THE STARVING QUEEN
2017
ISBN: 978-0-9812459-1-1
Jasmine faces more tragic events than the average teen. Her overworked mother, Bev, doesn’t see her enough, and visiting her dad, “Slip”, often makes things worse. Even Jasmine’s deepening relationship with her boyfriend Jason can’t lift her spirits enough, and depression seeps in.
The Queen relishes the descent into misery, and she wants Jasmine. The Queen hunts the lonely and dejected, pulling victims into her Kingdom. Her bony hand is invisible while covering Jasmine’s mouth, the stench of her world's black sludge and the eerie sound of her voice, only penetrates the minds of her loyal subjects.
Family and friends can’t see the Queen, but they are worried as they watch Jasmine drift even further out of reach. ...And closer to the Queen.
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2017
ISBN: 978-0-9812459-1-1
Jasmine faces more tragic events than the average teen. Her overworked mother, Bev, doesn’t see her enough, and visiting her dad, “Slip”, often makes things worse. Even Jasmine’s deepening relationship with her boyfriend Jason can’t lift her spirits enough, and depression seeps in.
The Queen relishes the descent into misery, and she wants Jasmine. The Queen hunts the lonely and dejected, pulling victims into her Kingdom. Her bony hand is invisible while covering Jasmine’s mouth, the stench of her world's black sludge and the eerie sound of her voice, only penetrates the minds of her loyal subjects.
Family and friends can’t see the Queen, but they are worried as they watch Jasmine drift even further out of reach. ...And closer to the Queen.
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THE NARROWING
2017
ISBN: 978-0-9812459-2-8
A one-act play in with a Waiting-for-Godot style delivery. An elderly couple find their lives narrowing as quickly as their driveway during a harsh winter.
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KATRINA: After 20
** 20th Anniversary Edition coming in 2025
PAIN MACHINE
2003
ISBN: 1-59224-104-2
When she was ten years old, Veronica Laka disobeyed her father, and talked back when she knew she shouldn’t have. Her punishment came slowly in the form of the "Taps." As her father holds a nail under her fingernail, he taps it with a hammer just hard enough to draw blood, slowly, one finger at a time…
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Short Stories...
"Deprived"
A flash fiction story published online at Horror Garage, 2013.
HORROR GARAGE combines the best in original dark fiction with the finest in horrific rock n' roll.
"Deprived"
A flash fiction story published online at Horror Garage, 2013.
HORROR GARAGE combines the best in original dark fiction with the finest in horrific rock n' roll.
"Dance at My Funeral"
Magazine of Bizarro Fiction #4, December 2010
The premier magazine of the bizarro genre. Issue four is a special werewolves and shapeshifters issue guest-edited by New York Times bestselling author John Skipp.
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"One of my favorite stories of this installment is "Dance at my Funeral" by Marcy Italiano. This is a touching piece about a funeral that really lets you say goodbye." -- Amazon reviewer
"I Bought"
Anthology - TERRIBLE BEAUTY, FEARFUL SYMMETRY from DarkHart Press, 2010
Available at Amazon.
"Beauty can seduce you. Beauty can deceive you. Beauty can also be cruel, otherworldly and downright deadly. Explore the fearful symmetry of beauty's dark side with the genre's most-terrifying storytellers."
Anthology - TERRIBLE BEAUTY, FEARFUL SYMMETRY from DarkHart Press, 2010
Available at Amazon.
"Beauty can seduce you. Beauty can deceive you. Beauty can also be cruel, otherworldly and downright deadly. Explore the fearful symmetry of beauty's dark side with the genre's most-terrifying storytellers."
"They All Shrugged"
Chapbook Anthology - Jack Haringa Must Die!: Twenty-Eight Original Tales of Madness, Terror and Strictly Grammatical Murder, edited by Nicholas Kaufmann, published in 2008 by Merricat Publications.
All proceeds from this anthology benefit the Shirley Jackson Awards.
Now OUT OF PRINT.
Review by Martel Sardina at Dark Scribe Magazine
Chapbook Anthology - Jack Haringa Must Die!: Twenty-Eight Original Tales of Madness, Terror and Strictly Grammatical Murder, edited by Nicholas Kaufmann, published in 2008 by Merricat Publications.
All proceeds from this anthology benefit the Shirley Jackson Awards.
Now OUT OF PRINT.
Review by Martel Sardina at Dark Scribe Magazine
"Beneath the 3"
The anthology RECKLESS ABANDON (editors David Sparks and Bob Strauss). Catalyst Press, August 2002.
Cover art by Mike Bohatch
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The anthology RECKLESS ABANDON (editors David Sparks and Bob Strauss). Catalyst Press, August 2002.
Cover art by Mike Bohatch
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"Cat Got Your Tongue, Devil Got Your Feet"
It's those little moments that make all the difference... This fun little tale was at the HorrorFind website from September to December 2001.
"Rigged"
This pissed-off trucker story appeared in August 2001 at 1000 Delights.
It's those little moments that make all the difference... This fun little tale was at the HorrorFind website from September to December 2001.
"Rigged"
This pissed-off trucker story appeared in August 2001 at 1000 Delights.
"Witch's Gift"
In the Toronto area there was a magazine called Waxing & Waning, this story appeared in Issue #7 which was on sale in the spring of 2001. (Sold out.)
In the Toronto area there was a magazine called Waxing & Waning, this story appeared in Issue #7 which was on sale in the spring of 2001. (Sold out.)
"I Never Meant To Be..."
My first novelette at 1000Delights. It originally appeared from June to August of 2001.
Poetry...
"Pay Close Attention"
Reprinted in Chizine, May 2005.
"The Fist"
"Pay Close Attention"
"The Disease"
Were in the online magazine Pantarbe, Vol. 3 No. 5&6.
Article: Napping vs. Swat Team at yummymummyclub.ca
(No longer available.)
(No longer available.)
Interviews, talks, and more...
I delivered a "TED-like" talk at Ignite Waterloo called, "Pretty Terrible." Sorry, link to the video is no longer available.
Guest blog post for Dan Dillard on Monday, August 22, 2011: Introducing Horror to Your Kids
I delivered a "TED-like" talk at Ignite Waterloo called, "Pretty Terrible." Sorry, link to the video is no longer available.
Guest blog post for Dan Dillard on Monday, August 22, 2011: Introducing Horror to Your Kids