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  • Coming early January, a shocking collection by the Bucks Country Writers Workshop

    Coming early January, a shocking collection by the Bucks Country Writers Workshop

    Just before the world went to hell, I was invited to be on the editorial team for an exciting anthology from some of the very best authors I know. Now, things didn’t go quite the way we expected when the project was proposed, but it has been a blast putting this collection together and SHOCKING… Read more

  • She-Ra and Me, part I.

    She-Ra and Me, part I.

    When I was little a little girl I broke my leg.  I had just recovered from two consecutive abdominal surgeries. My very pregnant mother had broken her ribs and I had to get around the house in a wheelchair. I couldn’t go to preschool. But those are just things I know. What I remember, vividly,… Read more

  • CAT LADIES, now available on Amazon and other retailers

    CAT LADIES, now available on Amazon and other retailers

    CAT LADIES OF THE APOCALYPSE has set out on its own, facing the apocalypse with humor, grit, bad ass ladies, and lots of cats. Like seriously all the cats. It even hit #70 in the amazon bestselling science fiction anthologies. Pick up a paperback or ebook copy from the retailer of your choice at www.books2read.com/CatLadies… Read more

  • Cat Book Bundle, available for a limited time

    Cat Book Bundle, available for a limited time

    The CATS bundle! When I wrote “Riders of Harvestland” a short story about a motorcycle warrior riding a post apocalyptic wasteland with her two cats, Mittens and Jinxie, I had no way of knowing just what sort of environment it was going to be released in, but here we are. Locked in our homes, worried… Read more

  • Interview with Author Melissa D. Sullivan

    Interview with Author Melissa D. Sullivan

    Melissa D. Sullivan joined Writers Block last year and her contribution to THE JERSEY DEVIL: A COLLECTION OF UTTER SPECULATION has quickly become a fan favorite. Combining sci-fi elements with a heart of a timeless human struggle, Sullivan’s original story resonates on many levels. When would you say that you became a writer?  A couple… Read more

  • The Jersey Devil is Alive!

    The Jersey Devil is Alive!

    Or the book is at least. THE JERSEY DEVIL: A COLLECTION OF UTTER SPECULATION is an anthology of five short stories, of various genres, all with a different theory of where the Devil of the Pine Barrens comes from and what he wants. With stories by Melissa D. Sullivan, River Eno, H.A. Callum, Susan Tulio,… Read more

  • The Jersey Devil: A Collection of Utter Speculation will be out next week!

    The Jersey Devil: A Collection of Utter Speculation will be out next week!

    I can’t believe we managed to pull this off a second time. An anthology of five fictional stories, all speculating about the origins of the famous cryptoid the Jersey Devil will be available to buy on amazon next week and it is really good. Five authors, five genres, five different ideas of just what Mr.… Read more

  • Coming soon

    Coming soon

    Last year today, we released our first anthology, The Lost Colony of Roanoke: A collection of utter speculation and to be honest, we we kinda shocked when it ended up #6 on the Amazon best seller list for Alternative History. It was a really exciting day. So we decided to do it again. The Jersey… Read more

  • Halloween Interview with Horror Author Lucas Mangum

    Halloween Interview with Horror Author Lucas Mangum

    Originally posted on LC W. Allingham: UPDATE: Check out Lucas Mangum’s podcast! Based on some of the lessons I’ve been learning recently, and sharing here, I really wanted to pick the brain of dark fiction author Lucas Mangum. Lucas has been kicking ass and making a name for himself as a unique voice in horror… Read more

  • The completed first draft. A Follow up

    The completed first draft. A Follow up

    So I did it and, quite frankly, the ending sucks. The middle is iffy and writing is sloppy as hell. …I’m pretty freaking pleased with it. Read more