Works

Novels

The Literary Six
Outskirts Press, 2006
ISBN-10: 1598006949
ISBN-13: 978-1598006940
Awards | Reviews | Blurbs

Collections

Demo Reels and Arthouse Madness
Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2025
ISBN-10: 1947879871
ISBN-13: 978-1947879874
Awards | Reviews | Blurbs | Media

Anthologies (as Editor)

Don’t Ask, Ghosts Tell (co-edited with Sirrah Medeiros)
Tundra Swan Press, 2025
ISBN-13: 978-1965712016

Unspeakable Horror 3: Dark Rainbow Rising
Crystal Lake Publishing, 2023
ISBN-10: 1957133465
ISBN-13: 978-1957133454

Other Terrors: An Inclusive Anthology (co-edited with Rena Mason)
William Morrow Paperbacks, 2022
ISBN-10:‎ 0358658896
ISBN-13:‎ 978-0358658894
Awards | Reviews | Blurbs | Media

Unspeakable Horror 2: Abominations of Desire
Evil Jester Press, 2017
ISBN-10: 1973793962
ISBN-13: 978-1973793960
Awards | Reviews | Blurbs

Butcher Knives & Body Counts: Essays on the Formula, Frights and Fun of the Slasher Film
Dark Scribe Press, 2011
ISBN-10: 0981863221
ISBN-13: 978-0981863221
Awards | Reviews | Blurbs

Unspeakable Horror: From the Shadows of the Closet (co-edited with Chad Helder)
Dark Scribe Press, 2008
ISBN-10: 0981863205
ISBN-13: 978-0981863207
Awards | Reviews | Blurbs

Short Fiction | Poetry

“The Woods Are Dark”
Shakespeare Unleashed
Monstrous Books, 2023
ISBN-10: 1946346187
ISBN-13: 978-1946346186

“Visiting Hours”
HWA Poetry Showcase Volume VIII
Horror Writers Association, 2021
ISBN-10:‎ 1732803579
ISBN-13: 978-1732803572

“Epoch, Rewound”
Attack From the 80s
Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2021
ISBN-10: 1735664448
ISBN-13: 978-1735664446

“Home Theater”
Tales of the Lost, Volume 2: Tales to Get Lost In
Plaid Dragon Publishing, 2020
ISBN-10: 1735664405
ISBN-13: 978-1735664408

“Shades of Madness in Paisley Patterns”
Space and Time
Volume 4, Number 134, September 2019
ISSN: 0271-2512

“The London Encounter”
Fantastic Tales of Terror: History’s Darkest Secrets
Crystal Lake Publishing, 2018
ISBN-10: 164467968X
ISBN-13: 978-1644679685

“Matinee”
Night Shadows: Queer Horror
Bold Strokes Books, 2012
ISBN-10: 1602827516
ISBN-13: 978-1602827516

“Monday Shutdown”
Help! Wanted: Tales of On-The-Job Terror
Evil Jester Press, 2011
ISBN-10: 0615536352
ISBN-13: 978-0615536354

“Bargain Books” (co-authored with Chad Helder)
Icarus Magazine
Lethe Press, 2011

“Stonewall Rising”
Zombiality: A Queer Bent on the Undead
Library of the Living Dead Press, 2010
ISBN-10: 1453729127
ISBN-13: 978-1453729120

“Tyro” and “Chatroom Hustler”
Death in Common: Poems from Unlikely Victims
Needfire Poetry, 2010
ISBN-10: 0986483176
ISBN-13: 978-0986483172

“The Night Nurse of Cobblestone”
Malpractice: An Anthology of Bedside Terror
Stygian Enterprises, 2009
ISBN-10:
ISBN-13: 978-0615245287

Non-Fiction | Essays | Interviews and Articles

“The Horror of Donna Berzatto and her Feast of the Seven Fishes“
You’re Not Alone in the Dark
Cemetery Dance Publications, 2024
ISBN-10: 1587679981
ISBN-13: 978-1587679988

“Laurie Strode: An Exploration of Trauma in the Slasher Film“
The Neo-Slasher, Special Issue #5
Horror Homeroom, Fall 2021

“Rejected! Ten Reasons Why and How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Rejection”
Writers Workshop of Horror 2
Hydra Publications, 2021
ISBN-10: 1948374528
ISBN-13:‎ 978-1948374521

“Slasher Films Made Me Gay: The Queer Appeal and Subtext of the Genre“
LGBTQ+ Horror Month
Ginger Nuts of Horror, 2019

“What Came First the Monster or the Plot? In Conversation with Stephen Graham Jones”
It’s Alive: Bringing Your Nightmares to Life
Crystal Lake Publishing, 2018
ISBN-10: 1684545455
ISBN-13: 978-1684545452

