Friday, October 4, 2024
Guest Post on My Wife's Recently Launched Newsletter
Thursday, August 15, 2024
ANNOUNCEMENT: Forthcoming New Novel - Lowfield!
Well, I've got some VERY exciting news to share. I have a brand new novel coming out next year!
The book is called Lowfield, and it's a tale of horror and suspense set on my native Prince Edward Island. It is forthcoming in the spring of 2025 from Vancouver's Now or Never Publishing, the same press that released my short story collection The Secrets Men Keep.
Here is Lowfield's official blurb:
"Riley Fuller, a police officer sidelined by the devastating loss of three colleagues in a tragic shooting, seeks solace in rural Prince Edward Island as he lays claim to his family's ancestral property - an ancient, dilapidated house known locally as Applegarth. Eager for a fresh start and relief from his traumatic past, Riley's hopes are soon dashed as he uncovers the dark secrets hidden within the very walls of the Victorian-era mansion. Soon, he realizes that Applegarth is merely a harbinger of something far more sinister - a malevolent force lurking within the nearby abandoned village of Lowfield, its ominous presence intricately entwined with the rich history of PEI itself."
I read and wrote a lot of horror and dark fantasy as a teen and have always wanted to return to the genre as an adult. I began this Lovecraftian tale waaaay back in 2019 and finally secured a publishing contract for it last year. I remain grateful to Chris Needham and his team at NoN for taking this book on.
While the novel isn't out for another eight months or so, it's already available for pre-order from the usual suspects, including:
Pre-orders really help me and the publisher out, so if you're interested please put one in today!
I'll be posting more news about Lowfield in the coming months as we inch toward its publication date, so stay tuned. In the meantime, drop me a comment below if you're so inclined - these are always good for morale!
M.
Thursday, July 25, 2024
The Fiddlehead #300 Is Here!
Anyway, very excited to see this story out in the world. You can find The Fiddlehead's summer issue wherever better magazines are sold.
M.
Friday, April 12, 2024
ACCEPTANCE: short story in The Fiddlehead
While I've published a couple of book reviews in this journal over the years, this will mark the first time I've had my own creative work appear in its pages. I've been a long-time reader of and submitter to The Fiddlehead - off and on probably since the late 1990s - so I can't tell you how tickled pink I am having received this acceptance. This also marks my second short story acceptance so far this year, and it's beginning to feel like I'm finally getting my short fiction mojo back.
Anyway, I'll post more news when I have it, including when the issue hits the news stands.
M.
Sunday, March 17, 2024
My Review of Clark Blaise's This Time, That Place: Selected Stories in Canadian Writers Abroad
Here's an excerpt from the piece:
"Blaise, like many of his fictional doppelgangers, has led an almost preternaturally peripatetic life. He is both an American and a Canadian, with stints in Montreal, Florida, New York, Iowa, and other places during his long life. He has also maintained close ties to India, thanks to his decades-long marriage to fellow author Bharati Mukherjee before her death in 2017. Much of Blaise’s earliest stories, including “Broward Dowdy,” “A North American Education,” and “A Class of New Canadians” are intentionally autobiographical – Blaise was doing auto-fiction before it was trendy – and his overarching theme is clear. A peripatetic life can lead to a fragmented identity, and the quest for a sense of belonging often competes with one’s other desires, and, in some cases, better judgment."
Enjoy!
Friday, January 12, 2024
ACCEPTANCE: Inclusion in forthcoming short story anthology
I'm absolutely thrilled to announce that a short story of mine will be part of the recently announced anthology, Devouring Tomorrow, edited by A.G. Pasquella and Jeff Dupuis, and forthcoming from Dundurn Press in Fall 2025. My piece, called "Unlimited Dream," fits with the book's theme of imagining food of the future in the face of climate change, food insecurity, and other looming menaces. The anthology will also include works by Gary Barwin, Anuja Varghese, Lisa de Nikolits, and many more.
This is especially exciting for me since, according to my literary CV, I haven't published a new short story in just about a decade. (I've been a little busy writing novels and poetry instead.) Anyway, I'm very pleased to have this bit of news to share. Here's the formal announcement that appeared in Publishers Marketplace earlier this week:
Saturday, November 18, 2023
Launch event for Big Wilson
ANNOUNCEMENT: I will be reading from Big Wilson, my new poetry chapbook, as part of an online launch party for Emergency Flash Mob Press, run by the wonderful Ian LeTourneau. The event is happening next weekend, Sunday, November 26, at 2 pm EST. My fellow EFMP authors, Sue Sinclair and Kim Fahner, will also be there to read from their amazing books, and you'll also get to learn about this new chapbook press as well. Please come! See the Facebook invitation for more details, and email emergencyflashmobpress@gmail.com to register and receive the Zoom link to attend.