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I'm an Active Member of both the Horror Writers Association (HWA) and the International Thriller Writers (ITW), a librarian and an author. My first full-length novel, FROZEN BLOOD , will be available for pre-order by Lachesis Publishing on September 28, 2008. It will be published on December 28 of the same year.


Summoned to her abusive father’s funeral, Tara Stewart drives alone through the pitch-black night from Charlotte to Ottawa, haunted by the ghosts of her past. She hasn’t spoken to her family in years, and the last place she wants to be is in the company of her vindictive twin sister and her shady brother-in-law.

And then the hail begins to fall.

Barely making it to Ottawa alive, Tara falls on the icy driveway and is dragged inside as she loses consciousness. Her sleep is troubled and plagued by nightmares, and she awakes in the middle of the night to see her late father standing at the foot of her bed, warning her that she’s in great danger. Her sister has drugged her, and plans to do much worse.

Outside, the hailstorm is still raging. Reports on the news suggest that it is a worldwide catastrophe.

Now prisoners in their own home, the three estranged family members must try to survive the worst storm in modern history. But Tara must also survive the voices in her head, the ghosts that haunt her father’s house, and the family she’s trapped inside with. They want something of hers, and they’ll do anything to get it…

And the hailstorm shows no signs of dying anytime soon.

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I'm currently keeping myself busy by working on my next book for SCHOLASTIC, by completing my Masters of Library and Information Science from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and by raising my Goldendoodle, Murphy, with my wife Colleen. We live in Courtice, Ontario.

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New Interview

Back in March, an old university friend of mine made the trek out to Ajax for my Frozen Blood book launch and signing. Turns out he's been writing content for a cool website by the name of hardcorener...
Posted by on Mon, 25 May 2009 08:43:00 GMT

Northern Haunts

Due to a layout error, a few lines of my story in Shroud's Northern Haunts anthology were left out. When I first received a copy of the book and read my story, I actually thought quite a bit more was ...
Posted by on Mon, 25 May 2009 08:34:00 GMT

My Big Fat Publishing Announcement

We've moved into our new house and other than a hiccup or two, all went well. Beautiful weather, plenty of help, and no injuries. Colleen and I are real happy with the house, and although it feels a l...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:50:00 GMT

Final Stoker Ballot 2009

Okay, so I'm squeezing in some time to make one more post before my move. I just learned this evening that Frozen Blood made the final Stoker ballot for works published in 2008. Words can't express ho...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:45:00 GMT

Radio Silence

Well, friends, I'm about to become quieter than I usually am, as this is the week that Colleen and I move into our first house. We close on Thursday, and we have a moving truck rented for Friday and S...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 07:07:00 GMT

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

No, that's not my dog, Murphy (although it looks a lot like him), but now that I've posted this picture, I'm sure my wife will be finding/ordering a similar costume for next year. Sigh...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:48:00 GMT

Let them eat cake

The good people at my work had a cake made for me in the shape of a book, proving that I work with some of the nicest people imaginable. Under all that icing, the cake itself was a nice, deep shade of...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:05:00 GMT

FROZEN BLOOD reviews

Two more of 'em have been reeled in over the past couple of days, and I won't be throwing either of them back.First up, angelmcc  (a very talented writer, the brains behind Wily Writers, and an all-ar...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:13:00 GMT

Live TV: Part Deux

All in all, the live interview went very well. I had one brief moment of panic before I went on as I sat off camera watching the taping, but luckily it quickly disappeared. The interview lasted six mi...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Mar 2009 08:51:00 GMT

Live TV

This all came about remarkably fast. I'm scheduled to appear on live television in a little less than two hours. I only found out about it late yesterday afternoon.For anyone who is in the Durham Regi...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:52:00 GMT