The Vermilion Border

I enjoy reading and writing crime fiction.

Essays about my research, what I'm currently writing and reading, and free weekly chapters.

Horror fiction with an abundance of quiet dread and moral ambiguity.

Where Fiction Lives!

“So howled out for the world to give him a name. The indark answered with wind.” ― Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren :: Reflections on fiction and worldbuilding, on diasporas and elsewheres.

History of horror, magic, theatre, storytelling, and more. Every Thursday I post a new ‘horror moment’ and a range of other articles will pop up on Mondays. Look out for regular quizzes, writing insights, and my audio 'Tales from the Bat Book' series.

Pseudonymous contemporary fiction. Bildungsromans, romance, humor and local color. Essays on themes relating to the fiction.

My newsletter is about writing, reading, and why storytelling is important.

Exclusive fiction too out-there for prime time, by the author of Fight Club. Writing lessons. Lurid back story.

Lee Arnold's Substack of all comedic things.

Fiction is Culture. No gods, just authors. Underground lit. Ritual crit. The gospel of the broken sentence, dissected by the "Official Unofficial Editor" of the Fiction tab.

Animated by a modernist spirit. Essays and short fiction on tomorrow and the past. Buying exceptional work. Pseudonyms welcome.

Words matter, so let’s get lost in them together.

It’s gonna be okay.

"Ask not what publishing can do for you, but what you can do for publishing."

Daily podcasts, book clubs, and courses on the best books and authors ever.

My publication for speculative fiction and musings about writing. And...I guess anything else that pops into my little head...

The mood in the forest—dark romanticism / weird futurity / profligate transcendentalism / quiet rebellion—subscribe for daily poetry and weekly short stories.