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New Horror Short Story ‘Memory Lane’ Available on Patreon

Memory Lane follows a petty criminal on the run after a robbery gone wrong who finds himself tormented by his past in a nightmarish hotel.

SEQUEL!

The Mystery of the Pale King is now the Deadlights Duology and the just-announced sequel Dweller in Darkness will hit shelves real and virtual in Q4 2026!

Audiobook Lovers Rejoice! ‘The Mystery of Pale King’ Audiobook Is Here!

Title says it all! Pick up your audiobook copy over on Audible or you can support me directly by purchasing on Patreon! Thank you to Sylvia Langille of Timber Ghost Press for her support, Greg Chapman for adapting his cover design for the audiobook, and especially David Peoples for making…

New Sci-Fi Short Story ‘Join Us’ Available on Patreon

Join Us follows an imprisoned space labor activist locked in a battle of wills with his fascist interrogator. Brand-spankin’ new sci-fi short story up on Patreon! Join Us opens with space labor unionist Dirk Larsen imprisoned on the planet T’Lairen and interrogated by a faceless crony of the fascist government.…

Welcome to a Newsletter of Curiosities!

That rattling at the door is not in your head, it’s the sound of Sam Flynn’s Cabinet of Curiosities, my new quarterly newsletter with all the book news, publishing insights, writing tips, and mini-reviews you could want. It will go out the first Friday of every third month, starting this…

The Path to Publication for ‘The Mystery of the Pale King’

Christmas came early this year. After a year in the query trenches, my grimdark cosmic horror fantasy The Mystery of the Pale King has found a home at Timber Ghost Press, to be released fall 2024! Thank you Cody Langille for believing in my story (and the sick description I…

Novels, Comics, and Screenplays, Oh My

2022 may have a few gasps of breath left before the year shuffles loose this mortal coil, but personally I’m already looking ahead to 2023, more for personal reasons than anything. Before I dive in, a shout-out to the awesome Allison K Williams, a multi-hyphenate in the world of writing…

2022: Writing Goals & Embarking on Futurescapes

Ah, 2022 (aka 2020, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone), the year of low expectations. Humility does wonders for enjoyment of the little things, the overlooked details that keep us going, the common treasures often left unexamined and the world over is nothing if not humbled by the seemingly-endless pandemic…

A Year in the Editing Weeds and Other News

You know, it’s amazing. I can write literally hundreds of thousands of words but the moment I sit down for a blog post, I’m on Twitter, or YouTube, or Netflix, or staring off into space, drooling like some deranged mental patient (apologies to all my mental patient readers, checking in…

THE DARKEST FATE Is Complete. What’s Next?

Tomorrow, I’ll be 28. The first draft of my novel is complete. Happy birthday, me! . . . So what’s next? I must admit, my current situation feels a bit like Wile E. Coyote running off the cliff; if I look down, I’ll fall. I deliberately left much of my…