Featured Excerpt:
'Out of the corner of my eye I saw that, in one section of the sky, all of the stars seemed to have suddenly gone out, leaving a great void in the spangled sky. I turned, hardly believing what I saw, and looked about me at other things, thinking I had a spot in my vision. But the black mass did not follow my sight and remained just there in the sky.' ~ Excerpt from The People From Beyond the Stars
Click on the links below to read excerpts from the titled pieces.
Short Stories
Excerpt from "The People from Beyond the Stars" (sci fi)
Ever since I was young, as far back as I can remember, I have been fascinated with the idea of life on other planets. Though, perhaps obsessed would be nearer the mark, as I can hardly recall a moment in my youth when anything I did or thought was not somehow motivated by, or related to, my preoccupation with extraterrestrial life... (click to read more)
Excerpt from "Se Niht Brogas: The Night Terrors" (dark fantasy)
It was then the three and thirtieth year of Halfordd’s rule when again the Terrors came in the night. It began with the discovery of two children one grey morning, lying face down nigh the East river... (click to read more)
Excerpt from "Se Ham Fram Wulf: The House of Wolf" (horror)
Snow fell swiftly upon the hilly lands of Snawdun covering the vast region in silver-white powder. All about the land there rose a great many pine upon towering round hills which spread far beyond into the western mountains and the forests to the East. But in the middle most area of that land rose a hill greater than all others, flanked on all sides by lesser hills and trees, and on this stood a great, old castle of wondrous majesty... (click to read more)
Poetry
Devil Tree (horror)
It is said that in a withered waste
Stands a tree twisted, rotted, in chain encased.
There it has stood since the world was young,
And of it dark tales are whispered and sung... (click to read more)
Comic Scripts
Panel 2. We begin our tale by opening upon a lone, early twentieth century home, as seen from a distance. The hour is late, and the sky is dark. Deep shadows fall upon the house’s exterior, throwing it into nearly complete silhouette... (click read more)
Excerpt from "The Switch" script (horror)
Panel 2. Close up on a metallic object. It’s unclear what the thing is. All that we can see is that the object is made up of two connected pieces. The first piece, to the right, looks like one side of an octagonal shape, while the second piece is ribbed and cylindrical... (click to read more)
