Excrescence
There are goblins, sprites and dark woodfolk in the forest, the other children would whisper on the playground, peering fearfully towards the black wood which crouched at the edge of the village. Every year there was talk in the Council to burn back the forest, and every year someone would remember the last time there was talk of pushing back the forest: how, on the night following the day of torches and axes, the burning eyes came into their sealed houses and touched their babies, leaving red welts on necks and arms which gradually formed pulpy excrescences, marking those children. On their fifteen birthdays, these children all wandered into the woods , branches growing earnestly from their raised warts. The children rooted themselves in the cleared spaces near the edge of town and covered themselves with thick bark, growing taller and more slender with each year, their branches growing into an interlocking umbrella of dark leaves as if they stood silently with their heads bowed and their arms stretched out, clasping each other's hand.
writing
This is a reasonably comprehensive list of my published work, both virtual and physical.
THE MISFIT LIBRARY
I am Nine of Thirteen, one of the members of the Misfit Library, a writing collective which puts out a quarterly journal of our respective work. We are scattered across the globe and determined to change the face of the planet one story at a time. The link above will take you to Misfit Central where you can acquire copies of the journal as well as read exclusive online material.
SYMBOLIC
I wrote a column for OPi8.com's Transmit blogs: journals of the new dark underground. SYMBOLIC tracked the novel I was working on, referencing the process and the research materials which mad up the backbone of the work. In addition, SYMBOLIC busied itself with ruminations and considerations on the nature of language and communication. And a wee bit of mythology. The first 100 entries of SYMBOLIC can be found here on this site as well as at OPi8.com.
LITERARY REPRESENTATION
I am represented by Scribe Agency as my literary agents. Please contact these gentleman if you have any queries about my work.