The "more to come" my last post hinted at was the publication on December 15, 2025, of my flash fiction "Conflagration Kills Five" in Issue 90 of SmokeLong Quarterly. It was chosen for the 2025 Dark Fantasy/Psychological Thriller submission call and was subsequently nominated by the editors for the Shirley Jackson Award. A huge thank you to editor Christopher Allen for publishing it! I'm very excited to be back in SmokeLong (my story "Bible Camp" was published there in 2011). I did an audio version of the story, and there is also an interview with me about the story by Ashley Jones, who asked me some very interesting questions. An excellent way to ring out the year and welcome the new one!
