A Boy and His Monster – The Beginning

Remember A Boy and His Monster? That short about the guy who somehow made a connection with a kaiju as a kid, and grew up as its caretaker? I threatened to write a novel about it, and I decided to treat you to the flashback of the meet cute between Toshi and Jerry, the big monster he calls his best friend. It a first draft, but I wanted to prove to you I am indeed writing this thing. I mean, why not? Who else is going to write a found family kaiju story if not me? (Please don’t answer that.) Tokyo, Japan – 2001 Toshi looked out at the ocean, and wondered if it hurt to die. It probably depended on how you died, right? Like dying in your sleep probably didn’t hurt. But what about a car crash? You’d think that would hurt. Aunt Hanako and Uncle Takara...

New flash fic – The Body

Enjoy this weird little, which I’ve been threatening to write for a while now, but I put a tiny twist on it. Maybe it’s an allegory or a metaphor, who knows? It can be what you want. ** The Body When April first saw the body on the floor, she thought it was a joke. Another terrible, thoughtless prank by an office full of men who peaked in high school. She was about to tell Petersen it was very funny – sarcasm dripping from her voice – when Brooks came into the meeting room, and stepped on the body on his way to his chair. He didn’t react at all. Now she wasn’t sure it was there at all. As everyone took their seats for the meeting, April wondered why she’d be hallucinating a dead body. He looked to be an average man, in a cheap off...

New soundtrack based on my WIP …

Because I’ve been sadly remiss in updating everyone. Soundtrack For The Book I'm Working On from notmanos on 8tracks Radio.

New music for the new year …

And maybe the days haven’t been great, but at least the music is! 2019 Has Just Started and Already There Is Too Much Good Music from notmanos on 8tracks...

Story time – A Boy and His Monster

N.B.: I am a big fan of big monster movies. I have more of a note about this after the story. ** A Boy and His Monster Toshi wondered why third dates were such a big deal. He knew why they were for him – he probably hadn’t had one since college. He’d pretty much written off any romantic attachments. After all, the truth of his existence was so weird, he wasn’t sure he had room for it in his life. But then he met Mason in line for doughnuts, of all places. He was cute and charming, and hey, he liked the same fancy ass doughnuts he did. Their first date wasn’t technically a proper date – they just met for coffee, and to make sure the other person wasn’t a complete lunatic. Their second date was the first proper date, as they hit a food truck...

Book news!

Infected: Prey is on sale right now! And the City of Monsters re-release just started!

Not that anyone ever asks, but here are my best albums of the year. As always, an unusual bunch. Zeal & Ardor – Stranger Fruit Well, of course. You all saw this coming down main, didn’t you? The weird gospel/death metal group Zeal & Ardor threw this musical grenade at us this year, a story of slavery, racism, and revenge, which really shouldn’t have held a frightening relevance, but of course it did. And, if you’d prefer to ignore the gut punching lyrics, you can, and just enjoy getting your eardrums kicked in. But frankly, the whole package is dynamite, and Zeal & Ardor should soundtrack the end of the world. Oh wait, they are. Tim Hecker – Konoyo Who requested eerie ambient music? Well, Hecker serves it up as he always does....