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BIBLIOGRAPHY

SHORT STORIES

LITTLE BLACK DRESS

First published in Gothic.Net, October 29, 2001.
(This story was the "Most read piece in Horror Fiction" on Gothic.Net for over a year - wracking up over 3,000 hits!).

BEYOND THE HAZE

First published on Horrorfind.com on March 15, 2002
This story also appears in THE BEST OF HORRORFIND II, Edited by Brian Keene, which debuted in August of 2003.

SECOND CHANCES

First published in Gothic.Net, December 9, 2002
This story received an Honorable Mention in the sixteenth annual edition of The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror, edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling.

HEAD GAMES

First published on Horrorfind.com on March 14, 2003.

MERMAIDS

Co-written with Daniel G. Keohane, "Mermaids" was first publihsed in Cemetery Dance Magazine, Issue # 46, in October of 2003.

MATING ROOM

First published in House of Pain, November 15, 2003. Read it by clicking here.

ANIMAL BIOGRAPHIES

First published in the magazine Lullaby Hearse in Issue #5 (June 2004).

FETCH

First published on Horrorfind.com, October 8, 2004.

ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY FOR MIMES

First published in the Halloween issue of Twilight Times, which went online November 17, 2004.

ROTTEN

First published in the magazine AOIFE'S KISS # 14, September 1, 2005.

THE BLOOD-SPLATTERED MIRROR BALL

First published in the chapbook RIGHT HOUSE ON THE LEFT, from Novello Publishers, October 31, 2005. LLS is one of the three featured writers, along with Mark McLaughlin and Steve Vernon.

THE NO! PLACE

First published in Horror Garage # 11, January 2006.

MUSCLE CAR

Co-written with Kurt Newton. First published in Bare Bone # 9, in the fall of 2006.

SOMETIMES THE GOOD WITCH SINGS TO ME

First published in the anthology COVER OF DARKNESS, by Sam's Dot Publishing, in May of 2007. OUT NOW!

BRIGHT GREEN

First published in the anthology TRAPS, edited by Scott T. Goudsward, for DarkHart Press, November 2008

STILL LIFE WITH SOUL JUICE

First published in the anthology RAW: BRUTALITY AS ART, for Snuff Books, January 2009.

SOMETHING BLUE

Coming soon in SHROUD MAGAZINE, ISSUE # 6.

POETRY

CIRCLES

First published in SPACE AND TIME Magazine # 100, in April/May. OUT NOW!

REVIEWS

FOR HELLNOTES:

THE MATRIX TRILOGY: A CRITIQUE - First published in the Hellnotes newsletter on December 18, 2003.

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CINEMA KNIFE FIGHT -A movie review column written in collaboration with Michael Arruda

(This column appeared on the fourth Thursday of each month in HELLNOTES, a weekly newsletter for the horror genre from April 2004 to March 2006).

The complete archives can be found on this site (simply click the menu). The columns include:

2004 COLUMNS:

KNIFE FIGHT # 1 - SECRET WINDOW - First published in the HELLNOTES newsletter on April 22, 2004 . ... ...

KNIFE FIGHT # 2 - VAN HELSING - First published in the HELLNOTESnewsletter on May 20, 2004. .. ...............

KNIFE FIGHT # 3 - THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW - First published in HELLNOTES on June 17, 2004.. .. ... .. ...

KNIFE FIGHT # 4 - JAWS - First published in HELLNOTES on July 15, 2004.

KNIFE FIGHT # 5 - THE VILLAGE - First published in HELLNOTES on August 19, 2004.

KNIFE FIGHT # 6 - EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING - First published in HELLNOTES on September 16, 2004.

KNIFE FIGHT # 7 - THE FORGOTTEN - First published in HELLNOTES on October 21, 2004.

KNIFE FIGHT # 8 - THE GRUDGE - First published in HELLNOTES on November 18, 2004.

KNIFE FIGHT # 9 - THE SEED OF CHUCKY - First published in HELLNOTES on December 16, 2004.

2005 COLUMNS:

KNIFE FIGHT # 10 - WHITE NOISE - First published in HELLNOTES on January 20, 2005.

KNIFE FIGHT # 11 - BOOGEYMAN - First published in HELLNOTES on February 17, 2005.

KNIFE FIGHT # 12 - CURSED - First published in HELLNOTES on March 17, 2005.

KNIFE FIGHT # 13 - SIN CITY - First published in HELLNOTES on April 21, 2005.

KNIFE FIGHT # 14 - WAR OF THE WORLDS - First published in HELLNOTES on July 28, 2005.

KNIFE FIGHT # 15 - SKELETON KEY- First published in HELLNOTES on August 25, 2005.

KNIFE FIGHT # 16 - THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE - First published in HELLNOTES on September 22, 2005.

KNIFE FIGHT # 17 - THE FOG - First published in HELLNOTES on October 20, 2005.

KNIFE FIGHT # 18 - SAW II - First published in HELLNOTES on November 23, 2005.

2006 COLUMNS:

KNIFE FIGHT # 19 - HOSTEL - First published in HELLNOTES on January 25, 2006.

KNIFE FIGHT # 20 - FINAL DESTINATION 3 - First published in HELLNOTES on February 23, 2006.

KNIFE FIGHT # 21 - THE HILLS HAVE EYES (2006) - First published in HELLNOTES on March 23, 2006.

2007 COLUMNS: (IT'S BACK!)

KNIFE FIGHT # 22 - (ROB ZOMBIE'S REMAKE OF) HALLOWEEN (2007) - First published on FEARZONE.com on September 15, 2007.

KNIFE FIGHT # 23 - 30 DAYS OF NIGHT - First published on FEARZONE.com on October 22, 2007.

KNIFE FIGHT # 24 (MAGAZINE KNIFE FIGHT) - FANGORIA VS. RUE MORGUE MAGAZINE - First published on FEARZONE.com on November 3, 2007.

KNIFE FIGHT # 25 - THE MIST - First published on FEARZONE.com on December 25, 2007

KNIFE FIGHT # 26 - SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET - First published on FEARZONE.com on December 27, 2007

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OTHER ARTICLES FOR FEARZONE.COM

Words, Pictures and Blood (temporary comic book review column), had two installments:
Graphic Novel Review: Catching Lucifer's Lunch - First published on November 20, 2007.
Henry & Butcher and The Legend of Joe Moon: Comic Book Reviews - First published on October 3, 2007.

TV ZONE # 1 - New Fall Genre Shows - First published on October 25, 2007.
Review of SAW IV ("The Saw is Whack?) - First published October 29, 2007.

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MOVIE REVIEWS FOR WEIRD TIMES:

I reviewed the following films on the now defunct WEIRD TIMES webzine in 2003 & 2004:
Dawn of the Dead (2004 Version)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003 version)
Beyond Re-Animator
House of 1,000 Corpses
May
Wrong Turn (reviewed in July 2003)
(These can be found in the "More Movie Reviews" link in the menu above)

TV APPEARANCES & INTERVIEWS

WB 56 (WLVI-TV) Ten O'Clock News - segment on the return of "CREATURE DOUBLE FEATURE"- Originally aired Thursday, June 22, 2006.

Interviewed by Penny Dreadful for her SHILLING SHOCKERS TV show on Massachusetts cable access television. The topic of this special episode was "Horror Movie Hosts of the Past." I will post more information when an air date is announced.

Interview for the New Bedford STANDARD-TIMES in the Sunday, October 29, 2006 edition. The article is entitled "The Thrill of the Chill" by Tim Weisberg and he interviews several people who "face fear head on." I'm the guy who talks about horror movies, of course. You can read it here.