I’m not a music streamer, except occasionally on Bandcamp when I’m checking out artists I’m not familiar with, but my son is. He’s a touring musician, a guitarist, and we’re...
A typical reading year for me, although fewer books in total than usual. A few by friends, a few by acquaintances, many by people I wish were my friends. One from a friend of my...
Phoebe Kendall is just your typical Goth girl with a crush. He’s strong and silent…and dead. All over the country, a strange phenomenon is occurring. Some teenagers who die aren’t staying dead. But when they come back to life, they are no longer the same. Feared and misunderstood, they are doing their best to blend into a society that doesn’t...
Ghosts, drugs, and Rock ‘n’ Roll. The year is 1997. Chris Mahon is a twenty-something bass player in a series of failed and failing bands, waiting for the big break that seems further out of reach with every passing day closer to the millennium. When Chris’s biological father Bob re-enters his life after a twenty-five-year absence, Chris’s...
Living in the aftermath of the Event means that seeing the dead is now a part of life, but Veronica wishes that the ghosts would just move on. Instead, the ghosts aren’t disappearing-they’re gaining power.
When Veronica and her friend, Kirk, decide to investigate why, they stumble upon a more sinister plot than they ever could have imagined....
ey5zt87tzqmfgqatqqbpayzpby2s274.9 KBI’m not saying Hayden Anhedönia / Ethel Cain was purposely trying to replicate the cover of Generation Dead in her video for American Teenager, but I am saying that Preacher’s Daughter is a pretty great album, one I’m certain Phoebe and Margi would have on heavy rotation.
Actually, Phoebe especially would be into a deep cut off of her Unreleasedalbum. “Death Rattle” would have her feeling all the feels…who would the lyrics remind her of most?
A little over thirteen years ago, I experienced a trauma so great I couldn’t write fiction for about six months.
I was home alone, working, when a live report of the Sandy Hook school shooting appeared on my news feed, and then I turned on the television and watched the events unfold live.
My wife Kim was a teacher at the time (in Connecticut), both of my own children were attending school at the time of the event (in Connecticut). I write books for young people, many of which are set in...
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