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Blog post2014 is the year of #AStoryAWeek. All you have to do is write a story a week. I know, I know,ALL you have to do--like it's not hard. It will be hard at times, but some weeks will be easier than others. Hell, just scroll down through the list here: http://mcnito.blogspot.com/p/a-story-week.html. It's not really that long. I actually copy/pasted way too many "weeks" and was pleasantly surprised at how few there were. :)
REMEMBER: a story is a story, no m -
Blog postTHANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN MY COFFIN HOP CONTEST. I chose the winners using Random.org.THE THREE LUCKY WINNERS ARE BELOW:
Death by Drive-In ebook: GEORGINA MORALES
Signed print edition of From The Herald's Wearied Eye: JEANETTE J
Signed Print Limited Edition of Rabbits in the Garden: POPPLE
If I haven't contacted you by the time you see this post, please email me at jessica.mchugh@ymail.com.THANKS AGAIN, EVERYONE.If you would like to purchase a signed -
Blog postWelcome to the 6th day of COFFIN HOP 2013, my cute little chloroform addicts!
What follows below is a flash piece about car crash fetishes...but not the JG Ballard kind...This horrerotica is from a different POV entirely. >:)
(By the way, ONLY ONE PERSON HAS ENTERED MY PRINT CONTEST.If you'd like to win an autographed print copy of my novel FROM THE HERALD'S WEARIED EYE or the 1st edition of my bestseller RABBITS IN THE GARDEN, spend $0. -
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Blog postWelcome to the 5th day of COFFIN HOP 2013, my gorgeous Garbage Pail Kids!
Today, I'm featuring a short story that will soon be heard far and wide on The Wicked Library Season Three. If you haven't checked out The Wicked Library yet, you're missing out! It features established and up and coming authors, and the host Nelson W. Pyles is simply to die for! >:)
ENJOY the bizarro horror of THE RIGHT STUFF, which was written as a follow-up to Michael A -
Blog postWelcome to the 4th day of COFFIN HOP 2013, my twitchy little cadaver crickets!
As promised, here's another excerpt from my novella HIDDEN CHILDREN, which will appear in the Dark & Bookish Tour and Documentary anthology, AT THE NEXT EXIT.
(By the way, if you'd like to win an autographed print copy of my novel FROM THE HERALD'S WEARIED EYE or the 1st edition of my bestseller RABBITS IN THE GARDEN, spend $0.99 on a cop -
Blog postWelcome to the 3rd day of COFFIN HOP 2013, my crazy closet monsters!
Today, I'm featuring a selection from my One-Night Stand story FOOD FOR THOUGHT, recently released by Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing. By the way, did you know PMMP also just bought my novel THE GREEN KANGAROOS? Yep. That totally happened. :) Anyway, if you'd like to purchase the rest of this story, it'll put you in the running for one of two SIGNED PRINT books, one of which is a LIMITED EDITION. < -
Blog postWelcome to the 2nd day of COFFIN HOP 2013, my little graverobbers!
Today, I'm treating you with a tricky little excerpt from my novella HIDDEN CHILDREN, which will appear in the Dark & Bookish Tour and Documentary anthology, AT THE NEXT EXIT.
It's not the bloodiest of selections, but it does feature something just as terrifying:
DOMESTIC DISHARMONY (OOOooooHhhooohhhh...) Okay, okay, maybe it's not as terrifying as the gorier passages, but this scene does -
Blog postThat's right, boos and ghouls, it's COFFIN HOP time!!What is COFFIN HOP, you ask? The quick answer is: we're a loose association of hundreds of horror authors and artists who get together for the week before Halloween (Oct 24-31) and throw a colossal online party with prizes, giveaways and all the crazy you could want leading up to All Hallow’s Eve. The participating blogs will be posting articles, interviews, contests, creative writing, art, and more every day of the hop. To get started, h
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Blog postThe Last Scrap
The Starship Calamity barrels on,
Her belly reeking from the bodies that decorate her deck.
Her operators travel the corridors as before,
Except they slide across the floor now,
Flopping through sudden stopping:
Once easily avoided obstacles interrupt
Tumbles toward further oblivion.
