1. 10 May


    “His mind is gone. But not like her—not like his sister. She is angry—horrible. He is…he is lost. Very sad. Like his heart was broken.” Chapter 13 of my literary gothic mystery ghost story, THE UNWELCOME, is up! To read from the beginning, click HERE. I’d love to hear what you think.

    “His mind is gone. But not like her—not like his sister. She is angry—horrible. He is…he is lost. Very sad. Like his heart was broken.”

    Chapter 13 of my literary gothic mystery ghost story, THE UNWELCOME, is up! To read from the beginning, click HERE. I’d love to hear what you think.

     

  2. 21 Apr


    “Though I could barely see more than a few feet in front of me, I knew without a doubt that someone was moving along the perimeter of the room, slowly coming toward me.”  —Chapter 12 of The Unwelcome, a literary gothic novel set in Maine.

    “Though I could barely see more than a few feet in front of me, I knew without a doubt that someone was moving along the perimeter of the room, slowly coming toward me.” 

    —Chapter 12 of The Unwelcome, a literary gothic novel set in Maine.

     

  3. 20 Apr


    Today, I’m leaving for a month-long writing fellowship in Europe, and there will no (or little) internet where I will be. I’m looking forward to the break and being somewhere new, and I hope to get a lot done on this new collection of poems I’ve been working on. I’m not sure I’ll be posting much here on tumblr, but I will try, as I’m bringing my sketchbook with me on my travels. Be well and stay safe. Thank you again for all your interest and support. (Also: the piece above is a layered drawing that I ended up cutting into four pieces and giving each piece to a member of my family for Christmas.)

    Today, I’m leaving for a month-long writing fellowship in Europe, and there will no (or little) internet where I will be. I’m looking forward to the break and being somewhere new, and I hope to get a lot done on this new collection of poems I’ve been working on. I’m not sure I’ll be posting much here on tumblr, but I will try, as I’m bringing my sketchbook with me on my travels.

    Be well and stay safe. Thank you again for all your interest and support.

    (Also: the piece above is a layered drawing that I ended up cutting into four pieces and giving each piece to a member of my family for Christmas.)

     

  4. 14 Apr


    “[She] wore a gray, high-collared dress, her heavy, ebony hair pulled back from her luminous face...” From Chapter 11 of THE UNWELCOME.

    “[She] wore a gray, high-collared dress, her heavy, ebony hair pulled back from her luminous face...”

    From Chapter 11 of THE UNWELCOME.

     

  5. 12 Apr


    “Both children stared into the camera’s lens with identical expressions of eerie, focused, vacuity…They sat together, side by side, their little hands clasped so tightly the bones of their wrists showed tense and strained against their skin.” Chapter 11 of my literary gothic mystery/ghost story novel The Unwelcome is up!

    “Both children stared into the camera’s lens with identical expressions of eerie, focused, vacuity…They sat together, side by side, their little hands clasped so tightly the bones of their wrists showed tense and strained against their skin.”

    Chapter 11 of my literary gothic mystery/ghost story novel The Unwelcome is up!

     

  6. 7 Apr


    “The twins say nothing. They speak to each other with those empty eyes like animals conversing through blinks and twitches and fidgets. Go away, I think, whenever I see them…” Chapter 10 of The Unwelcome, my gothic mystery/ghost story is up. New (scary) chapter coming on Friday!

    “The twins say nothing. They speak to each other with those empty eyes like animals conversing through blinks and twitches and fidgets. Go away, I think, whenever I see them…”

    Chapter 10 of The Unwelcome, my gothic mystery/ghost story is up. New (scary) chapter coming on Friday!

     

  7. 2 Apr


    “The path, narrow and muddy, speckled with tiny darts of sunlight, wound into the woods…” You can read the first 10 chapters of The Unwelcome, my gothic mystery/ghost story novel for free HERE. Tell me what you think!

    “The path, narrow and muddy, speckled with tiny darts of sunlight, wound into the woods…”

    You can read the first 10 chapters of The Unwelcome, my gothic mystery/ghost story novel for free HERE. Tell me what you think!

     

  8. 26 Mar


    “That’s an evil place, Mr. Hook. It’s poisoned all of us.”  Chapter 9 of THE UNWELCOME, my gothic mystery/ghost story: 

    “That’s an evil place, Mr. Hook. It’s poisoned all of us.” 

    Chapter 9 of THE UNWELCOME, my gothic mystery/ghost story: 

     

  9. 24 Mar


    “In the canopies of the trees above the entrance, birds darted among the branches, their cries shrill and musical, a chorus of longing, loneliness, and warning.” —from Chapter 2 of The Unwelcome You can read all 8 Chapters (and Prologue) of my gothic mystery/ghost story THE UNWELCOME by clicking on the image above and visiting the Archive. (Chapter 9 coming soon!) The novel follows the story of a young historic preservationist, Thomas Hook, hired to visit and inspect an old decrepit estate—with a grisly past—on a remote island off the coast of Maine. As you might imagine, things don’t exactly go according to plan for Mr. Hook.

    “In the canopies of the trees above the entrance, birds darted among the branches, their cries shrill and musical, a chorus of longing, loneliness, and warning.” —from Chapter 2 of The Unwelcome

    You can read all 8 Chapters (and Prologue) of my gothic mystery/ghost story THE UNWELCOME by clicking on the image above and visiting the Archive. (Chapter 9 coming soon!) The novel follows the story of a young historic preservationist, Thomas Hook, hired to visit and inspect an old decrepit estate—with a grisly past—on a remote island off the coast of Maine. As you might imagine, things don’t exactly go according to plan for Mr. Hook.

     

  10. 19 Mar


    Chapter 7 of The Unwelcome is up: “I stood back to take some photos of the well house—the front façade and the side, draped over with a dense fan of vines—when I felt the distinct sensation of something moving behind me. It was quick and fleeting as a shadow, but unmistakable: the clearing was as frozen as a photograph; any movement instantly broke the spell.”

    Chapter 7 of The Unwelcome is up:

    “I stood back to take some photos of the well house—the front façade and the side, draped over with a dense fan of vines—when I felt the distinct sensation of something moving behind me. It was quick and fleeting as a shadow, but unmistakable: the clearing was as frozen as a photograph; any movement instantly broke the spell.”