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HAPPY RELEASE DAY! 34 ORCHARD ISSUE 13 HAS ARRIVED!

34 Orchard Issue 13 is here!

Sooner or later, that delusion you created to make the pain of a traumatic reality feel safer, the one you created to get through it, breaks down. When the delusion you created to make the pain of a traumatic reality feel safer breaks down, it’s like being destroyed all over again.

Visit the house that won’t let you live the lie … get your copy at https://34orchard.com/issue-13/ today!

Once again, our ToC:

Cover: Leaving Las Vegas – Trisha J. Wooldridge

Boys – Jeremiah Towle

I Found a Leg Bone in My Yard – A.M. Symes

An Orca Mourns in Puget Sound – Kelsey Oliver Imanishi

September Whitecaps Whip Up in the Bay – Kate LaDew

Once in a Black Moon – Mike Deady

A Heart Broken – Míša Hejná

The Fire – Keira Reynolds

Rot – Meg Douty

Fortune Telling – MJ Vickers

Descent to the Planet of the Gremlins – J.H. Siegal

The Last Road Tripper – Andrew Majors

The Bath – Elizabeth J. Coleman

The Alligator – Christopher Hann

The Unrequited Love of the Ocean – Ray Chanteur

The Ocean is Haunted and So Am I – H.V. Patterson

Last Year – Jennifer Winston Mayette

What Sort of Angels and Why – Matthew Thomas Bernell

The Fox – Priya Evans

I Was an Irrelevant Man – Cassondra Windwalker

Announcing 34 ORCHARD’s Spring 2026 ToC!

The ToC for 34 Orchard Issue 13, Spring 2026, has arrived! The issue will be released on Saturday, April 25, 2026.

 

Sooner or later, that delusion you created to make the pain of a traumatic reality feel safer, the one you created to get through it, breaks down. When it does, it’s like being destroyed all over again.

In Issue 13, twenty artists cope with the breakdown of delusion. A town believes Read the rest of this entry

Get SCARY this Friday night!

I’m THRILLED to be part of SHOCK WAVES IV: HORROR WRITERS OF NEW ENGLAND on ZOOM this Friday night, October 18, at 7 pm EDT. Presented by the Swansea Free Public Library, I’ll be joined by writing buddies Rob Smales, Trisha J. Wooldridge, K.H. Vaughan, Steve Van Samson, and Scott Goudsward.

This event is free to attend—link to register is below (registration is required so they can send you the Zoom link!) Come get your pre-Halloween scare on with recs for books and movies for the season and so much more!

To register, click HERE.

SWANSEA LIBRARY 4

 

Tuesday Night Terrors via Zoom: October 24!

Swansea Library Terrors Event

This Tuesday, October 24, at 6:30 pm, come join me, Trisha J. Wooldridge, Scott Goudsward, Rob Smales, and Ken Vaughn on Zoom for SHOCK WAVES III: HORROR WRITERS OF NEW ENGLAND with the Swansea Free Public Library, where we’ll be discussing all things that go bump in the night, wander up your stairs and tap on your windows. This virtual bookfest is FREE, but you must register at the link below. Hope to see you there!

Here’s that link to register:

https://www.swansealibrary.org/adult-author-visit/events/7953/shock-waves-iii-horror-writers-new-england

 

Join me for Edgar Allan Poe’s Birthday Bash Online next Thursday, January 19!

So thrilled to announce it’s almost time to grab your amontillado and join me and a host of other Poe-enamored writers as we read “The Raven” and “The Bells” in celebration of Poe’s birthday Thursday, January 19, at 7 pm on Zoom!

2023 Edgar Allan Poe Birthday Bash Art

The event is free. If you’d like the Zoom link, PM me, email me, text me or however you get in touch with me, and I’ll get it right to you. You can also reach out to me through my contact page.

Co-sponsored by the Untitled Open Mic at Lowell Poetry Wheel and hosted by writer Meg Smith, we’ll each be reading Read the rest of this entry

The Stars Were Right! at NECRONOMICON PROVIDENCE 2022

Narragansett Beer Banner

Narragansett Beer is…awesome! That is all.

A little whirlwind tour of my experience at NecronomiCon Providence 2022. Enjoy! There are links at the end of the gallery for anything you might wish to know about further.

What an amazing weekend. See y’all in 2024, NECRO PEEPS!

LINKS

Here are links to things mentioned in the captions, in case you want to check them out!

NecronomiCon Providence

Graduate Hotel

The Green Hand Bookshop

Colour Out of Deathlehem, Grinning Skull Press

Nick Gucker

Rodger Binyone

Narragansett Beer

HP Lovecraft Film Festival & Cthuluthon

In CT? Visit me at BOOK FIEND READER’S FEST this Saturday, June 25!

