Days of Future Passed, Moody Blues
The Point, Nillson

"Nothing" short story performed on Tales to Terrify Here's another free short story of mine in audio format.  My flash piece, “Nothing,” appeared recently on the horror podcast, Tales to Terrify, as part of their episode #740.  You can listen to the story in its entirety here, as read by Barbara Henslee. My story starts at the 00:02:43 mark of the episode. I'll add a reminder that you can listen to more audio performances of my short fiction on my website here, including an earlier performance of "Nothing" by a different narrator and on a different horror podcast, The No Sleep Podcast. Other stories of mine you can listen to include "Doorways," "Out of the Light," "The Dancer at the Red Door," "Enlightenment," "By Her Hand, She Draws You Down," "Scream Angel," "Radio Nowhere," and two Heroka stories, "Spirit Dance" and "A Bird in the Hand." Enjoy!

"Nothing" short story performed on Tales to Terrify

Some recent interviews

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Jimi

Rumours, then Floyd then The Stones

Guardians of the Galaxy 1, but they are all good

Another vote for 1965-75

No big deal just a solar eclipse as seen from the moon streamed to us here on Earth by astronauts who are farther away from their home planet than any human has ever been

Chess jokes!!!

Status today: just hangin’

Metaphorically, that’s the way it already was when they left. #ireadthenewdtodayoboy

Brother, by The Organ

My little flash piece “Nothing” is featured in episode 740 this month at @talestoterrify.bsky.social. Check it out for a short but creepy listen.
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Meddle

Stones’ “You Can’t Always Get What You Want“

Leah and Peter of July Talk

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Another Steppenwolf: Born to be Wild

Omg. I forgot my fave, The Moody Blues

The Kinks, The Animals, Donovan

#JulyTalk at History in Toronto, featuring a very pregnant Lea Fay. You go, girl. Rock on

Little Green, Joni Mitchell
Fifty Mission Cap, Tragically Hip

Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Gordon Lightfoot

Tragically Hip, Springsteen, Metric, Stevie Nicks, Moody Blues

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Interview with Douglas Smith, Author of Borderlanz: Tales From the Edges - NewInBooks Author interview for Borderlanz: Tales From the Edges (Short Story Collections)

I'm interviewed by New in Books about the release of my third collection, Borderlanz: Tales From the Edges
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Wars in the Stars antho achieves "Enlightenment" I'm thrilled to announce that the most excellent UK publisher, Flame Tree Publishing, will be reprinting my story "Enlightenment" in their upcoming anthology, Wars in the Stars. This will be my third appearance in a Flame Tree anthology, and each experience has been very enjoyable. They put out an incredibly beautiful product and treat their authors very well, paying pro rates (even for reprints), performing excellent editing, and providing contributor copies in hardcover (!) with gilt edging (again!). Even cooler, "Enlightenment" will be the closing story in the anthology. Anthology editors will generally put what they think are the strongest stories as the opening story to pull the reader in, one more in the middle to keep them hooked, and one more as the final story to leave them with a good feeling about reading the book. "Enlightenment" first appeared in the long-running UK magazine, Interzone, in 2004, when the magazine's new publisher, Andy Cox, invited me to submit a story to the inaugural issue under his ownership after taking over from one of the original founders and long-time editor, David Pringle. The story is a sequel of sorts to my award-winner, "Scream Angel," and was a finalist for Canada's Aurora Award. Wars in the Stars is expected out in August 2026. It will have 260,000 words of fiction (FYI, that's a lot. Easily twice most modern novels) and feature stories from classic SF authors such as Ray Cummings, Stanley G. Weinbaum, and Edgar Rice Burroughs, as well as contemporary writers. Check out the full list of authors here, and check out this page for ordering information.

Wars in the Stars antho achieves "Enlightenment"

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