland Concoction’

Surprise! I meant to let you all know this was coming, but time got away from me, and the next thing I knew, it was time to release this story!

So, if you’re unaware, I’ve been releasing stories for free every couple of months for free on this blog. I first released “Car Chasers” in November, followed by “Cressida” in January. The former is like a Fast & Furious story mixed with a ghost story, while the latter is a mermaid horror story. Now, I’m releasing “Natural Predators,” an apocalyptic pandemic story set at a summer camp.

Honestly, this story surprised me when it was first published in an anthology about two years ago. As you are no doubt aware, we were still smack-dab in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, so I wasn’t sure anyone would want to print a pandemic story, let alone one taking place just a few years after and referencing the COVID-19 pandemic. But to my surprise, it found a home almost immediately, which showed me that there’s still an appetite for those sorts of stories.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the story. It’s available to download below. And if you like what you read, please check out the other free stories, as well as my other published works. And if you do read those books, I hope you’ll leave me a review so I know what you thought. I’ll leave a link to my Books page below the story.

Happy reading, my Followers of Fear, and pleasant nightmares!


One more thing, Followers of Fear: this coming weekend, I’ll be selling and signing books and maybe even sitting on panels at Cleveland Concoction in Cleveland, Ohio. If you can stop by, please do! I would love to see you, sign your books, and even give you a Tarot reading. Details can be found on the convention’s website.

That’s all for now, my Followers of Fear. Until next time, pleasant nightmares.

Well, we have another announcement post. I got plenty of upcoming events and I want to see if I can get as many people as possible to go to those events. So, as I typically do, I’m making an announcement post. Let’s get into it, shall we?

So, next month, I have two conventions during back-to-back weekends. The first will be Cleveland Concoction in Cleveland, OH. It’ll be at the Bertram Inn Hotel and Conference Center from Friday, March 8 through March 10. I will be hanging out in the Authors Alley, selling books, doing Tarot readings, and possibly speaking on panels (to be confirmed at a later date). If you can stop by, please do, I would love to see you. More information on the event website.

The following weekend, on March 16, I’ll be at ShamROCK, a Pagan Celtic Celebration hosted by the Magical Druid, one of Columbus’s favorite metaphysical shops. It’s being held at the Courtyard by Marriott West Columbus. I’ll be selling books and doing Tarot readings. And then later, I’ll probably take part in pagan rituals, drinking and dancing. I promise I probably won’t do anything I’ll regret in the morning. Anyway, if you’re interested in joining us, please check out the website.

Next, I’ll be at the Wagnalls Local Author Fair at the Wagnalls Memorial Library in Lithopolis, Ohio. It’ll be April 6 from 10 AM – 2 PM, and I’ll be selling more books and doing more Tarot readings (I’m surprised they’re letting me do the latter but I’m not complaining). I have also volunteered my services for a presentation or panel, so more on that in the future.

One month later, I’m returning for my fourth ParaPsyCon on May 17-19 at the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio. This year, Hearsemania will be joining us, so there will likely be all sorts of wild and wonderful altered hearses to check out. You already know what I’m going to be doing there, so if you’re interested in joining us, please check out the website.

During the summer, it looks like I’ll be taking a break till August 10, when I’ll be joining the Indie Author Book Expo in Terre Haute, Indiana at the Terre Haute Convention Center. This is the same group I did an event with in Iowa back in 2020 (and then afterwards I went to the Villisca Axe Murder House). Hopefully out of the pandemic, we have an even better time than we did in Iowa. If you want to learn more, or about the other events they’re doing in 2024, you can check out their website.

And there will probably be more events in the future. I’ll be sure to let you know. I’ll also be sure to give you a reminder right before the event, in case you forgot.

And if you can’t stop by the events but still want to support me, you can always check out one of my books. From plant/human hybrids and strange gods to Mafia-hunting serial killers and carnivorous horses, my work has something for every horror fan. And judging from the reviews, they seem to like it. I’ll leave a link below to my Book Links page. And if you end up reading something of mine and like it, please leave me a review so I know what you thought.

That’s all for now. Until next time, good night and pleasant nightmares.