Stephen Mark Rainey

I reckon this is something to look forward to in the new few weeks: the release of KJK Publishing's The Horror Collection: Fear Edition, edited by Kevin J. Kennedy. New entries in The Horror Collection series hit the streets about once a month, and this one includes my story, "Awakening," along with 18 other fearsome […]

Todd Keisling's The Sundowner's Dance is one of the best audiobooks I've listened to in ages. It's nice to have "mature" characters as the key players, and the characterizations feel spot-on. Malcolm Hillgartner's narration is also perfect — his voice captures each character believably and consistently, without ridiculous affectations that can ruin an otherwise good […]

  Every year, Piedmont Arts Association, our local arts center, features an exhibit called "Expressions," which showcases the work of local artists, and this is the second year that Ms. B. has entered some of her work. This year, both of her pieces — "Scarlet Elf Cups" and "Lake Superior" (shown above) — won purchase […]

Brugger had one of her semi-regular artsy-craftsy retreats this weekend in Hillsborough, NC, which isn't too far from Mebane, NC, which is where Catrina's Tequila & Taco Bar is, which is one of our favorite Mexican restaurants, which led us to decide that I should go geocaching in that area today so we could meet […]