In the end they'll all be dancin'--all them ones that didn't die.... Dance with me in the shadows amidst the lightning and the thunder, and all that nu-cu-lar debris. See the big bang from the other side, and then open that cellar door. Go down into
WEIRD RHODY is a short story collection featuring five strange tales all set in Rhode Island and written by five Rhode Island authors. The anthology is a tribute to H.P. Lovecraft, the Ocean State's famed author of pulp horror.
Words are wicked, double-edged weapons laced with either love potion liquid or arsenic--or both. And most of the time, it's better with both!
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As much as I love writing fiction, my first love growing up was poetry. I’ve been writing, essentially, since I could speak in complete sentences. My first short story was written in second grade. I only started writing stories, because at heart I believed I was a storyteller.
That’s what was missing in poetry for me: the depth of a story.
After graduating from high school, I attended the University of Illinois at Chicago, achieving a B.A. in Creative Writing. I currently work full time as a caption editor for a company that manages the closed captioning for networks such as Fine Living, HGTV, ABC and DIY. Working in that profession has, of course, sharpened my craft in terms of editing and deadlines and proofreading.
My influences are pretty lengthy: Dr. Seuss, J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Isaac Asimov, Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, and just about every children's book author alive and dead!
Birth Place
Chicago, IL U.S.A.
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Myself
1015 Norwich Ave.
Grand Rapids MI 49503
U.S.A.