“Happy (En)Trails: Violence and Viscera on The Walking Dead”
Triumph of The Walking Dead: Robert Kirkman’s Zombie Epic on Page and Screen
BenBella Books, 2011
ISBN-10: 1936661136
ISBN-13: 9781936661138

“When the Artist Met His Muse”
My Diva: 65 Gay Men on the Women Who Inspire Them
University of Wisconsin Press, 2009
ISBN-10: 0299231208
ISBN-13: 978-0299231200

Last Man Standing: Meet the Guy Behind Final Girls [Interview with Riley Sager] (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 2017)

Wrestling with Gods and Monsters: In Conversation with Michael Thomas Ford (LAMBDA LITERARY, 2016)

Christopher Rice: On His New Novel ‘The Vines,’ the Gay Appeal of the Horror Genre, and Writing Supernatural Thrillers (LAMBDA LITERARY, 2014)

Nate Kenyon: Writing From the Edge (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 10-22-10)

W.D. Gagliani: Respecting the Beast Within (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 8-17-10)

Gothic Belle: Meet Rhodi Hawk (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 7-28-10)

Lee Thomas: Transcending Literary Closets (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 4-03-10)

Over the Haunted Rainbow: A Conversation with Jameson Currier (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 2-28-10)

Tom Cardamone: The Joys of Failed Normalcy (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 2-21-10)

The Ripples & Repercussions of Paul G. Bens Jr. (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 12-02-09)

The Technicolor Terror of John Everson (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 11-29-09)

Tobias Hill: Secrets & Revelations (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 11-10-09)

Blood Can Move Mountains: A Conversation with Blake Crouch (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 10-12-09)

The Literary ‘Birth’ of Christopher Ransom (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 9-18-09)

Ellen Datlow: Editor Unbound (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 9-13-09)

Introducing the Evolutionary Horror of Warren Fahy (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 8-12-09)

A ‘Voracious’ Appetite for the Macabre: Meet Alice Henderson (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 7-02-09)

From Gypsy Lore to Lobotomies: Meet Lisa Mannetti (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 5-11-09)

His Name is Rio: An Interview with the Author of ‘Everdead’ (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 4-11-09)

Don D’Auria: The Ins and Outs of Genre Evolution (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 3-09-09)

The Chronicles of Joel Sutherland, Act One: The Ice Storm Cometh (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 2-08-09)

Partners in Fright: The Writing Duo of Maynard & Sims (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 11-26-08)

Nate Kenyon and His ‘Reach’ for Success (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 11-01-08)

Tess Gerritsen: The Accidental Novelist (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 10-10-08)

The Sense & Sensibilities of Sarah Pinborough (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 7-28-08)

Screenwriter Todd Farmer and His ‘Bloody Valentine’ with Heart (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 7-13-08)

Rick R. Reed Pumps Up the Volume (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 4-18-08)

The Evolution of Christopher Rice (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 3-02-08)

Amanda Stevens: A Footprint for Suspense (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 2-18-08)

Alexandra Sokoloff on the ‘Price’ of Success (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 1-27-08)

Chelsea Cain on her ‘Heartsick’ Success (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 11-28-07)

Sound Bites from the Grist Mill (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 10-29-07)

When the Muses Came Calling (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 10-22-07)

Scott Nicholson Talks Hillbilly Horror and Tooth Decay (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 10-09-07)

Deborah LeBlanc: The HWA President’s State of Horror Address (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 10-09-07)

Deena Warner: Weaving Webs of Darkness (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 10-07-07)

Andy Bauer: On Art, Animation, and the ‘Gay Monsters’ in His Closet (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 10-06-07)

Johnathon Schaech: From Hollywood to Horror Scribe (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 3-29-07)

Sarah Langan: Toxicology, Toilet Humor, and Tabasco Sauce (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 9-18-07)

Fran Friel: Introducing Horror’s Newest ‘Mama’ (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 9-13-07)

Nanci Kalanta Shows Us Her ‘Horror World’ (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 9-13-07)

Bentley Little: The Elusive Dark Scribe Speaks (DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, 9-13-07)

An Interview with Johnathan Schaech
Autograph Magazine
Volume 18, Number 5, May 2008
ISSN#: 10713425
(Feature interview with actor, model, and screenwriter Johnathan Schaech)

From Bangor with Love: The Passion of Collecting King
Autograph Magazine
Volume 18, Number 1, January 2008
ISSN#: 10713425
(Feature article on Stephen King collectibles)

Mad About Marcia Cross
Autograph Magazine
Volume 17, Number 6, October/November 2007
ISSN#: 10713425
(Feature profile piece on Desperate Housewives actress Marcia Cross)

