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Second sale!

Elijah just made his second short-fiction sale — and the first one hasn’t even been released yet!

Burial Books picked up his cosmic horror story “Fool’s Gold” for their upcoming anthology WEIRD TALES TO HAUNT YOUR REPTILIAN BRAIN, scheduled for a summer release, 2025.

This story is one of my favorites. A Western setting, a wild land, and a strange pathos that haunts me more than its callous violence. I’m so happy it found a home.

Updates and links will follow as we get closer to release date. I’m working on edits for another, much longer story. I’m stoked about this one too.

Watch this space for more good news! In the meantime, tune in to the podcast. The DUSE always has what you need!

First fiction sale!

Elijah just made his first professional fiction sale!

His gloriously gory love story, “I Will Love You Always,” will appear in erotic horror anthology BLOODLUST from Black Hare Press on February 14, 2025. The Kindle version is available for preorder on Amazon. I’ll post more links, news, and images as soon as I get them.

I’d say it’s a watershed event for his career, but bloodshed would be more accurate.

Hint, there’s a cheese grater involved…

Stay tuned!

Greetings fellow travelers!

Welcome to Elijah’s new website… again! Having given Hostinger’s website builder a fair shake, I decided to shake us loose from proprietary apps that use AI to generate content and go back to the tried and true WordPress. As I get a handle on the customization I’ll have short-stories to share, memoir progress, and a few pieces of art as I come across them on the laptop. I’ll also post updates on Deliver Us Some Evil until I can finish The DUSE blog.

In the meantime, give The DUSE some love, follow Mel on Gab, buy some chocolate, and don’t let the end of the world get you down.

Remember… the Pooka is watching you…

See ya!

Mel

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