Instant Noodles: Gravy

My dark Thanksgiving ballad, That Brown Gravy, appeared in Instant Noodles Volume 5, Issue 3: Gravy, just in time for the holidays. Also includes audio of myself reading the poem. Contains themes of family drama (duh). Check it out here.

 

Breaking the Genre

I have two alternative pieces in Breaking the Genre, published in Nov. 2025 through Nat 1 Publishing: Selvolution in consideration of a runaway text, and Letter to Carl Tanzler by my horroritca avatar Penny Blood.  Find it on Amazon here.

 

We Should Be Allowed to Think

My Interrogation poem was featured in We Should Be Allowed to Think through Peripheral Forms as part of the Fall of Freedom project in Nov. 2025. Feel free to check it out here.

The Best of Carnage House Year 2

Single Issue Voter Souffle, written under my horrorotica avatar Penny Blood, appeared in The Best of Carnage House Year 2, released through Amazon in Nov. 2025 as found here. Please note - this is Carnage House, which should be trigger warning enough, so be aware that this story contains themes of abortion, murder, pregnancy, politics, rape all dealt with in an intentionally irreverent and offensive manner. Read at your own risk.

Ghostlight of Hope

They Wash the Soul Clean, a poetic nature fantasy-based drabble, appeared in Ghostlight of Hope through Wingless Dreamer Publishing in Nov. 2025. You can find it here on Amazon.

 

Cemetery Songs

I have a piece in the new Cemetery Songs anthology, the first book out from Eldritch Cat Press.  I am very pleased to be represented, and am honored to be the closing story with The Wind at My Door.  You can purchase it through Amazon here.

 

Metcalf Sisters

I have a new holiday display at Metcalf Sisters in Newton, trying to encourage shoppers to "This holiday season, give a child the gift of reading with a new friend." I hope it takes off. I have a bunch of extra Squishmallows and new plushies after comic con, nice ones, and a lot of really good quality children's books seeking homes.

 

Fall of Freedom: Freedom of Expression

My Tow Away Zone photograph is represented in the Freedom of Expression national WCA online exhibit as part of the Fall of Freedom initiative. You can check out the virtual exhibition here.

Rooted in Rite and Eldritch Humo

I have one of my Reversals artworks, Funerary Rites: Earth Embrace, depicted in the Rooted in Rite flipbook with some fun other Halloween works, feel free to check it out here or purchase on Amazon. I also have a pantoum poem titled The Rise of Cthulhu, in Eldritch Humor through Nat 1 Publishing, available here on Amazon. Happy Halloween!

 

Fib Review #52

My Fibonacci poem Backpeddling Badly appeared in Issue #52 of the Fib Review in Oct. 2025. You can read it here.

The Word's Faire

My pantoum poem Rebuttal appeared in The Word's Faire online literary journal The Exhibition, curated by Tobi Brun, in Oct. 2025. Check it out here.

 

Two Art Markets This Thursday and Saturday

I am participating in two art markets this week in Hutchinson, Kansas:

Third Thursday, Oct. 16 - Main Street Monster Mash, UPDATE - I will be at Keller Music Store on 5 South Main Street. The whole of the event runs from Avenue B all the way to DCI Park at the railroad tracks.

Saturday, Oct. 18 - Kermes Fiesta at SW Bricktown Plaza Park and 1st Avenue, there will be all kinds of vendors and food and fun, including a free concert later in the evening.

I will have a HUGE SALE on OOAK photo prints at both events - don't miss this opportunity to pick up pieces at 1/10 their original prices and less! Art to fit every budget. I will also have Witch Hayzelle books & merch and assorted comic collage art for spooky season, as well as other fun freaky finds.

 

Gaslamp Pulp Volume III

I have another rant in Volume III of Gaslamp Pulp - this time from the standpoint of Santa Claus coming to better terms with the digital revolution.  You can find it on Amazon here.

 

Cryptids, Kaiju, and Corn

My Fibonacci poem, The Bird That Devours Men about the Piasa Bird myth of athe river confluence north of St. Louis, appears in Cryptids, Kaiju, and Corn, just released through Middle West Press.  Find it on Amazon here.

