They Got Out 3: A Sci-Fi and Horror Collection is live! These short stories have been so much fun to write they practically write themselves and I'm seriously considering...

A novella about an integral character, whose backstory fueled the series and world building. The story is about Garmish, and his struggles will impact the world of Vraniga for...

I recently updated my author profile to the artwork of Rookie Salvo (designed by Darko Tomic). This fits me perfectly as an author as the image shows all of the genres I write...

Robert Eggers has become one of those directors I follow. They aren't household names, yet, and I might not own all of their movies, but their talent and vision are undeniable.

Before him it was an up-and-coming director named Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, The Equalizer, too many entertaining movies to list here) ever since I saw the trailer for The Replacement Killers (1998).

Jeremy Saulnier after I saw The Green Room, which prompted me to seek out Blue Ruin. Saulnier's most recent directorial...

The Penguin surprised me. The first episode was as cinematic as a movie. It’s about a ground-level gangster and his rise to power. Similar to other HBO gems (The Sopranos, Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon) it reminds me of a favorite film I look forward to rewatching.

The tone matches the Batman but then it drills down deeper into that world. The actors are well-cast, especially the unrecognizable Colin Farrel, who is ideal for the Penguin role. To understand Farrel’s range, check out In...

I heard somewhere authors should throw out their first million words. Quite a punch to the gut. But as I near that number or perhaps even surpass it (I think I have, if I also count the screenplays and short films I wrote and all those freewrites since I was a teenager), I get it.

Some of my older books and short stories float to my current standard, and others do not, but in a way that’s part of their charm. Over the years I’ve considered revising a post-apocalyptic series, but I always...