Schizophrenic

I don’t usually do this, but I’m posting a short piece I just wrote. It’s pretty much unedited and as rough as sandpaper. But I don’t think I’ll ever do anything with it, so here: What I Am The burning sky falls across my back. I don’t dare look up; hot coals and liquid fire […]

I’ve been holding on to this news for three days now, uncertain of how to announce it. Finally I decided best to just blurt it out on the blog: My first novel, Soundtrack to the End of the World, will be published by Bad Moon Books! It is tentatively scheduled for a late 2011 release,

Hey all. I wanted to do a quick post about a very cool contest underway at Bibliophilic Book Blog. You can win an ereader of your choice, and all you have to do is fill out a quick entry form. Good luck!

I finally took the (eight dollar) plunge and registered my very own domain name. Some of you may have noticed that when coming to the good ol’ blog, the address bar now says www.anthonyjrapino.com Shazaam! Not to worry though, good readers. The connection to my blog is only temporary, and really just to get some

2010 is looking up. There’s always the trouble of caging the brain-trolls that wriggle free and chomp on my gray matter, but I’ve managed it to some extent. And there’s always the herding of stray shadows leaking from my ears, but I’ve maintained. Luckily, balancing out these atrocities this year is a steady stream of

Recently, I began perusing different freelance writing sites in the hopes that I may be able to supplement my income doing what I do best. It was an abortive, one day attempt that imparted one nugget of truth: it ain’t easy. I figured, being a writer, I could snag a couple quick jobs writing copy

Today my 100-word flash piece “My Room” was published. I wrote this little guy a couple of years ago for a contest that never was. Back when I had a couple flash pieces published by another magazine, I submitted this as well, but they found the content too disturbing for publication. I never did think

Hey, gang. So, I actually have some news for you on this warm, April day. And although it is April fools day, you can rest assured there are no tricks here. First on the roster is the announcement of a new story being published. It’s a 100-word flash piece and will be available this Saturday

Well, we’re getting pretty close to Easter. I’m wondering if I should color eggs this year. There isn’t any real reason to do so, other than the fact that it’s sort of fun. I’d like to make little creature eggs this year. Nothing like embedding Halloween in everything I do. Okay, so did you click

Good afternoon my lovelies. As promised, I’m back to post a link to my latest published story, “Smiles Beneath,” which appears in issue four of Scalped. Each issue of Scalped has a theme, and the theme for this spring is torture. Luckily, like any good horror writer, I happened to have a torture story on