My short story “Stakes” can now be found in the new anthology Frightmares: A Fistful of Flash Fiction Horror.

Check it out and let me know what you think!

It is called “Lucy of the Spiders”, and it is available for free online in the Winter 2010 issue: http://darkvalentine.net/index.php/issues/

Dark Valentine is a great publication, with every story accompanied by original art. My story has a truly cool image done by Zephyrhant.

I wrote this after re-reading all of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman, so I was in a very magical mood at the time. Give it a read and let me know what you think.

My new essay in  Chicken Soup for the Soul: Runners is released. Please read and let me know what you think!

I am pleased to announce that you can read my essay “A Lesson in Running”, in the upcoming book Chicken Soup for the Soul: Runners.

It’s the true story of my first marathon. I left out all the stuff about people urinating everywhere and just wrote about the inspiration that I got from an unlikely source.

I’m sure it is full of other interesting running essays as well. And it has Karno on the cover!

It will be published on July 13th, 2010 and can be found in all major bookstores.