OUAA Back Online

My personal blog, Once Upon An Albatross..., is now back online after being hacked by idiots six weeks ago. Writing in 2008 was great thanks to the bedbugs.

Website Redesign 2009

Updated the website with the PraiseCorp template from JoomlaPraise for Joomla 1.5, and added a few new features (RSS feed and social bookmarking).

Mentioned in Business Week Article

The article, Dodging Credit Card Reforms, came out this week, where I was briefly mentioned.

C.D. Reimer of San Jose was switched to a variable card last month. At the same time the issuer, Barclaycards, upped his rate to 26.99% from around 16%. Reimer could have canceled the account. But the 40-year-old was laid off from his software support job and depends on plastic. Barclaycards declined to comment.

The story behind that can be found in my blog post, Twittering My Way Into Business Week, on my Once Upon An Albatross... blog.

"The World's Best Coffee" Is Now Available

"The World's Best Coffee" is now available in The MacGuffin (Fall 2009 / 25th Anniversary Issue). I mailed one of the contributor copies to my Dad since being a writer is often regarded as an incomprehensible profession for him and my family.

Elements of Horror Anthology Now Available

The Elements of Horror anthology is now available. Featuring my four flash stories with Charles Goodwin of The Giggling Mongoose. More info can be found here.

Check Out The New Books Page

The biggest question I get from readers is, "Where can I find your short stories?"

(Actually, only one person ever asked that question.)

You can check out the credits page and track down where I been published. Some of those magazines are hard to find or no longer available. Or you can check out the newly added books page, featuring the two anthologies with five of my short stories.

On a related noted, check out the sizzling cover art for the Fem-Fangs anthology (Pill Hill Press / Fall 2010) that's coming out soon with my short story, "Dead Enders".

Strange Tales of Horror Available for Pre-Order

The Strange Tales of Horror anthology (NorGus Press), featuring my short story, "The Devil's Advocates," is now available for pre-order.

Read An eBook Week (March 6-12, 2011)

As part of the Read An eBook Week (March 6-12, 2011), all my ebooks are now available for free on Smashwords. Please use the coupon code RE100 when checking out.

If you enjoy reading my ebooks, please leave a kind review on Smashwords.

Eight Is Enough Interview

My Eight is Enough Q&A interview is up on Sarah-Jane Lehoux’s blog, where I answer eight questions about writing and what ebooks I got coming out in the near future. Please take a moment to read and leave a comment.

I also did a blog post in response to that interview to expand my answer to the final question on pirate zombie vs. ninja zombie. Please take a moment to read and leave a comment.

Finally, two more days left in Read An eBook week. All my ebooks are available for free at Smashwords. Please use coupon code RE100 when checking out.

Two New Short Story Anthologies

Two new anthologies featuring my short stories are now available from Amazon.

Sinisterotica: A Collection of Erotica Horror from DFE Quarterly (Pill Hill Press) with "Some Bad Decisions":

Claude brings Plain Jane, a petite albino prostitute, back to his hotel room for some late night entertainment. Unnerved by her craving for alcohol, unexplainable incidents and her knowledge of the Las Vegas ripper, he has a deadly surprise waiting for her. Once they start rolling in bed, he discovers that she is no ordinary prostitute and finds himself in a world of hurt.

Special thanks to editor Jessy Marie Roberts for telling me how to revise the manuscript for resubmission.

A Cup of Joe: Coffee House Flash Fiction Collection from Wicked East Press with "An Unanswered Question":

A woman U.S. Census worker asks ten questions for the census count to an old man who lives alone in a trailer. As the full moon rises over the woods, there is one question she didn't ask and the old man doesn't answer.

If you enjoy reading my short stories in these anthologies, please leave a review on Amazon.