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Looming Low, Volume II

I’m very excited to have recently learned that my story “We Spend Weekends With Dad” will be included in Looming Low, Volume II, a forthcoming anthology from Dim Shores Press edited by Justin Steele and Sam Cowan. From the recent announcement by Dim Shores, here’s a list of stories that will be included, in alphabetical order by author last name: Matthew M. Bartlett – “The Cryptic Jape”Nadia…

Lovecraft eZine Tribute to Joe Pulver

Today I’ll be participating in a group tribute to my friend, the late writer and editor Joe Pulver, on the Lovecraft eZine chat. You can find the chat’s livestream HERE at 3PM Pacific, 6PM Eastern time. That’s about an hour from now, as I post this. It’s been a year since we lost Joe, and I miss him just as much today as I did a year ago. I suppose the shock of his passing has faded a little, but…

Package Deal from Undertow

Undertow Publications is offering this special package deal with my book Armageddon House along with the new collection To Drown in Dark Water by Steve Toase, for $7 off the pair. Save money! Support independent publishing! Get great books! Here’s the link:https://undertowpublications.com/shop/combo-armageddon-house-to-drown-in-dark-water

Jason’s Weird Reads – Top 2020 Books Read

Jason White reviewed Armageddon House on his Jason’s Weird Reads channel on YouTube back in June. You can jump to that review here: https://griffinwords.com/2020/06/08/armageddon-house-review-on-jasons-weird-reads/ This week, Jason did a year-end summary in which he listed his 10 favorite books of 2020 — which includes not only books published this year, but earlier books he just got around to…

Mostly I use this blog to share information with other people who may be interested, but another use of something like this is as a sort of diary, so I can look back later and see what I did and when. Last night I hit a milestone, finishing the first draft of a novel that I first started writing about two years ago. That reminded me it might be a good time to summarize where everything stands…

“I Wake Up and Remember Myself” in Vastarien

I’m very pleased to announce that my story “I Wake Up and Remember Myself” will be appearing in the next issue of Vastarien: A Literary Journal, volume 3, issue 2. This should be available in November, so anywhere between 1 and 30 days from now.

I haven’t yet seen the full table of contents, but in the announcement from Grimscribe Press (publisher of Vastarien), they say:

Happy…

Polish Edition of Armageddon House

The Polish edition of my novella Armageddon House is being released by publisher Wydawnictwo IX, and is now up for order. https://wydawnictwoix.pl/produkt/m_griffin-armageddon_house/ I don’t read Polish, and I’m sure most of the people reading this blog don’t either, but nonetheless I’m very excited to have my work translated for the first time. It’s wonderful to have the opportunity to reach…

Armageddon House Reviewed At Volume 1 Brooklyn

Volume 1 Brooklyn just posted a very nice review by Tobias Carroll of Armageddon House. Another other things, he says:

“Armageddon House may not be the book you’re expecting, but it never stops being gripping — or suggesting greater mysteries around the next corner.”

The link to the review is here: https://vol1brooklyn.com/2020/10/22/memory-and-mysteries-in-an-ambiguous-space-a-review-o…

The Horror Bundle from Word Horde

I’m excited to be part of a really cool e-book bundle through StoryBundle, which features a bunch of e-books from Word Horde. It’s a bundle of 5 books that can be purchased for whatever the buyer thinks it’s worth, and if the payment is $15 or greater, you ten 10 bonus books, including my story collection The Human Alchemy. You can optionally donate 10% of your purchase price to Planned…

Non-Amazon Armageddon House Ebooks

Armageddon House has been available on Kindle ebook format from Amazon since day one, but we now have it available in other ebook formats and from other sellers at the same low price, currently $3. It’s available now direct from Undertow Publications (MOBI or EPUB): https://undertowpublications.com/ebooks It’s available now from Smashwords (many formats): https://www.smashwords.com/book…

Armageddon House Review on HorrorBound

Armageddon House just received a great review by Joe Scipione on HorrorBound.

I don’t want to excerpt too much, but here’s a little something Joe had to say about it:

“One of the top novellas of the year!”

To check out the rest, follow the link:

https://www.horrorbound.net/blog/2020/7/15/armageddon-house-a-top-novella-of-the-year

My thanks to reviewer Joe Scipione and the rest of the…

Online Lovecraftian Horror Panel

This coming Tuesday, August 18 at 7PM Pacific time, I’ll be participating in an online panel on Lovecraftian Horror sponsored by Hillsboro Public Library, and organized by Mary Kelly. The panel moderator is Gwen Callahan, known to many of you as the co-director of the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival, and my fellow panelists include Wendy Wagner, Cody Goodfellow and Christine Morgan. You can…

Up Close With the Armageddon House Limited Hardcover

My author’s copies of the Armageddon House limited hardcover edition arrived a few weeks ago. It happened to be the same afternoon my wife and I had to say goodbye to our beloved 17-year-old cat, so I was too distracted and sad to post anything about it at the time.

Now that a little time has passed… hey, check out this beautiful book! I would love to take credit for this thing, but all the…

Polish Translation of Armageddon House Coming From Wydawnictwo IX

I’m pleased to announce that publisher Wydawnictwo IX out of Poland will be undertaking a Polish-language translation of Armageddon House to be published this year. In addition to paperback and e-book versions, there will also be a limited edition hardcover. Web site: https://wydawnictwoix.pl Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/wydawnictwoix/ In addition to publishing fiction by Polish…