I’m very excited to read a short story at NecronomiCon 2024 in Providence, RI, on Sunday, August 18.
I will be reading my stories “The Half That Matters” and “An Incident on Mulberry Street” in the Narragansett Bayview Room of the Graduate Hotel, 17th floor, at 2pm.
I will also have a few copies of A Season of Whispers available for sale.
If you’re attending this year’s convention celebrating weird fiction, art, and all things strange, I hope to see you there.
Recently I had a delightful conversation with Carmen Bouldin and Jeanie Smith, hosts of The Six Degrees of Edgar Allan Poe podcast. We discussed my books and projects, de-compartmentalizing history, my fiction writing process, and of course Poe. Head over to Spotify to listen how I memorized “Annabel Lee” in middle school, which of Poe’s stories is my all-time favorite, and why “The Man Who Was Used Up” resonates with me now more than ever.
You can listen to the podcast on Spotify or watch it on YouTube.
And in case you missed it, you can also listen to the 2023 interview I did with Sandy Carlson of the Woodbury Writes podcast, available on Spotify and Anchor.fm.
Saturday, October 21 @ 11 AM: I’ll be on a panel with HWA CT co-conspirator John Opalenik asking, “Why Do Readers and Writers Choose to be Unsettled by Horror Writing?” It’s part of the Woodbury Public Library’s literary festival, A Confluence of Readers and Writers.
Saturday, October 21 in the PM: I’ll be at StoryFest 2023 at the Westport Public Library. StoryFest is Connecticut’s biggest literary festival, and I’ll be manning the table with my fellow HWA CT members selling and signing books.
Monday, October 30 @ 6 PM: I’m leading a Gothic fiction writing workshop titled “What We Write in the Shadows” at the Mystic and Noank Library. Participants will learn about the history of Gothic literature and leave the 90-minute workshop with a finished piece of flash fiction. Space is still available!
Saturday, November 4 @ 10 AM: I’ll be hustling books at the Norwalk Local Author Festival at the Norwalk Public Library. Come meet me and a bunch of other local authors and maybe pick up a book or three.
Saturday, December 9 @ 1–4 PM: I will be at Rule of 3 Brewing in East Hampton reading, signing books, and hanging out with other great authors. Grab a beer and a new book.
This October I’ll be leading a 90-minute workshop on gothic fiction at the Mystic and Noank Library in Mystic, Connecticut.
The gothic is the past returning to haunt us in the present. Yet like vampires and werewolves, gothic stories can assume different shapes and forms: Bram Stoker’s Dracula involves a supernatural evil unleashed in contemporary England, while the narrator of Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” is haunted simply by his own guilt. In this workshop, join author and freelance writer Jackson Kuhl for an evening investigating the dark art of gothic fiction writing. We’ll look at some examples of classic gothic literature to inspire us, then brainstorm ideas, sketch a brief outline, and craft a piece of gothic flash fiction to take home.
Interested in attending? You can register at the library’s website. There’s no charge but it’s expected to fill up fast.
Ransack the sofa and bring your spare change to downtown Branford, Connecticut this Saturday, May 6, where me and about 40 other authors will be hawking our wares as part of the first annual Branford Book Festival.
We’ll be posted outside local stores along Main Street selling, signing, and talking to readers. I will be at the corner of Main and Ivy outside Elements Massage, at the northern end of the festival. Drop by, buy a book, and then buy a gift card for that special someone. Remember — Mother’s Day is only a week away.
Many of the merchants have donated prizes for the raffle to be held at the Blackstone Memorial Library from 3 pm to 5 pm. The process to enter the raffle is a lot of fun: you need to acquire 20 signatures from authors in your festival passport, which you can pick up at any of the authors’ tables.
However, to encourage foot traffic throughout the downtown area, four signatures are mandatory for the passport — and because my table is at the northern periphery, I’m one of them. In order for you to enter the raffle, I’m a boss battle.
Don’t worry, just hit left-right-O-X and I’ll jot my name down. I will also be happy to sign a copy of Samuel Smedley, Connecticut Privateer or A Season of Whispers for you.
The Branford Book Festival is Saturday, May 6 from 10 am to 3 pm, with the raffle to follow.