At Night
Muddy black but bright, somehow light.
Schizophrenic
I Don’t Remember Selling My Soul
But I must have. It’s the only way I can explain two story acceptances in as many days. Yesterday, mere hours after announcing my latest acceptance, I received another one for my story “Fixing a Hole.” Great news, right? Well, yes, except for that nagging suspicion that I’m hell bound. I don’t remember signing anything
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Cate Gardner is Awesome
A while back I wrote about how much I love getting mail. It’s one of the not-so-secret truths about me. So when I opened my mailbox to find a padded envelope sent from overseas, I cracked the first–and probably only–smile of the day. I’d completely forgotten (which makes it even better) that the wonderful and
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Contest Update
EDIT: We’ve hit 50! Here’s the deal. I won’t have time to do the drawing until tomorrow afternoon. If I get many more entrant in that time, no one will be locked out of the contest, but I will add a second prize (to be determined) to make it fair. Check back tomorrow for the
Rat Versus Guinea Pig (And Contest Update)
I had a dream the other night that a rat and a guinea pig got into a fight. The guinea pig–lets call him Mr. Winkles–entered the arena (a small cage) and pushed the rat–Sir Sniffsalot– against the far wall. Mr. Winkles was twice the size of Sir Sniffsalot, and his imposing aura was enough to
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Sunshine Says #5: The Zed Edition
Greetings, my friends. Before getting to the main attraction, I have a little favor to ask of you. When I moved from my old blog to this new site, I lost all of my blog followers that had signed up through Google Reader or the RSS feed. If you haven’t yet signed up to receive
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How to Write Part 1: Eliminating Distractions
***Disclaimer: The opinions on how to write are the views of Anthony J. Rapino and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of Anthony J. Rapino, and if he ever found out, I could kiss my skull goodbye. But really, this is not a serious article. Do not attempt to write at home. In
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UPROOTED Contest Winner and News
The preorder window has officially closed and I’m proud to announce that there are only five copies of my horror chapbook left! So if you are were on the fence about picking one up, don’t wait too long or those five copies might be gone by time you decide to take the plunge. For those
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Mount My Skull
Sometimes people ask writers where they get their ideas. And usually, there isn’t a good answer, because really, where do ideas come from? I’m not sure what they expect. I guess maybe they think horror writers have some kind of mental illness that causes them to hear voices. Come on people. That’s just crazy. Horror
It’s February?
Somewhere along the line, I totally missed the changing of the guards. I only realized it was February when I saw a tweet about Groundhog Day, which I let pass by without my yearly viewing of the movie of the same name. Forgive me Mr. Murray. I blame all of it on the snow days.