Now Presenting: The Halloween Mystery Bag

There you have it.  The Halloween Mystery Bag in all its glory.  The bag is stuffed full with all manner of glorious Halloween goodness.  I’m not too proud to say there were more than a few things I purchased for the bag that I wanted to keep for myself. How do you win this grand

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Look, Ma! I’m a zombie!

First, of course, see my previous post to enter the Coffin Hop contest, in which you can win a huge Halloween Mystery Bag filled with much goodness. Today one of my students took a photo of me using an “app” that turns you into a zombie.  Needless to say I had to show off my

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As the Crow Flies

Hello, coffin hoppers, friends, neighbors, and demons alike. I had planned on letting my first coffin hop post ride out all the way till Halloween, but then I stumbled upon a contest being held by Erin Cole, and my plan changed.  For her contest, you simply have to post a flash piece to your blog

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Welcome to the Coffin Hop

Welcome to the Coffin Hop!  And what a perfect time for it: one full week before The Big Night.  One full week of hopping blog to blog, entering contest after contest for a chance at Halloween and horror goodies galore. Speaking of winning great prizes, I’m giving away a Halloween Mystery Bag filled with over

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Novel Update (With a Sad Face)

  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 Amazon: Ebook Smashwords: Ebook Barnes and Noble: Ebook Crossroad Press: Ebook “An impressive debut. Rapino’s voice and

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Help Me Win

Dudes, Dudettes, and Gentle Inbetweenies, Today I call on you for the good of the kingdom.  For there is an evil that must be slain, and you, my band of psychos, are the only ones who can do it. Okay, fine.  It’s not really all that evil.  And nothing has to be slain. I wrote

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What’s Halloween Without Fright Rags?

I’ve never been a fan of clothes shopping.  I hate it, in fact.  Clothes serve a utilitarian purpose, and as far as I’m concerned, that’s all.  That means two things.  One, I usually look like a bum.  And two, I never spend extravagant sums of money of fashionable clothing. Well, almost never.  My one vice

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Halloween Shorts

A couple days ago I saw the mock up for my novel’s cover.  It is looking really great so far.  I can’t say much about it, but it has exceeded my expectations.  Hopefully pretty soon I’ll see a finished version, and not too long after I’ll be able to do the big reveal.  Things are

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Lets All Do The Coffin Hop!

It’s sort of like the Monster Mash, only when it’s over, prizes are given away, new friends are made, and more than one limb will be devoured.  By me. I was on my near-daily trek of Google Reader when I stumbled over to Milo James Fowler’s site, where (to my surprise and delight) I found

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Eat my Eyeballs

They have a liquid center.  Chewy on the outside, soft on the inside. How about a nibble on my little finger?  It’s like a pretzel stick, only not as salty. One of the best parts of any holiday (for me anyway) is the food.  Oh glorious ambrosia!  Sweet and decadent morsels of the gods!  *Ahem.* 

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