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Come say hello at Book Fiend Reader’s Fest this Saturday, June 25, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Cheney Hall, 177 Hartford Road, Manchester, CT. The event is free!

Sponsored by Silk City Steampunk and Oddball Newt, this celebration of steampunk, sci-fi, horror, paranormal, fantasy, mystery, and supernatural authors will feature sword fighting demos, food trucks and plenty of other fun. There will be opportunities to buy books and have them signed, shop for some cool and unique gifts, attend some panels—and even join us for tea at the end of the day for informal chats with writers (the tea is the only thing there’s a charge for—it’s $10, and you can pay at the door. See the above poster for more details).

I’ll be manning the New England Horror Writers table with writer Trisha J. Wooldridge. We’ll have most of the books in the Wicked series on hand, as well as books by both of us and by other NEHW members. Writer Gevera Bert Piedmont—well known for fantastical lizard stories—will be in the booth next to us!

I will be joining other writers on a panel called The Horror! The Madness! The Creeping Sense of Doom!—about writing horror. It’ll run from 12:45 to 1:45 in the Panel Room. I’ll also be available for chats at the tea.

Come on by if you’re so inclined. I’d love to see you there!

This weekend’s Writing/Submissions/Marketing Workshop in Westford, MA: Yes, you can pay at the door; No, you don’t have to be an NEHW member

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This weekend’s Writing/Submissions/Marketing Workshop, sponsored by the NEHW, is YES, open to people who didn’t register. You can just pay at the door (I got a few emails about this, so I figured I’d throw it up here, too, just in case), and NO, you do not have to be an NEHW member. This is open to all.

The full day is TOMORROW, SATURDAY, APRIL 9, from 9:30 am – 6 pm at Atelier Pro-Kreative in the C.C. Sargent’s & Sons 1877 mill building on 69 Broadway Street, Westford, MA.

Event Description: After some networking time with morning refreshments, instructors Kristi Petersen SchoonoverScott T. Goudsward, and Trisha J. Wooldridge will lead a three-hour workshop on writing, submitting, and marketing short stories, with the option of additional critiques for submitted writing samples. In the afternoon, authors and editors from NEHW’s Wicked Women and Wicked Creatures anthologies will be signing, selling their own work, and taking part in a giant Q&A. Opportunities to network, purchase anthologies and authors’ publications, and socialize will happen before the workshops, during lunch, and at the end of the event.

Here’s the schedule for the day, and pricing. The only thing not available “at the door” would be the critiques, so I didn’t put them here.

Costs for the event are tiered and a la carte:

Full day of 3-hour workshop, breakfast, lunch, networking, signing, author Q & A: 

NEHW members:        $50                              Non-NEHW members:           $60

 

Afternoon only, including lunch:

NEHW members:        $25                              Non-NEHW members:           $30

Schedule

9:30-10:00:                  Light morning snacks, coffee, tea, water

10:00 -10:50:               Workshop Part 1: Crafting Short Stories

11:00-11:50:                Workshop Part 2: Submitting and Selling Short Storie

12:00-12:50:                Workshop Part 3: “I sold a story! Now what?” Marketing & Promo

1:00-2:15:                    Lunch and Networking, Shopping Time

2:30-2:50:                    Author Signing (& Shopping Time)

3:00-4:30:                    Wicked Q&A

4:45-6:00:                    Individual Critique feedback in private, Social & Networking Time

 

If you can make it, we’ll see you tomorrow! If not, YES, I will be posting photos next week.

Writer? Get your short story shine-on this coming Saturday, April 9!

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Want some insider tips on writing, submitting, and marketing your short stories and selling to mags and anthos? Then don’t miss this workshop with me and experienced publication editors this coming Saturday, April 9, 2022, from 9:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. in Westford, Massachusetts!

Bonus? Lunch and a stellar signing event with the writers included in Wicked Women (which contains my story, “Arbor Day”) and Wicked Creatures (which includes my story, “Carving Grace”)!

Here are the details—I really hope to see you there!

Writing, Submitting, and Marketing Short Stories/Making Anthologies will be held at Atelier Pro-Kreative in the C.C. Sargent’s & Sons 1877 mill building on 69 Broadway Street, Westford, Mass.

After some networking time with morning refreshments, Read the rest of this entry

Want an audio treat? Don’t miss this 9Pi-Con Schedule Announcement!

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The good news: I’ve got an audio treat from last year’s Pi-Con for all of you (scroll down) and the schedule for 9Pi-Con, which is being held at the Sheraton Hotel at Bradley Airport in Windsor Locks, CT July 31-August 2, has been announced!

I’m really excited about the variety of programming in which I’ll be participating, and this year includes a writer’s workshop all day Friday. Here’s what Read the rest of this entry