I use music – often an entire playlist – to create a mindset and mood when I construct a scene. It helps me get into the heads of the characters and focus on what is happening. “Running up That Hill” is a cover by Placebo of a song by Kate Bush. I love both versions, … More “Running Up That Hill” – The Matriarch Soundtrack (Music to Write By)
Vampires don’t believe in ghosts. Every October, the freshmen at Glenville State College are told stories about Sis Linn, the local ghost who haunts Clark Hall and the graveyard where she’s buried. Murdered in 1919, she was beaten beyond recognition, the target of a brutal killer who was never caught. The stories are wrong. When … More New Synopsis for The Matriarch (back cover text tease)
After accelerating out of a curve, Craig glanced down at his dashboard. The Escalade was just about to turn over its first hundred miles. He grinned as he repeatedly sneaked looks down at the dash trying catch the number rolling over. Just as it did, he looked back at the road in time to see … More Middle of the Road (an excerpt from The Matriarch)
Traveling along a lonely West Virginia highway by yourself at night, something steps in front of your vehicle. The impact is jarring, but you manage to stop without further incident. You can make out the mangled body of whatever you just hit in the road ahead as you look out over the hood, but it’s … More Do you stop or drive on?
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