The Starship Calamity has a similar destination.
Guideless space greets the craft as a friend,
But there is hunger in his hands -
Blog postToday's NaPoWriMo prompt suggested I write a sea shanty. I hope this serves! Even if it doesn't, I dig the rhythm. I'm pretty sure I'm going to become a sailor just so I can spread it around the world like a disease...you know, like sailors do... ;)
Shore Leave at the Big Top
(Hey-o, wey-o)
I got a pretty girl with her knickers down.
(Hey-o, wey-o)
Too damn bad she's a circus clown.
(Hey-o, wey-o)
But the pennies are pinched and the times a -
Blog postAs I'm typing this up, I now realize how appropriate it is that this poem is NaPoWriMo #2. Jeez, the first day I mention piss, and today I mention...well, you'll see. It must be all of the bizarro writing. My blog is starting to sound like a version of The Aristocrats joke.
Broke as Shit
From now on, my shit goes unpaid.
The lazy squeezes to consume the day
Waste only my time.
The smell of money is snuffed,
Leaving behind, Ramen and wine. < -
Blog postHAPPY 2013 NAPOWRIMO!! Number 1, comin' at ya!
(Okay, that sounds like I'm going to pee on you. I won't. Not until you read my first NaPoWriMo poem, at least.)
Paper Boats
On a night river, the travelers release their paper boats.Floating from dock-town desks, they seek to thicken souls over feetAnd touch worlds beyond atlas edges.That moment of disconnection—when paper is on its own—incites a frightful dance. Although it was their intention, the travelers fear n -
Blog postHear ye Hear ye! Author Dustin LaValley and Artist Jody Rae Adams have put together a book that Raw Dog Screaming Press will release to readers for FREE!!Pretty ballstothewallawesomesaucejones, right? (Just nod your head, and no one gets hurt.) So, without further ado, please enjoy the trailer for Odds and Ends, coming soon from Dustin LaValley and Raw Dog Screaming Press. * * *Guns, Girls, and Tattoos: a book trailer for Odds and Ends
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7hG6DRXoF4From th -
Blog postThe following was written for Brent Kelley's blog. The author of "Chuggie & the Desecration of Stagwater" (which is awesome!) asked: You’re alone, cornered in a dark basement. Something horrible is upstairs looking for you, and it’s only a matter of time before it comes down those stairs. What is it?
What is it, indeed. >:) Please, enjoy my answer aka "Malfunction."
I'm afraid it will smell the gash on my leg. Even with a towel wrapped ar -
Blog postFirst things first. GO HERE: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nathanrosen/michael-a-arnzens-fridge-of-the-damned-magnetic-po GIVE MONEY. BE RAD.
Until the end of January, super awesome indie publisher Raw Dog Screaming Press has declared it ARNZSTIGATION DAYS (days! days!). They've requested pieces inspired by the master of microfiction himself, Michael A. Arnzen.
From Raw Dog Screaming Press: "Now through the end of January post a short story, poem, -
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Blog postToday's Sci-Fi/Fantasy Saturday snippet is from the prologue of my neo-Victorian adventure, "The Sky: The World," published by Reliquary Press in 2010. If you dig alternate history, you might dig Azazian England, so feel free to nab an ebook or print copy. But no matter what, make sure to visit the rest of the sites on this lovely little blog bounce!!
It all seemed so long ago and so far away, but no matter how focused Toby was upon those blissful -
Blog postHAPPY HALLOWEEN!!
And Happy last day of COFFIN HOP!!Aww, don't be so sad, Skellie, there's plenty more fun to be had!!
REMEMBER: leave a comment on this (or any of my Coffin Hop posts) to be entered into the contest for a super rad prize pack containing "Play the Way Home," my newest novel "PINS," and an ebook of the Coffin Hop Collector's EP "Death By Drive-In." And don't forget to visit the other rad writers on the Hop. There have been some really -
Blog postI hope you're enjoying the storm of awesome Coffin Hop posts and staying safe from that Sandy tramp that's about to sit her fat, wet ass down on the east coast. If you're stuck inside today (which, with the forecast, you probably should be), take the time to peruse the amazing authors that have dedicated so much time to the 2012 Coffin Hop. Share their posts, leave comments, and win prizes!
