I am happy bey0nd words to announce that Falstaff Dread has picked up my new novel NIGHTMARE LOGIC for publication next year! This is the scariest, most horrific novel I have written, and I am thrilled that the fine folks at Falstaff believe in it and want to bring it to you. Keep watching this space for updates!
Join the NC chapter of the Horror Writers’ Association for a five-headed monster of a reading Tuesday, March 26th at 7 PM at Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh! They’re even letting me read – it looks like I’ll be doing a bit of “Meemaw’s Frogs” from A Meeting In The Devil’s House.
So join us! And RSVP here – the event is filling up fast!
Kayleigh Dobbs of Happy Goat Horror was kind enough to turn her eye to me and A MEETING IN THE DEVIL’S HOUSE. She reviewed it, and you have to love any review that includes a break in the action to question whether the author is all right – which you can find right here.
She also sat down for a pleasant hour’s conversation which covered everything from writing for games to the true story behind the zombie frog tale “Meemaw’s Frogs”. If you have the time, check it out – the conversation was a lot of fun. You can find it here.
Meanwhile the reviews keep rolling in on Amazon – two new ones say nice things like “MEETING IN THE DEVIL’S HOUSE is a meeting you don’t want to miss” and “The amazing thing is that each story is a master class in short fiction. Dansky’s writing in this collection reminds me of the first time I read Bradbury’s October Country. That’s the highest praise I can bestow!”
As the year winds down, things get darker. So dark, in fact, that I will be reading at the upcoming Noir at the (Coffee) Bar in Rocky Mount, NC on Friday. December 8 at 7 PM. Come join me and a host of other talented authors as we get grim and gritty in the lovely Larema Coffee House!
Horror.
Death Metal.
Mead.
All in one place, October 18th, 7 PM. Be there as I share the stage with local death metal act Eldritch Horror for the Durham Public Library’s MORBID TALES event at Moon Dog Meadery in downtown Durham.
Don’t be afraid. Well, maybe a little…
Big news! Coming in July from Twisted Publishing is my second short fiction collection, the diabolically titled A MEETING IN THE DEVIL’S HOUSE AND OTHER STORIES. The cover is by the vastly talented Errick Nunnally, and the foreword by the legendary James A. Moore. It’s a dozen and a half stories about magical pirate rabbis, cosmic vending machines, zombie frogs and more, and it will be available soon!
Speaking of that cover…
Earlier this year I was cajoled into giving a talk at East Coast Game Conference. I hadn’t given a talk at a game conference with a powerpoint in years – mostly I’ve been concentrating on narrative roundtables at GDC, as well as helping put together the content for the Game Narrative Summit and ECGC. But this time I went ahead and did it, talking about the differences between writing fiction and writing video games. Enjoy!
I am pleased and proud to announce that I will be giving a seminar on how to write for video games at the upcoming Scares That Care AuthorCon, in Williamsburg, VA. Attendance is limited to 20 folks, so grab your spot now! You can find out more about it here!
This past Sunday I had the pleasure of speaking with the Congregation Am Haskalah book club about all things Jewish horror, including my story “On Seas of Blood and Salt“. The video of the chat is here. I’m the one in the Hawaiian shirt with the Sasquatch pattern.
The book’s not due out until February, but guess what showed up on my doorstep the other day? That’s right, it’s Ghost of a Marriage. I am thrilled to death, and very much appreciate the kind folks at Crossroad Press who made this happen.
If you want to get your hands on it, too, you can pre-order it here.