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Author, Editor, Hovercraft Enthusiast. THE NIGHTSHADE CABAL released 2020 by Parliament House Press. Best First Novel finalist, Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence. (He/Him)
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"In the time before the gods, the #primordial forces swirled and ebbed in the darkness. A single spark, then, as two shapeless masses brushed against each other. From that spark came the Voice, which named the gods and spoke them into being" "Will this be on the test?" asked a young acolyte #vss365

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Swallowing the pill dry-without even spit to help it along-Simon felt it #scrape down his throat. In 30 minutes, the drug would hone his senses and quicken his reactions. He needed to be primed to engage the enemy camp. Twenty soldiers? Easy. Maybe even fun. He just hoped they had some water #vss365

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I don't want to side with Disney but this is what it's gonna take y'all.

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I ran down the road pants down to my knees, sayin' "Please, can you help me? That Canadian shaman gave a little too much to me." And I'm writing a novel because its never been done before.

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If we were supposed to know what lurks at the bottom of the ocean, the gods would've put those beasts on land.

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The afternoon had been a bust, but bourbon kept me at my desk into the evening. The week was done and it was time to close the office. I shrugged into my coat, hit the lights, and started to lock up. I paused, my key still in the lock. #Someone was coming up those old dark stairs. #vss365

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Drop some ARROWS 🏹➡️🖤 (One day I'll hear the word "arrow" without thinking of this. Today was not that day.)

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Ink-black midnight overhead, the sloop crested another swelling wave, and the captain lost his grip on the rain-slicked rigging. Spinning into darkness, his arms flailed madly as he grasped for something, anything to #stop his fall. A flash of lightning illuminated the listing deck below. #vss365

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One day, I'll write the pilot script for a police homicide squad procedural set in Vancouver featuring Skinny Puppy's 'Pro-Test' as its opening theme. One day. (Literally the only part of this idea I have fleshed out is the opening credits.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xepa...

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Swelled once more by the #spring melt, the river's waters redoubled their work of grinding the stone. A girl knelt on the gravelly banks, fingers teasing something small and white from the mud. A tiny skull. She rinsed it in the river then held it up, letting the morning sun kiss the bone. #vss365

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Held off on reblogging this because I respect Spoiler Space, but after five days I figure it's okay to revisit this post from *checks notes* 2017 because of reasons! Note: If you haven't watched the Doctor Who season finale yet, maybe keep scrolling. cpcwrites.com/2017/02/02/s...

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Dear Canadian readers, since it has been asked once again, my publisher and I don't know why the 'Zon can't seem to keep the paperback edition of The Nightshade Cabal at a consistent (let alone reasonable) price. Order via Chapters/Indigo instead! #ReadTheNorth www.indigo.ca/en-ca/the-ni...

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Writers, name five of the authors who most impacted your writing style or philosophy: Harry Turtledove Robert J Sawyer Henry Rollins Raymond Chandler Michael Crichton

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When LinkedIn suggests I connect with someone from the toxic workplace I left two years ago

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I deal with this fairly frequently, as many of my stories tend to be set in the 1700-1800s. I often refer to the Oxford English Dictionary, which provides the earliest recorded uses in English in the Factsheet for each entry. To whit:

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This whole Unbound/Boundless thing feels like Darklit/Hedone writ eXXXtra large. (Which is not to downplay what the Darklit authors went through in the least, just a comment on how this entire biz is full of unending scumfuckery)

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Enjoy this dumb meme that came to me while I was at the gym this morning

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Today is the last day to pick up this book for free! Why should you? Well it features godless heathens in opposition to the gods who rule twelve domains of twelve unique races! There's also lots of tea, swearing, and rude shenanigans.

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“My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation."

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Oh no I upset some Reddit goobers by referring to Chick-Fil-A as "American Christofascists" anyway

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Me, an actual human who wrote a novel: "Shit, a reader found a typo in the published book." AI goobers: "lol why woold i even read this thing i didn't even write?"

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Dear harried editors of the world, if you _must_ use Google Forms as your submission portal, please be sure you enable the Response Receipt feature so writers aren't left wondering if their story was actually received.

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