Inhuman Swill : Horror

Cast a warm eye on "Cast a Cold Eye"

Cast a Cold Eye, the ghostly novella I wrote with Derryl Murphy, appeared ten years ago as a limited-edition hardcover to exceptionally kind reviews. Now it's coming back to life as an ebook.  read

A higher attraction

If we were zombies I promise you that I would love you for your brain  read

Raaarrrr

I come to you, love, like a zombie in your thrall, hungry for your brains.  read

Slipstream

In his most personal role ever, Anthony Hopkins dares audiences to assemble the pieces of an aging screenwriter’s fractured mind.  read

Cast in cold type

I've sold a book! Well, half a book, anyway. A dark fantasy novella, to be precise. According to my records, it was over four years ago that Derryl Murphy dropped me a note that said: I've had this idea rattling...  read

Casting a cold eye upon the waters

I have cast a new novella, "Cast a Cold Eye," written in collaboration with and at the instigation of Derryl Murphy, out upon the postal waters. Sail, little ghost story! Sail swiftly to your destination, and on those leeward shores...  read

Casting a not-so-cold eye

I don't often post about my writing progress here, because usually it inches along with such dismal slowness. I have been unusually disciplined working on projects over the past few months, though, and am feeling good about it all this...  read

Requiem

A subtle new film from Germany, based on actual events, asks us how literally we should regard the task of facing down our demons.  read

Evil Dead: The Musical

A screamingly funny off-Broadway musical prods its audience to bust a gut by doing the same thing to its cast—literally.  read

Headspace

A young chess player learns that smartest kid on the block is a scary thing to be.  read