Sometimes a story starts from a single image and I'll build the narrative around that image and see what comes of things. For this one, I saw two grieving parents on a porch out in the country under a

I keep coming across some really great music, most recently (and the inspiration for this mix) from the Village Live label. Tracks from Remulak, Kuartz, Ded Tebiase, Benaddict, and Funkonami were artists

I've been turned on to a lot of really great RnB and new soul over the years. This is (finally) a decent mix of many of those newer artists that started with Niia's track "Hurt You First" being

*This was first published on my personal blog yesterday after this particular episode randomly came on tv. I remembered the first time I saw it way back when and how the viewing was different in light

This turned out to be something of a weird ass mix, both in terms of track choices and tone. Calling it "Eclipse" felt right because of that fact; day becomes night, if only for a few minutes

This one's been knocking around in my headspace for a few years. It's only recently that I've made much headway worth talking about on it. Not quite done, but I like where it's heading. There are old cultures,

*First published on my personal blog yesterday evening. What started out as something I believed to be a minor experience exploded into a full on thing, which tends to happen when I latch on to a new passion.

Another excerpt from a piece I'm hoping to include in my next collection. This one is clearly more rooted in reality than most of the other pieces, but I like the dread/menace that's been built up in a

This one's been floating around my head for several years now. It's been unfinished for the same amount of time. The idea of the Devil coming topside is not a new concept by any means, and plenty of people

This one is heavily influenced by a series of paintings by Rene Magritte. Not sure what's happening here and not sure where it's going, but I'm pretty sure that's why I love it as much as I do. The potential

Here's a brief bit from a new piece I'm working on. I'm not super keen on the title, so that will probably change later once the story makes itself known more. Enjoy! "And now he stalks these hallways,

I had the good fortune of having a copy of my book end up in the hands of Campbell Richmond, a local podcaster, who reached out pretty much immediately after reading the first couple stories and asked

[This story of mine was published by Waxing and Waning today. I'll include an excerpt below, but follow the link at the end to read about the ways in which four beings experience bizarre deaths.] "He

Every summer, I have the immense pleasure of being asked to come back and play for some friends in St. Louis at their annual parties in the Ozarks. This is a re-recording of my set from Wet Hot Electronic

[This story of mine was published by Punt Volat this month. I'll include an excerpt below, but follow the link at the end to read about how a tiny museum full of strange and decadent mirrors simply pops

I'm doing Artist Profiles on my personal blog again and sharing them up on all my social media platforms and other blogging sites. I'm a big fan of giving people free publicity, especially those people

This article passed through my newsfeed today and, while I haven't had the chance to give either parts a full listen yet, I can guarantee that they'll get plenty of action from me during my work week.

A drunken mix of some real jazzy chillhop/triphop/instrumental hip hop. It was hot up in Kansas the night I made this, and these tunes felt super appropriate. Great for front-porch politics, cruisin' with

Jeanette is a good friend of mine here in Kansas City that I met through the writer world. She's a fantastic poet and I had the chance to do some early edits on one of her novels-in-progress (though I

This was damn hard as I tend to listen to a LOT of genres, and several of these artists put out multiple albums that were incredible (I didn't want to repeat artists, however). I'd be curious to see what