• Anti-Dead

    When I was about 9 years old, there was this kid in my afterschool program named Tem. I didn’t know him particularly well since he hung out with a completely different set of kids than I did, and he was in a grade below mine. The only stuff I really knew about him was that… Read more

  • The Night Me and Your Mama Met

    Excerpted from the Are You “Different”? collection. … Sometime in the summer of 2021 I was invited to a party at a beach mansion in Southern California. It placed me in an odd spot because I rarely received such invitations, and I even more rarely accepted them. What caused me to respond to this one… Read more

  • The Great Watcher

    Excerpted from the Are You “Different”? collection. … There’s a story that’s been passed down by native Indians up near Preston about The Great Watcher.  It’s a revenant of sorts, a spirit which chases those who commit the vilest sins to their doom. It is said that, within those woods, The Great Watcher drives all… Read more

  • Grey Area

    Excerpted from the Are You “Different”? collection. … Fox awoke from his bed in the morning. He checked his messages. | Call me. Now. It was from Serah. The abruptness of it all was enough to jolt him awake. Still under the blankets, he sent out a response. | what about? whats up? There was… Read more

  • Visions

    Excerpted from the Are You “Different”? collection. … Katie plugged in her headphones and felt the bus lurch forward as the trip to the lodge began. Each winter break, her and a group of college friends would get together for a lodge trip. Their typical choice, the Fairweather Lodge, was decidedly not fair weather this… Read more

  • Sorry, We’re Closed

    Excerpted from the Are You “Different”? collection. … There was something off about Mr. Ledbetter after his daughter died.  It was more than the shakes. Visitors to the garage would comment on it whenever he grasped their ticket, asking if there was something wrong; his hands struggling to insert the ticket into the machine. In… Read more