I'm a huge fan of PULP FICTION. And I don't mean the Tarantino movie that robbed the world of the phrase "pulp fiction" (you can't even utter those two words without someone gushing over how much they loved that movie). I'm talking about the classic stories and books that were published in the cheap dime novels and magazines of...

I hope this helps someone who may be struggling with dialogue issues.

One of the things I enjoy hearing the most from my readers is how much they love my snappy dialogue and the conversations between my characters or how it engages them and pulls them into the scene. To them I say “Thank you”, and I will continue to try to keep...

As happens with most writers, I get people asking me all the time who my favorite author is. Well, for me that’s kind of hard to nail down because I don’t really have a fave. There have been tons of badasses in horror literature from Lovecraft and Shelly to Campbell and Barker and I find it difficult to cite just one writer bec...

Recently, in a Facebook group, I was asked what inspires a very dark horror story. My answer was simple… but long-winded:

ANYTHING!!! Anything at all can inspire a dark horror story if your imagination is wired to see the possible horror in a situation, just as anything can inspire a raunchy comedy or a hard hitting action story...

Self Publisher's Showcase, a promotional service for self published writers, has chosen Clive as their November 2017 Author of the Month. 

http://selfpublishersshowcase.com/author-of-the-month/

November 24th - 26th, get THE DEAD RECKONING for only $.99 cents! That's 67% off the regular price of $2.99! 

It's coming soon. A new collection of horror stories written during the late-night hours. When I get an idea for a story, it will practically drive me insane until I write it. This usually happens to me at night and the result is that I don't sleep until the damned story is written.

Typically, I'm writing until 3 or 4 in the mor...

Hosted by Deadman's Tome at www.deadmanstome.net, the 2016 Horror Olympics was held during the summer and featured some of the best horror stories online has to offer. My short story, "CONFESSION", took the Gold in the "Straight-up Murder" category.

"LANNA" is the tale of Gerald, a passive old man, and his verbally abusive and disabled wife, Lanna. In a small town where everybody thinks he needs to let her go, Gerald is the ever submissive husband who refuses to do so... until he has no choice.

Check it out here!

"Confession" hit the Deadman's Tome website on May 27th and has struck a cord with the publisher of the site leading him to dub it "The darkest story ever to be published" on their website. Awesome!

Read the "CONFESSION" on the Deadman's Tome website.

AND

Listen to DEADMAN'S 24-minute podcast REVIEW of the story.