Besides the Artaud-Desnos saga I have written another novel (being considered for publication), as well as short stories. Unlike the Artaud-Desnos saga, these are written for recognition and profit as well as for adventure and discovery. They vary in genre and cross over into literary but they probably all belong in the “weird” category. My inspirations are Shirley Jackson, Vladimir Nabokov, and of course my teacher who I’ve never met, Antonin Artaud.
View my academic writing here.
Published works
Five Golden Names will be available April 2026!
At Embark Literary Journal: read my novel excerpt, Bluff Creek, and an interview with me here.
Listen to my short story, “The Death of the Dinosaurs,” at Midwest Weird.
Out now! For sale at Amazon in paperback and Kindle!
My latest short story, “Hero of the Black Borderlands,” appears in the bestselling anthology Four Names of Fortune.
My short story “The Sea Witch’s Book of Shadows” appears in the bestselling anthology Third Name’s a Charm.
Read my suspense short story, “Infidelity, Inc.” at Close to the Bone.
Read my short story, “Personal Transit” at Parcham Magazine.
Read my surreal police procedural, “Mad Dog” at Haunted MTL.
Read my short story, “My Pet Trilobite” in Ricky’s Back Yard based on a real-life sideshow fraud. (Paperback version here.)
Read my short story, “The Death of the Dinosaurs” in Ricky’s Back Yard based on Ken Ham’s Creation Museum.
Other published works: “Don’t Ask” in Profane Journal (audio), “Selfie” in Deadly Quill, and “Passover” in Sprout.
Unpublished works
Read unpublished papers at my Academia.edu webpage.
Coming Soon – Published Nonfiction
Fanfiction – An Archive of Our Own
I wrote a sequel to the film For Your Eyes Only entitled “The Return of Emile Leopold Locque,” dedicated to the other actor who is a great inspiration to me, Michael Gothard
Welcome to My Other Writing
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Another 5-Star Review for Traitor Comet!
At LibraryThing (early reviewers program) “Traitor Comet is a novel about a man who cannot see inside himself anymore. Since Geoffrey Wilhelm Weidmann is his only true witness, he cannot understand himself and needs to seek out those who can help him gain insight. In his past, Geoff had been a roughneck, a student of… Read more
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First Novel Published!
My first novel in this series on Antonin Artaud and Robert Desnos is out!Available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and all major book outlets and stores, in paperback, Kindle, Nook, and PDF download! Buy book one, Traitor Comet! Coming soon: L’Étoile de Mer (The Starfish), sequel to Traitor Comet Download QR
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The Book Cover
Buy book one, Traitor Comet! Thank you to all who voted for the cover of the first book in my novel series on the lives of Antonin Artaud and Robert Desnos. This is the chosen cover for Traitor Comet: I am waiting for the galleys, and look forward to offering my first novel in this… Read more
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From Book 3: Portrait of Antonin Artaud
This is based on research of course, but it’s eerie how much I guessed before it was confirmed by research. He was not what I expected, even after all these years. I discovered there was always more to learn about Antonin Artaud. Like me he experienced sudden vertigo, especially at high places but also… Read more
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Book reviewers: My Latest Short Story
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Surrealism’s “Prophet”
Robert Desnos came from a merchant-class family and served in the French army during both World Wars. He was the most prolific of the early “automatic” poets, slipping easily into a trance and producing reams of poetry, or letting his weird images and sayings fall from his lips as the others listened. Rumors that he… Read more
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