Writing What Hurts: September Rising
What’s Happening First, I want to assure everyone that, despite the fact I’m going through some personal things, it doesn’t affect Crossroad Press in any way. We are solid, self-sustained…
Writing What Hurts 8-24-2025
What’s Happening As I continue to send out resumes and seek the next day-job adventure, I’m concentrating on boosting sales for Crossroad Press, drinking more caffeine, and putting out more…
How to Sell a Haunted House – Grady Hendrix – Review
How to Sell a Haunted House, while actually covering the topic in the title, is much, much more than a real-estate guide. As with most of Grady Hendrix’s books, the…
The Dismemembered by Jonathan Janz – Review
This was an unexpected treat. Jonathan Janz has found a way to channel the past. A lot of times when an author attempts to write, particularly at novel length, in…
Stories of the Eye – Book Review
From the first few pages of “The Aneurytic by Andrew Wilmot,” I knew that I’d opened a book that was a step above. The prose is bold and out on…
Human Monsters – Anthology Review
Human Monsters is a BIG collection with a wide range of styles and themes represented. Editors Sadie Harman and Ashley Sawyers have brought together a truly disturbing chorus of dark…
Fairy Tale by Stephen King – Review
So, this is one hell of a book for a lot of reasons. Some of those reasons are typical of Stephen King’s works, and others are not. There are hints…
SUNDANCING – by Brian Keene – Review
This may, or may not appeal to a wide variety of readers, but it should. Anyone who believes the lives of writers, screenwriters, actors, or any creatives are simple, easy,…
Pre-orders live for THE DEVIL’S IN THE FLAWS
The Devil’s in the Flaws & Other Dark Truths won’t be available until January 3, 2023, but the pre-order is in place on Amazon for the eBook. The paperback will…
Review of SPINAL REMAINS by Chad Lutzke
Spinal Remains by Chad Lutzke, Cemetery Gates Media; 1st edition (August 9, 2022) This collection is a not-so-friendly neighborhood of stories. Lutzke has crafted all the pieces in this collection…