my (small press) writing day: Sheldon Lee Compton : Repose In a Tattered Recline...

my (small press) writing day: Sheldon Lee Compton : Repose In a Tattered Recline...: Briefly, How I Got Here In the First Place When I started writing, back in 1987, I used my grandmother’s Singer sewing machine as ...

FISSURES in the mail and an upcoming interview with the author, Timothy Dodd

Checked the mail a few days ago and was pleased to find a signed and personalized copy of Timothy Dodd's short story collection Fissures.

This book of Tim's was just released from Bottom Dog Press, the same publisher of my first novel Brown Bottle.

I'll be reading this while continuing my interview with Tim. We've been talking back and forth for a couple weeks now and I'll be publishing that interview here at Bent Country and a couple other places - likely PLUMB and Enclave. In any case, I'll post the links here when it goes live.

In the meantime, go HERE and order Fissures.

Alban Fischer included my story in the new issue of Trnsfr's Sip Cup

I've been a huge fan of Alban Fischer for years now. He is both a talented writer and an amazing graphic design artist. Check out some of his book covers at his link up there. 

I recently trolled around and came across Trnsfr Books, in particular the feature there called Sip Cup. Admittedly I didn't really look closely when I submitted a story to them a short while back. I had no idea who the editors were. I found out soon after that Alban was involved with them, so I was happy as all hell that he liked my short story "This Story Isn't About That Stone" for this most recent issue of Sip Cup.

HERE is the issue with my story, and thanks in advance for giving it a read. Also, read the other works included. It's all golden. And Alban is doing some creative stuff with this, and, not surprisingly, some beautiful stuff, too.

I can't do graphic design but I can use Canva and make myself feel like I can. So here's a cover.

So I'm writing a horror/detective novel called The Omega Problem. The main character is a small town journalist turned investigator named Bishop Ford. He's tracking a serial killer who may be more than anyone bargains for in the end. Here's a mock up cover I did with Canva this evening. You know, for fun.