Since I haven’t had anything new come out this year I’ve been taking a pass on most events during the year, but there are a couple coming up that I’m part of and should be a lot of fun.

First, on September 16, Cicada Books & Coffee in Huntington, WV, are having their second (?) annual (??) “Spooky Storytelling” open-mike night.

Last year was really fun, with several folks reading or telling scary stories (I did this one), capped off by the folks from Eerie Travels, who will also be in attendance this year. What will I be reading this year? Good question! See if I wind up with a good answer. Come on by (check Cicada’s Facebook page for details) and join in the fun.

Second, on October 11, the fine folks at Henlo Press are hosting the Writer’s Block 2025 Indie Author & Artist Festival (also the second annual) in Hurricane, WV.

I’ll be there with books for sale, as will numerous other authors (check the Facebook page for upcoming announcements), and I’m sure the Henlo folks will sell you a copy of either volume of their Old Bones anthologies, which are jam packed with nifty short fiction (and a couple of my things). Things kick off at 11am.

See you then(s)!

Hey gang! It’s been a while. I was going to get back to blogging a few weeks ago, as my Don’t Call It a Book Tour wound down, but Frontier’s internet service had other plans. So I pushed things back until after Labor Day. It’s supposed be fall now, right?

That said, the book tour still has a couple of stops left on it. As I mentioned earlier, I’ll be back at the West Virginia Book Festival on October 19. Before that, though, I’ll be part of a night of Spooky Storytelling at Cicada Books & Coffee in Huntington on September 19.

I’ll bust out some of my scarier stuff, along with other local authors Stephen Bias,  Joel Gun, A.B. Hooser and Caitlyn Pace, along with podcaster Mark Muncy. It’s open mic, too, so bring your best spooky tale! More details here.

In between all the book tour stuff, I’ve managed to finally finish a complete draft of The Fall, my NaNoWriMo project from last year. This one was tough, having a stunted first attempt, a change of direction for the second attempt that got scrapped halfway through, and questions about how the damned thing was going to end. It’s in pretty rough shape, but I have something I can work on and make better.

All of which is a long way of saying that regular programming is resuming here at the blog (until it doesn’t, of course!).