The Masters of Horror
Autograph Collector Magazine
Volume 17, Number 5, August/September 2007
ISSN#: 10713425
(Roundtable interview with horror writers Jack Ketchum, Deborah LeBlanc, Brian Keene, and Scott Nicholson)

Julianne Moore: From Daytime to Big Time – A Look at One of Hollywood’s Most Talented Actresses
Autograph Magazine
Volume 17, Number 4, June/July 2007
ISSN#: 10713425
(Cover feature; career retrospective on actress Julianne Moore)

Still Taking Our Breath Away: An Interview with Berlin’s Terri Nunn
Autograph Collector Magazine
Volume 17, Number 3, April/May 2007
ISSN#: 10713425
(Feature interview with Berlin frontwoman Terri [Take My Breath Away] Nunn)

Collecting by Proxy
Autograph Collector Magazine
Volume 17, Number 2, February/March 2007
ISSN#: 10713425
(How-to feature article exploring pros/cons of collecting autographs by proxy using actress Dianne Wiest as backdrop for the piece)

Janis Paige: The Enduring Talent of a Hollywood Glamour Gal
Autograph Collector Magazine
Volume 17, Number 1, December 2006/January 2007
ISSN#: 10713425
(Feature profile piece on Hollywood “glamour gal” Paige)

Catching Up with Oscar Nominee Meg Tilly
Autograph Collector Magazine
Volume 16, Number 10, November 2006
ISSN#: 10713425
(Feature interview with reclusive former actress-turned-author Meg Tilly)

An Interview with David DeCoteau
AfterElton.com
October 2006

Adrienne Barbeau: Scream Queen a Safe Bet for Two-Fers
Autograph Collector Magazine
Volume 16, Number 10, October 2006
ISSN#: 10713425
(Retrospective look at career of horror film actress Adrienne Barbeau and her autograph habits and value)

From Baywatch to Boxers: An Interview with Michael Bergin
Autograph Collector Magazine
Volume 16, Number 8, August 2006
ISSN#: 10713425
(Feature interview with actor, former Calvin Klein supermodel, and controversial author)

Fabulous After 50
Autograph Collector Magazine
Volume 16, Number 7, July 2006
ISSN#: 10713425
(Feature article on women over 50 in Hollywood featuring profiles of Swoosie Kurtz and Oscar winners Kathy Bates and Olympia Dukakis)

Everything’s Coming Up Roses: An Interview with TV Star Jamie Rose
Autograph Collector Magazine
Volume 16, Number 6, June 2006
ISSN#: 10713425
(Feature interview with star of TV’s Falcon Crest and Lady Blue)

Checking in with Martha Davis of The Motels
Autograph Collector Magazine
Volume 16, Number 5, May 2006
ISSN#: 10713425
(Feature article on The Motels frontwoman Martha [Only the Lonely] Davis)

Farewell Will & Grace: The Groundbreaking Sitcom Takes Its Final Bow
Autograph Collector Magazine
Volume 16, Number 4, April 2006
ISSN#: 10713425
(Cover feature; retrospective of the groundbreaking sitcom with profiles of cast and notable guest stars)

Finally Getting Their Due: David Strathairn & Philip Seymour Hoffman Reach for the Gold
Autograph Collector Magazine
Volume 16, Number 3, March 2006
ISSN#: 10713425
(Feature profile piece on character actors Strathairn and Hoffman)

Isabella Rossellini: This Legendary Beauty Is a Legendary Signer!
Autograph Collector Magazine
Volume 16, Number 1, January 2006
ISSN#: 10713425
(Feature profile piece on actress, model, author, and businesswoman Isabella Rossellini)

Jamie Lee Curtis: Like Mother, Like Daughter
Autograph Collector Magazine
Volume 15, Number 12, December 2005
ISSN#: 10713425
(Cover feature; career retrospective on popular 80’s scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis)

Return to Melrose Place: Revisiting the Cast of the 90’s Pop Culture Phenomenon
Autograph Collector Magazine
Volume 15, Number 11, November 2005
ISSN#: 10713425
(Feature article; retrospective on popular primetime soap Melrose Place)

Cyndi Lauper: Still Showing Her True Colors
Autograph Collector Magazine
Volume 15, Number 11, November 2005
ISSN#: 10713425
(Feature profile piece on Girls Just Want to Have Fun and True Colors singer)

Janet Leigh: Remembering an Original Scream Queen
Autograph Collector Magazine
Volume 15, Number 10, October 2005
ISSN#: 10713425
(Tribute to late Psycho actress and her impact on the modern horror film)

Remembered Moments with Laura Branigan
Autograph Collector Magazine
Volume 15, Number 8, May 2005
ISSN#: 10713425
(Tribute to late Gloria and Self Control pop singer)