House Of Silent Graves

06/17/2026

The saga of the Forest of Azhdan continues in this installment, which is probably the closest I will ever come to writing a werewolf story. Things go from bad to worse for the House of Petofi, but, don’t worry, we haven’t hit rock bottom. Yet.

Andreas had enough time, but just barely, to gather himself together before the guests arrived for the funeral.                …

06/04/2026

So Derek comes to me one day and is, like, "when are you free, we're gonna talk about Peter Cushing." Because he knows I'm gonna say yes to talking about Peter Cushing so he doesn't even ask. So we talked about Peter Cushing. And I did mention Dark Shadows, so there's that.

There are some performers whose very presence in a film is going to...

05/21/2026

Writing this section was rough and I definitely felt some type of way. But I also didn’t realize until I was editing how topical I had ended up making this and how much of it was me working through my feelings about the world right now. But this is the big one, the part of the story where the legend is born. And it is not a pretty legend. So, as Dr. Caligari would say: Roll up! Roll up! The second movement begins!

The Gift of the Unicorn: A Symphony in Four Movements Second Movement: The Forest of Azhdan Hungary, 1797 Count Andreas Petofi had spent a great deal of his life in carriages thinking and this mome…

05/09/2026

AS I KNEW HIM: My Dad Rod Serling

05/09/2026

Nefarious GOODNESS!

04/14/2026

And here we come to the conclusion of the first movement of the symphony. Will Andreas Petofi survive? Of course he will, I have three more chapters planned. But read on to see how much damage he does in the end.

               Orlandine had frozen but her eyes registered resignation.  She’d known this was coming.  Even though s…

03/12/2026

Find out what all the screaming is about. Read part 2 the The Gift of the Unicorn, Movement 1, wherein I found out if you’ve ever watched Strange Paradise.

               Whoever it was that was screaming seemed to be having a mental breakdown.  It was soon punctuated by panick…

02/28/2026

And so it begins… Andreas’s journey to becoming the legendary Count Petofi starts in Vienna in 1767, with an invitation to a small social gathering. Will things go well? Of course not, there wouldn’t be a story if they did. So read on for the drama! Also, evil garden in French is Maljardin. IYKYK.

The Gift Of The Unicorn, A Symphony In Four Movements Movement 1: The Evil Garden Vienna, 1767 Andreas Petofi tried not to look wistful as Vienna disappeared into the distance. He had been reticen…

02/03/2026