just broke back into the world of poetry, having three poems in the Fall issue of Light Quarterly and another appearing in Hastur, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! from Vox13.

So far as my shorter vampire fiction goes, "The Red Elixir," an alchemical tale is out in the Dark Tyrants anthology, set in the world of Vampire: Dark Ages. Another historical vampire story, "The Nightwatch is a Lonely Vigil," will be appearing in Brothers of Darkness, the sequel to Sons of Darkness, just out from Circlet Press-and while it isn't a vampire story, Circlet will also be publishing the third tale of my San Francisco Goth cycle, "Stereopticon," to be appearing in Noirotica II. Plus, for those who like their horror stories short and sweet, two tales, "Death for Death" and "Special Interests" (coauthored with Lillian Csernica) will be appearing this summer in Barnes & Noble 365 Scary Stories. And back to the subject of vampires, I'm glad to announce that the files for "Masquerade," my White Wolf vampire novella, and "The Croquet Mallet Murders," my Calafian vampire story, suddenly came to light, and I've been able to put samples of them online--and soon the second will be appearing, in its entirety, at Alexandria Digital Literature, along with a great number of my other stories. The start date hasn't been set yet, but Alexandria currently has as their search engine running, which will allow you to find "your favorite stories you've never read" (and in the case of my stories, read them, at least once version 2.0 comes online). In any case, it's a great deal of fun for a bibliophile, and useful besides--imagine a dating service for books--and if you go there now, your entries will help them build the library.