Month: April 2024


  • Appearance on “Do You Like Scary Movies” Podcast

    A few weeks back, I taped an appeared on the “Do You Like Scary Movies” podcast. (In fact, I do like scary movies.) The podcast is produced by the same folks who did the Arithmophobia anthology I had a short story in early this year. It was a fun talk about horror films, horror writing,…

  • New Review for “Terrors from the Toybox” Anthology

    I had a short story in a toy themed horror anthology last year. The reviews are still coming in, such as this one from Mathew Fryer’s blog, that comments on several of the stories, including my own. In “A Decent Guy” by Wil Forbis, we meet Bennett: a successful family man whose son has a…

  • Double Trouble in film noir flick “The Dark Mirror”

    One of my ongoing writing projects is a novel that riffs on the premise of a pair of female twins, one good, one evil. I’m aware this is well-worn territory in thrillers, and was happy to recently discover the 1947 film “The Dark Mirror”, which operates in the same space. (It’s free on youtube.) As…

  • Horrorrevolution reviews “What Waits in the Shadows”

    Just got word of a new review for my novel at the web site horrorrevolution. I’ll give a teaser here, but click here to read it in full. A story about myths, monsters, and the unescapable monstrosity of man, What Waits in the Shadows is an excellent book that plays off of common childhood fears…

  • Nights of Horror

    I’m in between edits on book number two and am trying to wash my brain out by writing a new short story which is tied to the subject of comics books from the 50s-60s. During some research (yes, I occasionally do research) I stumbled across mention of a strange comic from the 50s called “Nights…