MY WRITING:
I love writing scary or bizarre stories. I like to frighten people, make them cringe, feel uncomfortable, or feel confused with my writing.

MY PHOTOGRAPHY:
I shoot photography centered on industrial expressionism and urban decay, you can see it at www.ceaseandexist.com .

MY ART
I paint weird things, both digitally and traditional media.I like making monster toys from recycled material in my spare time. I also make clay sculptures.

WRITER'S WHO INSPIRE ME:
William Burroughs, Neal Stephenson, William Gibson, Jack Ketchum, Chuck Palahniuk, Carlton Melick III, Jeremy  Shipp, William Faulkner, Bradley Sands, Jordan Krall, Aristophanes, Iain Banks, Ed Lee, Moliere, Yann Martel, Stephen Hawking, Joe Lansdale,  Tom Robbins, John Berrendt, Roald Dahl, E.E. Cummings, EA Poe, Frank Miller, Jeffrey Eugenides

MUSIC THAT INSPIRES ME:
iwrestledabearonce, Rolo Tomassi, Old Crow Medicine Show, Tom Wait, Samantha Fox, Donal Hinely, Crotch Duster, HORSE the band, gotye, Of Montreal, The Mountain Goats, Sea Wolf, Talking Heads, I set my friends on fire, sleigh bells, Big Dumb Face, Active Child, The Rural Alberta Advantage, Phantogram, Holy Ghost!, Dr. Acula

VISUAL ARTISTS WHO INSPIRE ME:
Edward Gorey, Gustav Klimt, HR Giger, Gary Larson, Van Gogh, Dali, Andrew Loomis, Edvard Munch, Ralph Steadman, Marc Chagall, Picasso, Hieronymus Bosch, Andy Warhol, Francis Bacon, Henri Matisse, Brian Froud

Film Maker's Who Inspire Me:
David Lynch, Sofia Coppola, Dario Argento, Jim Jarmusch, Lizzie Borden, Mario Bava, Pascal Laugier, Luigi Cozzi, Massimo Dallamano, Gaspar Noé, Wes Anderson, Sergio Martino, Lucio Fulci, Jim Henson, Alexandre Bustillo, George A. Romero, Umberto Lenzi, Paul Thomas Anderson, Joe Dante, Wes Craven, Steve Miner, John Carpenter, Sam Raimi, David Cronenberg, Michel Gondry, David Fincher, Robert Rodriguez, Michael Haneke, David O. Russell, Spike Jonze, Charlie Kaufman