True crime set in a rural place?

Editing then shoveling

Editing then shoveling

Editing then shoveling

Editing then shoveling

Editing then shoveling

Editing then shoveling

Editing then shoveling

Editing then shoveling

Editing then shoveling

Editing then shoveling

POV: You grew up in a haunted farmhouse and are beginning to think that the ghosts never left.

One time I was stuck in customs because they were flipping through my poetry notebook and none of it made any goddamn sense to them and I tried to explain that I was a poet but all they saw were the mad scribblings of a dumbass.

Have I abandoned all that is holy or did I simply write a draft over pints of Coors at the dive bar?

Haaaay Todd! Long time no see! 💗

Make ghosts your target audience.

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Don’t forget that stories are the bridge between here and the afterlife.

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the milky third eye of ancestors. the dried-up riverbed. the letter opened with a swiss army knife.

Oh Jan, how kind of you to share - I am only seeing this now! So happy to see you over here and to have met you through the workings of the web! Thank you kindly my friend!! <3

Not to brag but one of my eyebrow hairs grows very long, very fast and won't listen to reason.

Don’t forget that stories are the bridge between here and the afterlife.

Follow for more practical writing advice.

Make ghosts your target audience.

Follow for more practical writing advice.

night hooks: the plot turns that can only occur in the fog after dark (with whiskey)

the milky third eye of ancestors. the dried-up riverbed. the letter opened with a swiss army knife.

saw a hawk with a snake in its mouth

out with the bugs today

One of my long-standing hobbies is going to estate sales, where I found this folk horror fairy chair. I keep it in my writing room.

Here’s to raising hell!!!!!!! 🍻

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If you’re interested in folk horror and american gothic, let’s fuckin’ kick it. Let’s get muddy.

I’ve always been the type of writer who has to fight by the skin of my teeth to help get my story out there. Have see too many failed attempts to count. If you’re interested in folk horror and american gothic, let’s fuckin’ kick it. Let’s get muddy.

“No Kings” demonstration, Ocean Beach, San Francisco

To thine own self be truant

The American Dream has disadvantaged the imagination of possibility

baby’s first meme xo

Dominic Sessa is officially set to star as Anthony Bourdain in the biopic, Tony, from director Matt Johnson 🤍

The film will be released by A24

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When a publisher gets ready to go on submission