the feel bad dispatch #1

News to make you sing the blues.

Welcome to the first edition of the feel bad dispatch. If you don’t care about news about Ben Arzate (aka, being a healthy sane person), skip this and read my look at an out-of-print Carlton Mellick III novel instead.

Tabloid Gone Terror!

Coming to Godless.com this week, I have a new single story coming called “Baby, You’ll Be Famous.” Likely a result of James Ellroy’s ever present influence on me as well as realizing Lady Gaga’s Paparazzi and The Magnetic Fields’ Famous have a similar line in the chorus, this story came to me basically all at once. I had it written, edited (with assistance), and had cover art for it in less than a week. Thankfully, Drew Stepek, the god of Godless, had room for me this month to put it up for sale.

“Shawn Baker is a writer for a sleazy tabloid, trying to earn a living while chasing his rock star dreams. One day, while going through the garbage of famous pop singer Penni P, he discovers a scandal that just might make his career if he can break the story. However, what's going on with Penni P might be far worse than Shawn realizes.”

Jan. 20th, come join this dark journey through the underbelly of Los Angeles here.

Free Cereal!

Mr. Miyagi’s Soggy Cereal, a tribute anthology to Jordan Krall I have a couple poems in, is free on Amazon for a limited time. Get it while the milk’s still good.

Don’t Know Much About Demonology

I have some entries in the Nafallen University 2022-2023 Course Catalog, a creative collection of flash fictions and collaborative world building. Shout out to Matthew Henshaw and the good folks at Madness Heart Press for having me.

Pick it up here.

Music is Over! Sale Extravaganza

On both the Malarkey Books website and on Amazon, Music is Over! is on sale. If you wanted to pick this up, but were waiting until it was at least two dollars less, now is the time.

Coming Attractions

My book of plays, titled PLAYS/hauntologies, will be coming from Madness Heart Press sooner than later. I also have a novel titled, Saturday Morning Mind Control, coming from D&T Publishing next year. Finally, I have some guest writing in the upcoming TTRPG book, Liminal_. That’s up for pre-order on Kickstarter.

Thank you for reading!