The Sparrow's Nest

I adore the Horror Zine. I love it's stories, and I love that it likes mine. There was one thing that I didn't expect. It was born on my birthday, and it began in 2009, the very year I started my long journey on the road to publishing. I had no clue what I was doing, or even how to begin, but I plunged in. I really loved creating Headlights. It's also my first story published in first person present. There's always those creepy orange streetlights. They're especially eerie when nobody is around. Walking around Provo, Utah between nine and ten at night didn't help either. The streets were empty, but lights were on, and it reminded me of a nightmare I had. It was a vivid nightmare. I was running from a monster riding a black horse in an abandoned city lighted with the orange streetlights. Parts of the story incorporate different scenes and settings from either this same nightmare, or other vivid nightmares I had. Being chased by some relentless creature alw...

Beautiful Dream has been released in HellBound-books' anthology, Graveyard Girls. I've been waiting for this since December! First of all, buy it  here ! Beautiful Dream isn't like my other stories. One night, I was sitting up. I knew I wanted to write something, but I couldn't think of anything to write. Finally I decided to just start writing and see. As I typed, the characters wove into being. About halfway, I began to get an idea of what was going on. Near the end, I was weirded out with myself. Personally I didn't like it. I had no clue what I had written. I didn't know what to do with it. It was missing something and I couldn't think what. I had a crazy notion to send it out like that, but I didn't. I put it away. Later that fall, my brother took a course on philosophy. He had no clue what he was looking at. When I tried to help, my head spun. I'm not into philosophy, but as I looked over the philosophy books, I realized, hey, I c...