See you in the upcoming anthology, The Devil You Know!

So proud to have been accepted into a new horror anthology by Dragon Soul Press! The Devil You Know will feature my modern take on a demon possession story, "Possessed And Loving It," in which the teenage girl finds a brand-new way to save herself from the demon – befriending him, and teaming up to take down the institutions that seek to control them both.

I really respect Dragon Soul Press for publishing such a wide variety of genre anthologies and books, and for supporting their authors. They’re a great publisher and I’m proud to be working with them.

The Devil You Know comes out October 30th, 2025, and will be available on Amazon and wherever else you get your books!

Stories in The Book of 42 Anthology

I’m thrilled to announce that 3 of my stories are featured in the award-winning 42 Stories Anthology Presents: Book of 42! I’m in the Paranormal section under the pen name Aleksei Karnikov, the Humor section as William Carmikal (with a story inspired by Sandra Bedynek’s job at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore), and as myself in the Apocalypse section, obviously 😊. You can find links to interviews I did with the editor in the Readings and Appearances section.

This anthology took a herculean effort on behalf of its editor, Bertram Allan Mullin, and I’m proud to have my work featured alongside so many great authors, especially Caitlin Orr. This one also earned me my own Amazon and GoodReads author’s pages, which is certainly a milestone.

Book of 42 is a great coffee table book/anthology. If you like short, digestible stories, check it out!

Seattle Might Be Underwater But the Space Needle is Fine

My flash story, It's Always Sunny in the Space Needle, was just released on Solarpunk Magazine’s Patreon page! It’s about global warming and capitalism, and takes place in one of my favorite buildings in the world. You can read it for free along with 3 other micro fiction stories (by Lara Alonso Corona, Ginger Strivelli, and Lorraine Schein) and at the end of the year these four and twelve more from throughout 2024 will be published in an anthology.

I don’t write too much flash. Honestly I don’t say anything in a hundred words that I could say in a thousand, so it was nice to get this piece out there. It’s short but I’m proud of it. I hope you like it, too!