Raised in Oklahoma, I currently live with my wife and son in the Pacific Northwest where the foothills of the Cascade Mountain range meet the Salish Sea.

I enjoy writing in the weird, horror, and fantasy genres.

Growing up, I loved reading R. L. Stine's Goosebumps books as well as classics like Frank Herbert's Dune, and Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. In college I discovered Stephen King's Dark Tower series, which in turn led me to King's short stories and later to books like Mark Danielewski's House of Leaves and authors like Clive Barker and Laird Barron.

My short story, 'Gustav Floats', will be published in the forthcoming anthology, Dim Shores Presents Volume 2, toward the end of 2020.

When I'm not writing or reading, I enjoy landscape photography, hiking, and fiddling with fountain pens.

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