words: upcoming works

CorneredCover.gifComing March 15th from Echelon Press:  "Darkness Cornered"

Lear King is one of thousands in the latest chain of human evolution—vampyres.  The V-mutation, as many call it, moved fast through the population and heightened certain natural traits such as photosensitivity, cell regeneration, and lower body core temperature until the people affected became like the supernatural creatures of ancient myths.  And as with most developments in evolution, it becomes survival of the fittest: most of the “normals” died out.

Except for Kai Green, Lear’s girlfriend.  She’s one of the last few “normals,” and the light his life.

And then there’s Dr. Maddox Corvan, the head of the Department of Scientific Research, who is certain that this V-mutation is a disease, and who will stop at nothing to get to the bottom of it.  Even tracking down the remaining “normals” and performing macabre experiments upon them under the reputable guise of his station.

Dr. Corvan, frustrated after his last experiments go haywire, locates Kai, and pins her as his next victim.  But there’s just one problem.

Lear.

Corvan’s men neglect to dispatch Lear in the chaos of Kai’s abduction, and he sets out to reclaim the one thing in his life that really mattered.  In the end, it comes down to one question: is love worth sacrificing yourself for?

 

Coming Soon from The Celtic Cafe: "Of Bards & Blackbirds"

"Of Bards & Blackbirds" is an academic article detailing a close examination of blackbirds in celtic bardic period poetry in relation to the old mythology and the post-christian spirituality.  It takes the reader through a short history of the infamous Bards--a specialized order of Druids--and also through a close reading of three selected Irish poems of the period, "The Ruined Nest," "The Blackbird," and "The Scribe."

 

Other Published Works

Fiction:
     "Memories."  Sudden-fiction; gothic/mystery.  The Gothic Revue, January 2007.
     "What's Really There."  Sudden fiction; gothic/suspense.  The Gothic Revue, December 2006.

Poetry:
     "Candle of Hope."  Free verse.  Theta Alpha Journal. 1996.  (out of print)

Articles, Research Papers, and the Like:
     "Of Bards and Blackbirds: An Examination of Blackbirds in Bardic Poetry as a Key to Understanding Celtic Christianity."  Academic article; culture/literature.  Humanities Department.  May 2006.
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