Biography

I've been writing SF, Fantasy and Horror since I could read. While other fathers were reading Disney stories to their kids, mine would wait until my mother was out of earshot, then treat me to some creepy classic from Edgar Allan Poe. Soon I was devouring H.P. Lovecraft tales, and moving on to King, Straub, Tolkien and everything else I could find to scare, thrill and amaze. And after closing each book I'd find time to dream that someday I'd try to do what they had done; and then I'd imagine that maybe someday I would help another kid stay up after a story, afraid to turn off the closet light.

After winning a creative writing award in High School, I went on to place several short stories, then my first novel, TWILIGHT OF THE FIFTH SUN, published by Dragon Moon Press.   In 2005 I won second place in L. Ron Hubbard's Writer's of the Future Contest (for my story 'The Red Envelope' in volume XXIII), and have published several dozen short stories since, in various venues.

THE BELHURST STORY was my first effort at non-fiction, although its focus remained rooted in the supernatural sightings occurring at this site in the Finger Lakes. It was a thrill to discover the historical roots behind the legends of ghosts and hidden treasure.

SILVER AND GOLD, an epic historical novel set in the Gold Rush Era, was published by Dragon Moon Press in August, 2009 and was a finalist in the Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Awards.

THE PHAROS OBJECTIVE was published by Variance Press in 2010, and the sequel - THE MONGOL OBJECTIVE came out in 2011.  Also two spin off short stories based on these characters were published in 2011 (including one inspired by 'The Most Dangerous Game').

CRESCENT LAKE, a horror novel, was published by Crossroad Press in 2011, eBook and Audiobook.

BLINDSPOTS will be published by 7RealmsPublishing in 2012, and the (final?) book of the Morpheus Initiative, THE CYDONIA OBJECTIVE will also be a 2012 publication. 

I'm currently writing another novel and a series of novelletes called THE LAZARUS INITIATIVE with best selling UK author, Steven Savile, and working on new screenplays with cowriter Brian M. Logan.