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The veil is thinning, the days are getting shorter, and fall is almost here—which means it’s about to become a very busy time for horror writers. I’ve spent much of this year working on several projects that are finally starting to come together, and this fall should see several very different kinds of horror heading out into the world: a new writing-craft series, an old-school punk-rock zombie novel, the first issue of a new pulp horror magazine, and an audiobook release. Fi

There is a specific kind of fear that has nothing to do with monsters. You have felt it. It is the feeling of standing in your own kitchen at three in the morning and, before you can explain why, registering that something is off. The room is exactly as you left it. That is the problem. A space you know in your bones should not be able to make the back of your neck go cold, and yet there it is, doing it. That feeling has a name now, more or less, and it has quietly become t

The end of a horror era is upon us. Recently, it was announced that The Last Drive-In has come to an end after eight seasons on Shudder. For a lot of people, that's just the cancellation of a television show. For me, it feels like the end of something much bigger. Joe Bob Briggs has been a presence in my life for as long as I can remember. Growing up, my brothers and I watched Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater and later MonsterVision. I was already a night owl back then, the kind

Over the past year, The Pulp Method has grown into something much bigger than a series of writing books. What started as my personal system for finishing and publishing novels evolved into a shared philosophy among writers who care about the same things I do: Writing consistently, finishing stories, respecting readers, improving through repetition, and building a body of work instead of endlessly chasing perfection. That philosophy has attracted exactly the kind of writers I

Thirteen years ago, I was writing stories before work, after work, on lunch breaks, and anywhere else I could steal an hour. At the time, I was working a full-time job, trying to be a father, trying to pay bills, and somewhere in the middle of all that… trying to become a professional writer. Like a lot of aspiring authors, I started with passion. What I didn’t have was a system. I had notebooks full of ideas. Half-finished manuscripts. False starts. Story openings that went

It’s been a little quiet around here, so I wanted to check in and share a few updates on what I’ve been working on over the past several months. Back in October, I released the fourth entry in my Terrifying Tales series. This latest volume contains seven new short stories including two that feature H. H. Horowitz, a character I’ve had a lot of fun exploring. This series has become a place where I can experiment, lean into classic pulp horror, and tell shorter, sharper stories

The carnival has rolled into New Orleans… and so has something darker. October 1951. Gas lamps flicker. Jazz spills into the streets. The...

Some towns keep their secrets buried. This one kills to protect them. Summer, 1991. Claire Conrad thought she was just investigating a...

Welcome to Los Angeles… the side of it you’ve never seen. In Something in the Walls , the hopeless dreamers of a crumbling tenement on...

He’s Got Nothing to Lose… Except His Life (Again). Frank Xavier was already at rock bottom. Ex-boxer, ex-stuntman, ex-con. But when he...

Storytime Sunday Feature: Mephistopheles Today I’m bringing back an old favorite—Mephistopheles, a short story I originally published...

Spellbound Saturday Feature: Sun Dance The Thunder & Shield Traveling Carnival has faced monsters before— but this one is hungry for more...

Throwback Thursday Feature: A Haunting in Baltimore It all started with a whisper in the dark… A Haunting in Baltimore was the first...

Terror Tuesday Feature: The Memorial Fountain For #TerrorTuesday I’m sharing my short story, “The Memoral Fountain,” which won first...