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Quote by me: "Hopefully I’m here to open the doors for film/television to get a lot weirder."

Me and my classmate Kadin Smith are featured in the Emerson College Grad Life Blog’s Student Spotlight on Emerson’s Writing for Film and Television MFA! See the interview here. Quote by me: “Hopefully I’m here to open the doors for film/television to get a lot weirder.” My office at Emerson College

My short story "The Old Red Schoolhouse in the Forest" has been chosen for the anthology "The Best of MetaStellar Year Two." Paperback available now on Amazon and B&N and eBook is available at multiple sites https://www.metastellar.com/the-best-of-metaste

My short story “The Old Red Schoolhouse in the Forest” has been chosen for the anthology The Best of MetaStellar Year Two. The paperback is available now on Amazon and B&N. The eBook is also now available at multiple sites.From the back cover blurb: “Forty-eight enthralling stories from the most talented new science fiction, fantasy, and horror writers.”

“Avoiding the Call” is now on Quail Bell Magazine

*ring*The Void: Hello?Jamie: Hello, is this the Void?The Void: Yes, who is this?Jamie: This is Jamie returning your call.The Void: Oh! I didn’t think you’d call back.Jamie: But you called me… Read the rest at Quail Bell Magazine

My Byronic (anti)hero satire "An Instruction Manual to Win Her Heart" is up on Little Old Lady Comedy 📜 ❤️

“1. Go to a party she is attending.2. Wear something very soft and alluring.3. Look at her.4. Look again.5. Ignore her.6. Flirt with her cousin…”Read the rest at Little Old Lady Comedy

Harvard has admitted no fewer than a half-dozen murderers — not including ex-presidents and Henry Kissinger. But not one of them made a known kill before their acceptance into your esteemed institution. Could I be that trailblazer? #harvard #satire

Photo by Dasha Yukhymyuk / Unsplash “Harvard has admitted no fewer than a half-dozen murderers — not including ex-presidents and Henry Kissinger. But not one of them made a known kill before their acceptance into your esteemed institution. Could I be that trailblazer?” Read the rest on Slackjaw.

Are you getting right with God or just getting used? Find out now!

Give yourself one point for each that applies:1. Does your cult leader keep calling your parents “unsaved trash”?2. Is he always trying to get you to dress more Amish?3. Does he get jealous when you talk to other cult leaders? Read the rest at The Belladonna Photo by Matthieu Pétel at Unsplash

My flash fiction story "The Old Red Schoolhouse in the Forest" is now up on MetaStellar!

School house in the forest. Finnish Schoolhouse (photo credit: Mei Burgin / CC BY 2.0) “We live in an old red schoolhouse in the forest. The forest is thick and woolly, and at night you can hear the wolves sing. “It is safe here.” Read the rest at MetaStellar.

Flash fiction story “In Between Saturday Morning Cartoons” is now up on Medium

They’re Quiet (photo credit: srv007 / CC BY-NC 2.0) “Do you remember waking up before your parents to watch Saturday morning cartoons on the good TV in the living room? One time you woke up too early and some boring, cheap kids show from 10 years ago was on. That’s when you took a break and went to your room. “But instead of taking a nap, you went into your closet to look for something. Feeling…

“Death of a Nemesis” up now on The New North

Portrait of a girl at a punk rock show (note: photo does not depict anyone in “Death of a Nemesis”). Photo credit: Stephen Harlow

“I had always ached to have a best female friend. Being an awkward and bookish child made it difficult for me to make friends in my tiny New Hampshire hometown, which prized a certain vapid gregariousness in its girl children. My oddness was off-putting to my more…

So you've decided to take the plunge and go to Camp John Waters, the Filthiest Camp on Earth, hosted by filmmaker John Waters himself. As a Camp John Waters virgin, one of the first things you might be asking yourself is: "What do I bring?!?"

So you’ve decided to take the plunge and go to Camp John Waters, the Filthiest Camp on Earth, hosted by filmmaker John Waters, the Prince of Puke himself. As a Camp John Waters virgin, one of the first things you might be asking yourself is: “What do I bring?!?”

The Pope of Trash flanked by his camp followers

I’m gonna get very specific here, but don’t take my words as gospel—take what you…

“Train to Boston: Zombie Plague Times on the MBTA” now on The Bigger Picture

“If the late 20th century’s chosen monster to represent the horror of the AIDS crisis was the blood-sucking (and gay-coded) vampire, the 21st century’s mythical beast appears to be the zombie. The 2002 film 28 Days Later popularized the idea of zombism as a virus—rather than the shambling reanimated dead of George Romero’s classic Night of the Living Dead (1968) and its sequels, living humans in

“In Between Saturday Morning Cartoons” up now on All Worlds Wayfarer’s Issue IV: Vernal Equinox

“Do you remember waking up before your parents to watch Saturday morning cartoons on the good TV in the living room? One time you woke up too early and some boring, cheap kids show from 10 years ago was on. That’s when you took a break and went to your room.

“But instead of taking a nap, you went into your closet to look for something. Feeling around in the dark, you found the back of your…

A little backstory on why I started Entitled Cat Boston, a luxury catsitting care service:

I have been a cat enthusiast forever. My parents wouldn’t let me own a cat until I was in middle school, so until then I had to content myself with befriending the neighborhood barn cats in my small New Hampshire town.

My first cat, Zelly, was an orange tabby cat who was nervous around people–I adored her.…

“Christmas Wrath: A Gritty Hallmark Holiday Movie Reboot” now on The Haven

“A Light in the Darkness” by Liz West is licensed under CC BY 2.0

“The Big Apple. Christmas Eve. Dirty snow. Yuppies walk the streets, pointing and laughing at homeless people. Rats are eating a Bloomingdale’s holiday display. Random man on a street corner is shooting a handgun into the air while laughing/screaming — no-one reacts.

COOKIE, a high-powered career woman, JOSEPH, her coworker/gay…

“My Internship with Alex Jones” up now on The Satirist

“OK, I’ll tell you what I remember:

“I started interning for Alex Jones’ InfoWars last fall. Don’t judge me—there aren’t a lot of options for media internships in Texas. I needed to get some experience in media but still be able to live with my parents to save money—they live in Bluff Springs, just outside Austin. I don’t believe in the majority of stuff InfoWars cranks out—95% of it is just a…

Short fiction “The Little Man Who Lives In My Refrigerator” — now up on Queen Mob’s Teahouse

“Day 1

“There is a little man who lives in my refrigerator.

“I just discovered him today. I caught a glimpse of the little man when I was looking for the cheese. Richard is always eating all of the cheese, but he swore there was some left on the second shelf. So while I was poking around, pushing aside the vitamin bottles and weird condiments we never use, I saw a tiny figure slip behind the box…