Binge Watching, My New Reading

About a year ago, a sneaking suspicion crept up on me. I wasn't reading as much as I used to. At first, I put it off to my busier schedule. I was made full time at work. I was living with my partner, Kate. I was a captain for my neighborhood soccer team. And various … Continue reading Binge Watching, My New Reading

Borderlands 6

I am proud to announce that my story, "In God's Image," is in Borderlands 6, available for pre-order now from Borderlands Press as a signed limited edition. The full Table of Contents is as follows. "Anton" - Michael Louis Dixon "Eye of the Beholder" - John M. McIlveen "Those Rockports Won't Get You to Heaven" … Continue reading Borderlands 6

Reading in Traverse City

On October 24, I had the great pleasure of doing a group reading with some of my fellow Great Lakes Association of Horror Writers. I read two unpublished poems, "The Leaf Pile Monster," which is a Shel Silverstein-style poem about the dangers of raking leaves, and "The Moment Before," which is a tie-in poem to … Continue reading Reading in Traverse City

Penguicon 2015 Schedule

Instead of answering one of the questions from Flint Horror Collective's Beyond the Book panel, I wanted to post my schedule for Penguicon, happening this weekend, April 24-26, at the Westin in Southfield, MI. If you live in the Metro Detroit Area, I highly recommend attending. It's a lot of fun and it has something … Continue reading Penguicon 2015 Schedule

Beyond the Book, Presented by the Flint Horror Collective

The good people of the Flint Horror Collective had me up to the Flint Public Library this past weekend to join a few other writers and answer some questions. I'll do this one at a time. What first inspired you to write? It wasn't any one thing. I just remember always writing. I have a … Continue reading Beyond the Book, Presented by the Flint Horror Collective

The Value of Failure

Today's post is brought to you by an overwhelming and year-long feeling of failure. As I logged into WP to write this, I saw my previous post about all of the successes I've had over the last couple of years since I last applied for a Kresge Fellowship. Despite those successes, I've been grappling with … Continue reading The Value of Failure