When Ayanna Kapoor Waits

The new year is here, which means new fiction for your bleeding eyes.  I have to admit, I’m excited about this one.  I’ve been waiting patiently for close to (over?) a year for this to finally come out, and now it’s here!  My story “When Ayanna Kapoor Waits” is in the Fall 2011 issue of

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Reviews of my Work (2010)

I had a significant increase of published works in 2010, and although they were mostly indie or small press publications, some of my stories were actually reviewed.  What follows is a list, complete with links and “snippet” quotes, from these reviews. UPROOTED (Limited Chapbook release, including “Uprooted,” “Retired,” and “Just Once More, Little Sister.”) KV

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Happy Twilight Zone Marathon (New Year)!

Happy New Year, my psychos. I’ve noticed a lot of people are doing “The Year in Writing” recaps on their blogs, and while I’m not usually prone to self-reflection, I decided to participate.  Just this once, you understand.  Okay.  Here we go: It was a good year for my writing.  I had a lot of

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Who is the winner, you ask?

That’s a good question.  Really it is.  Especially because the Holiday Hop is now over, as is Christmas, and I’ve promised to send one lucky snowman-licker a prize.  And by the way, you are all extraordinarily nasty individuals, with all your Frosty fetishes.  I’d say about 90% of you, if given the chance, would douse

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Arcane Anthology Now Available

We interrupt your regularly scheduled program for this late-breaking news: The Arcane Anthology is now available!  You can purchase a copy either in print or ebook format, and within the cover of this long-awaited beauty, you’ll find my short story “Destination Unknown.”  If that’s not enough awesome for ya, you should note that I’m sharing

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The Holiday Hop!

Did you know it’s December!?  I just tossed out my Jack-O-Lantern like two days ago.  And wasn’t Thanksgiving yesterday?  I swear I remember eating turkey last night.  Or hunting turkey.  Or pretending to be a turkey.  And now Santa is all up in my grill demanding to be acknowledged.  Well you know what?  I ain’t

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Announcements From The Labyrinth

  UPDATE:  I am proud to announce that my debut novel, Soundtrack to the End of the World,  is officially available! Available Now! Bad Moon Books:  Signed Limited Hardcover Edition Bad Moon Books:  Trade Paperback Edition Amazon:  Trade Paperback “An impressive debut. Rapino’s voice and wit turn this trippy, blood-soaked, body-swapper into a screaming good time.”       –Michael Louis Calvillo,

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The Mystery Revealed

Sandy Musick (winner of the Halloween Mystery Bag) was kind enough to send along some photos of her opening the package.  I thought it’d be nice to let everyone see what the contents of the mystery bag were, partly because half the fun of a surprise is discovering what it is, and partly because I

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Coffin Hop Winner!

The tension in the room is palpable.  Well, not really.  For one thing, I’m the only one here.  For another, I just woke up an hour ago, and it takes me at least 3 hours before I’m able to function at normal levels of emotion. But still.  Palpable.  Because I like that word. This was

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Happy Halloween!

The big day has finally arrived, and as usual, I wish I could turn back the clock so it could be October 1st again.  I love Halloween of course, but now that it’s here, I know it’ll be over all too soon. I spent last night watching the Halloween specials that have become part of

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