Is fiction a license to lie? Pretty much. But it's expected. The great thing about being a writer is this: I get to take the fantastic ride first. Then I get to present it to other people and see their reaction. I love horror, the supernatural, and unexplained things. Growing up, I snuck as many horror movies as I could while my parents watched the news or Wheel and Jeopardy and I started writing at a very young age.
Influences range from Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams to Poe and Stephen King... so that might explain the strange and dark humor in m more...