The Wayward Pug

Hey all!

My wife and I are going to be moving into a house, but have a lease crossover of two months. I’m hoping to get a little money to keep us afloat for March and April!

So if you’d like to help out a couple of newlywed lesbians and their little dog, DM me! I specialize in character design but have done several book covers in the last few years.

Frumpkin tax: (he finally gets a backyard)

what happened to hello. what happened to good morning.

Hey, you — you like queer horror? How do you feel about ghost stories? What about sibling and family dynamics? Then you should totally buy my gay ass scary book for gay people who like to be scared. Ebooks can be preordered, and hard copies (both standard and special editions) will be available February 26, 2025!

Blurb: “Echo Creek, Colorado: A quaint mountain town hidden within the peaks of the Rocky Mountains. Here, twins Seth and Katie ride the death of their parents to the doorstep of their long-lost brother Ben, a millennial repairing a once-rotting mansion. This house comes with a thousand faces, from church to inn to psychiatric hospital, where the lights flicker, teacups shatter, and the clock on the third floor doesn’t chime.

While Katie immediately sees the stories of the dead in the walls, Seth shrinks into the weight of the death of their parents and an HIV diagnosis he’s told no one about. Katie can’t find the thrills she’s desperately seeking, but a one-shoed entity with bottomless eyes finds Seth. He comes with a threat: find his name, or he will destroy everything Seth loves.

Haunted by their own grief, the twins will soon discover what haunts the walls all around them. Entities appear in windows and mirrors. Something dark lingers in the corners of this house. Something is wrong. Between witches, abandoned buildings, and cemeteries, the twins will find out what threatens their new home.

my @destielzine fix-it piece 💙💚

My position was a part of the Special Education team, and I worked closely with kids with IEPs to help them graduate while accommodating various disabilities. I affectionately termed my position “professional homie” or “professional opp” depending upon the day. Mostly I got to remind smart kids that they are in fact smart and listen when they needed me.

When the kids come back from their winter break, they’re going to need resources now more than ever, so if there’s anyone out here in this tumblr internet void who has something in their pocket to spare for these students, there is no one more deserving. They are down seven trusted adults. If we can at least get them some funding for programming and make sure my former coworkers get paid, then I know I’ve done everything I can to make sure that 5280 is able to continue to help its wonderful, messy, brilliant student body now and into the future.

If you can give ‘em something, would you?

Tell them Scarlett sent you or something, I don’t know

It’s OFFICIAL! My book This Dissonant Princess is out as of today, 4/4/24 — which happens to be the main character’s birthday 🔥

This Dissonant Princess is a book that follows a messy, passionate girl named Gemma through a mental heath journey, queer unity across generations, redemption, and a love story. It’s for every person who has been told they’re “too much.”

Learn more about the This Dissonant Princess characters here 💕

Bonus picture of my dog Frumpkin “helping”

Meet Callum Chessman, the main character of my newest book, Common Strange Behavior. He’s bipolar, pansexual, hopelessly in love with his best friend Nick, telekinetic, and an agent of chaos.

He’s also going to figure out why kids are going missing from his school, Wildbrush Academy for Strange People, because he’s incapable of staying in his lane! He’s like really really bad at it!

My new book Common Strange Behavior is out, and this is the main cast.

In order:

Crash Jenkins, Charlie Chee, Lily Kapule

Nick Pereira, Callum Chessman [POV MC], (Headmaster) Arrow Long

Sophie Chessman, Andy Chessman, Fiona Chessman

For as long as there have been Strange People, there have been those who hate us.

This year is Callum Chessman's last at Wildbrush Academy for Strange People. He's ready to move on. Between telekinesis, bipolar disorder, and hopelessly pining for his best friend Nick, he's had enough. He's going to coast through until he's out, and that's that.

But then students with Anomalous Strange Behaviors, Strange Behaviors that are rare and unprecedented, begin to vanish.

Between his loyal group of queer friends, his three younger sisters, and a nationwide network of Strange kids he met during a stint in the mental ward, Callum discovers that kids aren't going missing only from Wildbrush. They're going missing from every Strange school in the United States.

Callum has never been good at staying in his lane.

He will find out what is happening to his friends.

There's only one thing to keep in mind: