About me: Indie author, book reviewer, professor, and librarian. I write The Horror Tree's weekly newsletter. Here to support and uplift the indie writing community. My novella, WE HAUNT THESE WOODS is coming-of-age horror with folklore elements.
Expect dog pictures and writing related content.
Expect dog pictures and writing related content.
06:09 PM - Feb 12, 2023
Reviewers say: "THEY ARE CURSED LIKE YOU is the kind of book I could see being the next big show on Netflix."
"This book got both chills and tears out of me."
Read it now on Kindle Unlimited: https://www.amazon.com/dp/...
"This book got both chills and tears out of me."
Read it now on Kindle Unlimited: https://www.amazon.com/dp/...
03:05 PM - Sep 26, 2023
Review copies for They Are Cursed Like You are now available on Booksirens. Grab yours while spots remain! https://booksirens.com/boo... #bòokreviews via booksirens
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07:32 PM - Sep 04, 2023
Just signed up to teach Science Fiction & Fantasy Writing II for Gotham Writer's Workshop starting Oct 4th for anyone who is interested. Level I starts this week! Come and learn to write about robots, unicorns, aliens, and monsters with me.
01:41 PM - Aug 15, 2023
Book Box Canada featuring THEY ARE CURSED LIKE YOU! Y'all wanna have a witchy good time?
01:29 PM - Aug 10, 2023
2 Threaded Spouts
I will be speaking on a panel called "Dangerous Worlds: Finding The Stakes In Speculative Settings" at Gotham Writers Genre Fiction Conference in just a few short weeks!
https://www.writingclasses...
https://www.writingclasses...
05:09 PM - Aug 04, 2023
Sometimes I think I can't do something, and then I do it just to prove myself wrong.
08:27 PM - Aug 02, 2023
The good news is: I've discovered my superpower.
The bad news is: It's the ability to pull a muscle in my sleep somehow?!
The bad news is: It's the ability to pull a muscle in my sleep somehow?!
09:35 AM - Jul 24, 2023
A ghost story, but the ghosts are the toys you played with and later abandoned as a child... Teddy Ruxspin whispers secrets of the dead. Glow Worm? Try ghost worm. And a pack of feral ghostly Pound Puppies to top it all off.
05:44 PM - Jul 18, 2023
Being a writer is at least 75% looking up weird stuff on the internet. My current tabs are a free online course on taxidermy and drug use during the Vietnam War.
09:08 PM - Jul 13, 2023
My story, "Orchard of Dreams" is a short read that is free to read online if you are interested. I was inspired to write this as my daughter was thinking about college majors and what her future was going to look like: https://wyldblood.com/2023...
06:44 PM - Jul 07, 2023
My new release, now in paperback and ebook!
Queer, witchy tale with a coming-of-age arc where The Craft meets Southern Gothic. THEY ARE CURSED LIKE YOU is Book 1 in the Trailer Park Witches Series.
https://books2read.com/u/4...
Queer, witchy tale with a coming-of-age arc where The Craft meets Southern Gothic. THEY ARE CURSED LIKE YOU is Book 1 in the Trailer Park Witches Series.
https://books2read.com/u/4...
02:54 PM - Jul 06, 2023
I've been quiet for a while because I've been hard at work on a project that I will be able to announce soon.
Watch this space for info if you like:
The Craft X Southern Gothic
Witchy vibes
LGBTQIA+ rep
Coming-of-age
trailer parks
I can't wait to shout about this! #amwriting
Watch this space for info if you like:
The Craft X Southern Gothic
Witchy vibes
LGBTQIA+ rep
Coming-of-age
trailer parks
I can't wait to shout about this! #amwriting
03:00 PM - May 28, 2023
The 2 volume folk horror anthology The Old Ways is up at 'Zon. The first story in the first volume is "Scarecrow" by Bradley Don Richter. Find out why "In San Cuervo, California, a boy is not a man until he’s smoked Scarecrow."
Volume 1:
Volume 1:
08:33 PM - Feb 25, 2023
My short fiction collection The Best of Our Past, the Worst of Our Future is out today. Surreal, strange, and sometimes experimental horror. I wrote about it here: https://christinogle.subst...
12:04 PM - Feb 21, 2023
Proud to announce the release of The Old Ways, a two volume folk horror anthology from Eerie River Publishing, with stories selected by Yours Truly. Through Feb 24th, you can get Vols 1 & 2 discounted as an ebook bundle. Featuring some amazing authors, let me invite you to partake of... The Old Ways
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08:14 PM - Feb 18, 2023
Are we Spouters? Sputterers? Spurts? I'm having a social media platform identity crisis. 😂
11:10 AM - Feb 18, 2023
Like to read books, but you're broke? Obviously, the library, BUT... if you can't make it there, MetaStellar has a list of the best scifi/fantasy books that are currently free on 'Zon.
metastellar.com
08:29 PM - Feb 17, 2023
The Horror Tree's newsletter this week, with a round up of articles on writing craft, the business of writing, and general writing stuff. Also some recommended free fiction reads. Enjoy!
07:18 PM - Feb 17, 2023
Look, I'm bereft, too, to not be in New Orleans tomorrow. But we can still be festive!
Join Gotham Writers for our Friday Write-Ins—it's guided writing, teaching, sharing, and community. Bring your own snacks!
https://wp.writingclasses....
#amwriting #MardiG
Join Gotham Writers for our Friday Write-Ins—it's guided writing, teaching, sharing, and community. Bring your own snacks!
https://wp.writingclasses....
#amwriting #MardiG
03:43 PM - Feb 16, 2023
01:41 PM - Feb 16, 2023
We read (and we write) for the same reason: to understand ourselves, others, and the world.
04:39 AM - Feb 16, 2023
Ever since the highly publicized banning of the book Maus, it went from a book that mostly sat on the shelf in my library with occasional interest to constantly circulating. I can't tell you how long it had sat, not being read up until the banning.
05:34 PM - Feb 15, 2023
My dogs tell me that it is, in fact, called Bow-Wow-entine's Day, and it is customary to bring home puppy treats to your best pals.
This face wouldn't lie to me, would it? Currently fact checking her claims...
This face wouldn't lie to me, would it? Currently fact checking her claims...
06:55 PM - Feb 14, 2023
Diving into this book tonight. Blurbed as "... a hauntingly beautiful horror that explores loss, fear and love in a way that will speak to kids. Reminiscent of Halloween Tree, Into the Gray is perfect for fans of Coraline and Wendell & Wild."
I can't wait!
I can't wait!
09:33 PM - Feb 13, 2023
My first time putting together an anthology, and I'm very pleased with how it came out. If you like Folk Horror, rituals, and sacrifice, then let me invite you to partake of... The Old Ways.
06:45 PM - Feb 13, 2023
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About me: Indie author, book reviewer, professor, and librarian. I write The Horror Tree's weekly newsletter. Here to support and uplift the indie writing community. My novella, WE HAUNT THESE WOODS is coming-of-age horror with folklore elements.
Expect dog pictures and writing related content.
Expect dog pictures and writing related content.
06:09 PM - Feb 12, 2023
