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Everybody knows the movie “A Christmas Story.” My childhood was like that, only around Halloween. I grew up in a small town in Wisconsin, Franksville, population 250, with most of us living out in the country. My parents, my sister, and I lived in a house on Fancher Road, a curved old road that was […]

Another Teaser, this time the introduction and background for all the wonderful stories in A FANTASTIC HOLIDAY SEASON.  These are some great stories to enjoy and to share. Amazing cover art, “St. Nicholas, Dragon-Sleigher” by Myles Pinkney.  Stories include: A Christmas Caroler—Kim Antieau Jukebox Gifts—Dean Wesley Smith Santa Claus Is Coming to Get You—Kevin J. […]

Even before WordFire Press became his publisher, I was a fan of Mike Baron’s dark, edgy fiction. I accepted two of his stories for my BLOOD LITE anthology series. I read his ground-breaking comics work on NEXUS, THE PUNISHER, THE BADGER, DEADMAN, STAR WARS, THE FLASH, and others. He has won both the Inkpot and […]

I just finished judging the eight finalist stories for the third quarter of the Writers of the Future Contest. I came home from my recent writing retreat in Breckenridge to find a stack of manuscripts waiting for me to read, and I worked my way through them, one or two per day. I’ve been a […]