Cast a Cold Eye, the ghostly novella I wrote with Derryl Murphy, appeared ten years ago as a limited-edition hardcover to exceptionally kind reviews. Now it's coming back to life as an ebook.  read

If we were zombies I promise you that I would love you for your brain  read

I come to you, love, like a zombie in your thrall, hungry for your brains.  read

In his most personal role ever, Anthony Hopkins dares audiences to assemble the pieces of an aging screenwriter’s fractured mind.  read

I've sold a book! Well, half a book, anyway. A dark fantasy novella, to be precise. According to my records, it was over four years ago that Derryl Murphy dropped me a note that said: I've had this idea rattling...  read

I have cast a new novella, "Cast a Cold Eye," written in collaboration with and at the instigation of Derryl Murphy, out upon the postal waters. Sail, little ghost story! Sail swiftly to your destination, and on those leeward shores...  read

I don't often post about my writing progress here, because usually it inches along with such dismal slowness. I have been unusually disciplined working on projects over the past few months, though, and am feeling good about it all this...  read

A subtle new film from Germany, based on actual events, asks us how literally we should regard the task of facing down our demons.  read

A screamingly funny off-Broadway musical prods its audience to bust a gut by doing the same thing to its cast—literally.  read

A young chess player learns that smartest kid on the block is a scary thing to be.  read