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Enter the Wildcat Thicket in April!

My next horror novella Wildcat Thicket drops April 24th! It’s about Ry and Erin, a couple struggling to make it and living in a travel trailer in rural Texas. When their landlord disappears, they find themselves at the center of a struggle with mysterious creatures and a potential gateway to another time. Fun fact: Wildcat Thicket is the original name of my hometown. Why they changed it to Trenton I will never know, Wildcat Thicket is much cooler!

Adam and Laura at Infested Publishing are amazing, and they have put so much care into bringing this book to life. Laura Cathcart designed the cover and it’s stunning! Plus, how about that Clay McLeod Chapman blurb? Pretty nice!

Also, the rash of Bigfoot sightings in Ohio this week makes this the perfect cover reveal time!

Speaking of Bigfoot, June 16th marks 10 years since my first book, In Search of the Nobility, TX Wildman, another foray into rural Texas and Bigfoot. Bookending a decade in the book business with sasquatch, seems only right. To mark this occasion, I’ll drop an anniversary edition with a new cover and foreword! I know the website hasn’t seen an update in months, but writing is all about the hurry up and wait. Hell, in the time since I last updated I got and lost a TV deal, and had a book dropped by a publisher! Wild!

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Mad Days Has Arrived!

It’s here! You can pick up my latest collection in ebook and paperback on Amazon, Bookshop, and tons of other places online. Hopefully it makes some appearances in some bookstores too! Each story, drabble, and novelette is illustrated, and this collection is basically 300+ pages of Halloween vibes. The perfect way to get spooky season started, I says.

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Mad Days on the Way!

It’s been almost five years since my last short story collection. About time for another one, right? Well, you’re in luck! Mad Days: Stories and Curses is out at the end of this month. Here’s a blurb:

A vanishing town. A cursed cemetery. A treasure hunt on Earth’s last day. Mad Days is a tour of the forgotten corners of Texas and Oklahoma, past and present. Featuring 16 short stories, 19 drabbles, and 3 novelettes, all illustrated by the author. In these places there are ghosts and monsters, all waiting for you. 

That’s right, all illustrated by me. 50+ illustrations all in all. I busted my ass on this project and while it fell through with the original publisher, a good collection never stays dead.

I can’t wait for you to read this. Also, keep an eye out for more info on my 2026 release with Infested Publishing, it’s gonna be amazing!

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Get Ready for the Ghoulish Book Festival

Do you have any plans for March 14th and 15th? If so, cancel them and head down to San Antonio! I’ll be making my first con appearance with a table at the premiere horror book convention in the western hemisphere, the Ghoulish Book Festival. I’m super excited, I’ll have copies of my books for sale, including my newest, A Haunted Holiday and Never Leaving. Plus, some killer swag! I hope to see you there.

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Never Leaving is Here!

The day has arrived! Never Leaving is now out in ebook and paperback. I can’t thank Infested Publishing enough for taking this book on. Adam and Laura did an amazing job with, and Laura Cathcart’s cover and interior are just incredible. You can find it in ebook and paperback right here.

The book follows a family of three desperate for affordable housing, struggling with apartment hopping, who find a rural place too good to be true. But they refuse to move, fighting back against the ghosts and unaware of something worse on the way. There are ghosts and monsters, but I do focus a lot on the struggles of young families in this economy. The entire thing is rigged, of course. But somethings, chainsaws make wrongs right.

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You’re Never Leaving in Feb. 2025!

I am so excited to announce that Infested Publishing is releasing my horror/comedy novella Never Leaving in February 2025! The story is essentially The Amityville Horror meets Gremlins, as a family struggling to find affordable housing moves into a haunted house and refuses to leave once the ghosts start to make their appearance. Of course, the ghosts are only trying to warn them about something way, way worse. Infested Publishing has a done a great job, I’ve loved working with Adam and Laura, and Laura made this amazing cover!

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A Haunted Holiday Is Here!

My second kids book with Cemetery Gates Media, and the second in the Haunted Holidays series, is out now! A Haunted Holiday sees Hazel overwhelmed by a holiday party, escaping to the outdoors. She finds an old friend and trades ghost stories with her, and receives her own spooky holiday surprise! Featuring a return of The Thing and Pet Spider, too. Here’s a link, tell your friends!

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A Haunt Holiday Arrives November 12th!

It’s official, my second kids book with Cemetery Gates Media is out on November 12th, and I cannot wait for you to read it! This one is a little different than A Cemetery Stroll, a little darker but still perfect for the little ones in your life who need a spooky read. Honestly, between the cold weather and the longer nights, the holiday season has always felt more like spooky season for me than October. In Texas/Oklahoma, you don’t get dead leaves wind chilly winds until then anyway. So, a horror holiday for kids in the style of M.R. James is perfect.

So, that’s Halloween and Christmas down. The next big season for kids is summer break. Maybe Hazel encounters some cryptids at a campsite? Who knows!

And reviewers! Shoot Cemetery Gates Media an email for ARCs, reviews are crucial!

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A Haunted Holiday in ’24

Remember how Cemetery Gates Media took a chance on my first kids book, A Cemetery Stroll? Well, there’s a sequel out in the fall! The story is simple. Hazel is overwhelmed at a family holiday and escapes to the woods, finding the cabin of her great aunt. There, her and Great Aunt Loretta exchange spooky stories, featuring Pet Spider and The Thing. I love Christmas ghost stories, and I really want this to be M.R. James for kids. I can’t wait you all to see it!