Today's post is a selection from my middle grade book "Play the Way Home," the 2nd book in -
Blog postooh, that looks finger-lickin' good... i hate you, skullface.
Hey, potential winners, have you left a comment for the chance to win signed copies of my coming-of-age thriller "PINS" and my middle-grade ghost story "Play the Way Home"? You HAVEN'T?! What the balls, -
Blog postWelcome back! Are you having a beautifully bloody Coffin Hop? I certainly hope so. And I hope you left a comment on the post yesterday to enter my giveaway. Remember, you have the chance to win signed copies of my coming-of-age thriller "PINS" (18+) and my middle-grade spooky story "Play the Way Home (appropriate for all aka the antithesis of "PINS"). You can also win the ebook Collector's Edition of "Death By Drive-In," which is only being distributed during t
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Blog postWelcome to the 2012 COFFIN HOP! This fantastic blog tour (which features over 100 incredibly rad writers) starts today and lasts until October 31st AKA the day I shower next.
That was a joke...kinda.
Each day, I will post horror entries, on which you should leave a comment. At the end of the Hop, I will throw all of the commenters' names into a hat and pick a winner. The winner will receive a prize pack containing autographed copies of "PINS" and &q -
Blog postMichael Sands tagged me in this blog game which involves searching your current WIP for the word ‘look’ and posting the surrounding paragraphs, then tagging another 5 writers to do the same.
Here's my contribution, from my bizarro sci-fi novel, "The Green Kangaroos." This is my NaNoWriMo project, but I'd already written the prologue, from which this selection was plucked. Enjoy!
“Why'd you hafta throw 'em out, Mama? Why'd you hafta hurt me like that? I can't g -
Blog postWelcome to the introductory 2012 Coffin Hop promotion post!! By the way, there's still time to sign up! Last year was a resounding success, so I'm jazzed to participate again this year, especially after meeting so many new inky cohorts. So, here's a little bit about what I'll be doing this year, as well as the prizes you can win from commenting on this blog.
Each day, I will post horror entries, on which you SHOULD leave a comment. At the end of the Hop, I will throw all of the comm -
Blog postPrompted by author Jason Jack Miller, I have completed the following survey regarding my next big thing. To continue the chain, I shall place my almighty tag upon Red Tash, Axel Howerton, and Georgina Morales!
What is the working title of your book?
The Green Kangaroos
Where did the idea come from for the book?
Judy Blume wrote a book called "The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo," which deals with Middle Child Syndrome. That, added with the ye
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Ashes and Entropy
Dec 11, 2018
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Laird Barron,
Damien Angelica Walters,
John Langan,
Nadia Bulkin,
Jon Padgett,
Kristi DeMeester,
Matthew M. Bartlett,
Lucy A. Snyder,
Luke Spooner,
Robert S. Wilson
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The Nightside Codex
Aug 24, 2020
by
Justin A. Burnett,
Brian Evenson,
Stephen Jones,
Richard Thomas,
Nadia Bulkin,
Christine Morgan,
K. A. Opperman,
Jessica McHugh,
Selene dePackh,
Philip Fracassi
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Hellhole: An Anthology of Subterranean Terror
Dec 3, 2018
by
Jonathan Maberry,
Rena Mason,
Michael McBride,
Jake Bible,
Sean Ellis,
Kirsten Cross,
Paul Mannering,
S.D. Perry,
Lee Murray,
James A. Moore
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Campfire Macabre
Jan 5, 2021
by
Joe Sullivan,
Kealan Patrick Burke,
Sara Tantlinger,
Tim Waggoner,
Chad Lutzke,
Jessica McHugh,
Glen Krisch,
Eric J. Guignard,
Hailey Piper,
Eugie Foster
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Boinking Bizarro
Dec 1, 2020
by
Death's Head Press,
Brian Asman,
Danger Slater,
John Skipp,
Cody Goodfellow,
Max Booth III,
Chandler Morrison,
Autumn Christian,
Lucas Mangum,
Whit Slorp
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