I was always fascinated by creatures like the Loch Ness Monster. They struck me as much more realistic than things like The Exorcist or satanic demons- evils that require you to buy into the whole Christian myth to fully embrace...

Rural Horrors When I was a little kid, we were shuttled around between army bases, and we were too broke to have a TV. That was probably a good thing! I'd hit the local library every week, check out this...

Killercon 2026 I'm honored to be featured by industry staple KillerCon in Austin, Texas! This will be my 4th year attending!  

Fort Bragg As a 12-year-old living on an army base in North Carolina, I'd wander out at night, following the paved footpath past the basketball courts, and look at the dark line of woods that held the remnants of World...

The Lone Star State. The US falls apart, with individual states descending into isolated, heavily armed, and barricaded enclaves. The protagonist of my novel, “The Black Seas of Infinity”, storms a Texas roadblock, his stolen alien tech being all that is...

First illustration for my new novel Pretty much done with this first illustration for my new book. It's based on Monica, my wife, who died in 2008 in a hit-and-run. The character in the book is Moca, and I gave her Monica's...

Chimera States Ian Domowitz asked me to portray a praying mantis (but make it evil he insisted) and a sort of steampunk girl with goggles and gears in her hair, back to back in what he described as "a Charlie's...

Ukrainian author Петро Гузік (I think I have his name right) interviews me for an audience he says loves my work. How could I turn that down? It was an added bonus when I saw some of the other authors interviewed! Joe...

The illustration for Dan's new novel Started the first illustration for my new Cosmic Terror novel, D-Day is Here. See my previous 3 novels that led up to this here! All are heavily illustrated (you can tell I started out as...

New Book Cover Finished up this painting for Ian Domowitz's new book, Chimera StatesHe paid me for the art, but I told him I'd do him a favor and help him format it as well.You can see more of my...