• Where in the heck does this comma go? How to Invest in Your Writing Skills

    Are you investing in your writing skills? Listen, I may not know much about financial investments—I live my life in the red (seriously, though, if you’d like to by me lunch, here is my Venmo)—but I do know a little… Continue reading

  • The Book You Need to Read This Halloween Season: How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

    Grady Hendrix, we meet again! Having read my fair share of Grady Hendrix novels—The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, The Final Girl Support Group, My Best Friend’s Exorcism, and now How to Sell a Haunted House—it’s fair to… Continue reading

  • Let Your Writing Be Crap

    I’ve been around writers frequently enough to know that the most shared experience among us is that moment when we look at our own writing and say to ourselves: “Wow, that is a real piece of shit.” This moment can… Continue reading

  • The Troop by Nick Cutter is Deliciously Disgusting

    Deliciously disgusting is how I would describe my latest read/obsession: The Troop by Nick Cutter. I feel I’m a little late to the Nick Cutter party. The man has invaded book book-tok and Instagram (book-stagram?). At least for me he… Continue reading

  • 10,000 Hour Writing Challenge

    I must be in over my head. I say this because I’ve decided to do my own little internet challenge—a 10,000-hour writing challenge. What makes me think I’ll be able to do this? I have no fucking clue. I have… Continue reading

  • Book Review: My Best Friend’s Exorcism

    Content Warning: mentions of sexual assault and drug use It’s terror time again! I just love the fall, especially October when all the ghosts, ghouls, and gourds have a chance to come out and strut their stuff. That said, what… Continue reading

  • When Death Comes

    When Death comes, I wonder if he will see me as the Earth – The echo of the canyon, Gentle rage of the sea, Budding blossoms and knotted trees, Wilting flowers – A resting place for bumble bees. When Death… Continue reading

  • Mexican Gothic: A Must-Read This Halloween Season

    It’s that wonderful time of the year, again! That time of the year when virgins light black-flame candles, a stranger calls and asks you What’s your favorite scary movie?, and thrill seekers dive harder than usual into all things creepy.… Continue reading

  • A Mindless Drive

    Down the road, these arid fields Turn into waves of darkness— Crash into the wincing light of my tin shell, Flood the air, the sky, the night, Consume the light of the waning moon, Consume the glimmer in my eye—… Continue reading

  • Hacer lo justo

    Lo siento, este miedo en mi cuerpo En mi sangre que se pudre Como fruta alguna vez virtuosa— Como duraznos, naranjas, fresas Y manzanas que se echan a perder En los miles de días que pasen En la luz del… Continue reading