• Why I Write

    Why do I write is a question I get from time to time. Most people assume it is for money. It is not. Writing has never been a good way to make money anyway, and I already have what I need in this life. I am grateful for that. I am not chasing more. Some…

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  • Zombie Road: Between the Living and the Lost Q: You open Zombie Road by saying this is not rumor or folklore meant to scare. Why was that important to state right away? Because fear is easy. Anyone can frighten. What interested me was what lingers. Zombie Road carries history, loss, and repetition. The stories did…

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  • I wanted to take a moment to really talk about Architecture of Shadows, which you will soon see going up for presale. This book felt like the right place to stop and look back. Not to close a door, but to take stock of what twenty five years of work has actually taught me. Not…

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  • Meet Me in St. Louis

    Every year, for as long as I can remember, I watched Meet Me in St. Louis with my mom. Every Christmas. That was our tradition. She loved that movie. I didn’t realize it at the time, but she was teaching me something. About music. About warmth. About how certain stories quietly become part of who…

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  • Holiday Weaponized

    You will often hear that Christmas should not be celebrated because it was “originally pagan,” tied to the Roman sun god Sol. Like most things involving history, the truth is more layered than a meme allows. Jesus was almost certainly not born in December. Most scholars agree that date was chosen later for symbolic reasons,…

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  • I Don’t Know

    When it comes to the unknown or the paranormal, I am not chasing answers. I am trying to understand what we are actually dealing with. I think the desire for answers is natural. We all want them. But with something like the paranormal, what you are more likely to encounter are ideas, patterns, and possibilities,…

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  • The Most Important Tool

    When I walk into a place with a history, I let my senses do the work. I’m not there to gather evidence. I don’t need my face buried in a gadget. Passive equipment I don’t have to think about is fine, but anything that pulls my focus away from the space isn’t helping me. The…

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  • On My Work

    I have been watching some of the conversations happening across paranormal sites and blogs, and I want to make something very clear. If you are going to talk about my work, please make sure you have the facts first. A lot of people like to take credit for my research, and a lot of people…

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  • A Season for Ghosts

    I often think of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol when I think about ghosts this time of year. December has always felt like the most haunted month to me. Not because it is frightening, but because it brings the past closer. Dickens understood that. He tapped into something deeply human when he wrapped a ghost story…

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  • Zombie Road is Out

    Today feels a little unreal. After ten years, my next true paranormal book is officially out in the world. Zombie Road is available now, wherever books are sold. I first stepped onto Zombie Road back in 2006. At the time, I thought it was just another local legend, the kind of story every town has.…

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