An Ever-Changing Philosophy on “My Writing”

Weird writer. Surreal writer. New Weird writer. Horror writer. Literary horror writer. Literary horror comedy writer. I don’t know where I fit in all of this. My writing can run the gamut, but the New Weird Horror label that the folks over at Tenebrous Press have created seems extremely apt (read about it here: https://tenebrouspress.com/what-is-new-weird-horror).

Here are some comparative writers to my style (in no particular order):

-Haruki Murakami

-Victor LaValle

-Danger Slater

-Max Booth III

-Nicole Cushing

-T. Kingfisher

-Paul Tremblay

-Ottessa Moshfegh

-Rachel Harrison

My stories are certainly not for everyone, just like cilantro isn’t for everyone, but if any of what I just said appeals to you, come on in, cozy up with a steaming cup of Swiss Miss cocoa and a deep-fried Reese’s peanut butter cup, and feel free to send me a message and introduce yourself. If not, get the hell out of here—quick—as fast as you can while there’s still a chance!

See below for more about what my writing entails, literary magazines that I support, and writers who inspire me. Also check out the link below to my published short stories to read one of my stories for yourself.

Some Elements of My Writing

Psychological Suspense

The Weird

Suburban Gothic

Body Horror

Monstrous Entities

Mundane Atrocities

Magazines I Support

  • Weird Horror

    https://www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/

  • Ghoulish Tales

    https://ghoulish.rip/category/ghoulish-tales/

  • Bourbon Penn

    https://www.bourbonpenn.com/

The Books that Define My Writing

The Nightly Disease

by Max Booth III

The Changeling

by Victor LaValle

The Left Hand of Darkness

by Ursula K. Le Guin

A Sick Gray Laugh

by Nicole Cushing

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

by Haruki Murakami

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

by Ottessa Moshfegh

Writers Who Inspire Me

*It’s an incomplete list, obviously . . .

Haruki Murakami, Victor LaValle, Eric LaRocca, Shirley Jackson, Ottessa Moshfegh, Nnedi Okorafor, Max Booth III, Marco Katz Montiel, Cixin Liu, T. Van Santana, Richard Wright, Stephen King, Thomas Ligotti, N. K. Jemisin, Nicole Cushing, Shirley Jackson (I mean, come on!), Brian Evenson, S. A. Cosby, Jeffrey Ford, Edward Albee, Keigo Higashino, Jhumpa Lahiri, Lauren Groff, Carson McCullers, Haruki Murakami (yes, again), Karen Joy Fowler, Stephen Graham Jones, Will Eno, Indrapramit Das, Daryl Gregory, Akwaeke Emezi, Raymond Carver, Alice Munro, Jason Rekulak, Johnny Compton, Kent Haruf, John Langan, David Lott, Annie Baker, Kristi DeMeester, Haruki Murakami (yes, one final time), Jeff VanderMeer, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ron Rash, Laird Barron, Alicia Andrzejewski (my wife), Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Jorge Luis Borges, Philip K. Dick, Toni Morrison, Ken Liu, Dorothy Tse, Dean Koontz, Kazuo Ishiguro, Joyce Carol Oates, etc.