 

Third Times a Charm

I hung my show today at Metropolitan Coffee in Hutchinson Kansas.  The show runs through Oct. 2025.  It includes much of the work from the library show in July and August but the change of scenery is nice.  So now's your chance to see it if you missed it then.  Note: a lot of the paintings feature blacklight sensitive nail polish so they will even glow.

 

Plant People Vol. 5

A piece from my Reversals series, The Light They Carry, is featured in Volume 5 of Plant People published through Plants & Poetry Journal.  It is a beautiful publication and you can check it out here.

 

Schoolyard Insults Video

So I wanted to share the teaser video that my co-conspirator, the creator of the Schoolyard Insults game that I illustrated, made to promote it.  There's still time to join the Kickstarter.

If the video doesn't load right here's the direct link.

https://youtu.be/riUoh4YgFK4?si=M5BrFvfcW8DD0jzb 

 

Chaotic Merge Magazine Issue 9

I have an alternative selfie photograph in Issue 9 of Chaotic Merge Magazine revisiting the peeling sunshade film at a local abandoned storefront.  You can check out the publication on Issuu here.

Gaslamp Pulp Volume 3

I have a short rant on behalf of the jolly old soul himself in Gaslamp Pulp Volume 3, out now from Nat 1 Publishing.  Santa Claus Gets Tech-nical.  Available on Amazon here.

 

Sublimation 2.4

One of my Reversals series digital art pieces titled Antiquated Pharmacy appeared in Sublimation 2.4: It's Okay I Have a Backup.  Available here on Amazon.

Neither Fish nor Foul

I have artwork in the September 2025 issue #5: Cake of Neither Fish nor Foul - one of my Reversals series built on perfomance documentation from my 10-year art anniversary and drawings.  Check it out here.

 

Kickstarter LIVE

The Kickstarter for the card game I did the illustrations for, Schoolyard Insults from Nat 1 Publishing, is LIVE!!!  Go and check it out here, and get yourself a copy in time for Christmas.

 

Witch Hayzelle's Recipes for Disaster: But What About Breakfast?

The third solo novella / chapbook in my Witch Hayzelle's Recipes for Disaster series But What About Breakfast? is out today through Nat 1 Publishing.  You can find it here on Amazon.

Neon Origami

My post concerning craft titled OriginAlity appeared on Neon Origami in Aug. 2025.  Read it here.

 

Micro Horrors

My series of three cosmic drabbles titled Static was published through Dreadstone Books Micro Horrors in Aug. 2025.  Find it here.

Artists of McPherson County

I have a couple of pieces in the Artists of McPherson County show at McPherson College in Kansas, opening officially later this week.  I am pleased to show my political piece Still once again, along with a totally new assemblage titled Horsepower.  The reception will happen in conjunction with Homecoming in late September 2025.

 

Positively Pets

I got to paint another yard sign for the Hutch Rec sign project - this time the theme is Positively Pets.  These will be installed for the Third Thursday Dog Days of Summer event coming up next week.  I decided to focus on a nonstandard pet and based mine on a parrot after hearing someone has been bringing their macaw with them to Third Thursdays.

The Quasar Review

I have a poem titled Adrift at Sea appearing in Issue 2: Mirror of The Quasar Review, out Aug. 7, 2025.  You can read it here.

TrashLight Press

My lyric spoken word piece SNaFu appeared on TrashLight Press' online platform with audio reading in Aug. 2025.  You can read and listen here.

Odes & Elegies

I have a handful of pieces in Odes & Elegies, as well as all of the interior illustrations, published through Nat 1 Publishing in July 2025.  Find it on Amazon here.

Lipstick & Gunpowder

I have a drabble in the Lipstick & Gunpowder anthology, edited by Sushravya Shetty and produced through Wingless Dreamer Publishing.  Available through Amazon here.

Figure Modeling

I was able to do figure modeling again today for the Hutchinson Art Center Saturday Drawing Group. I always enjoy seeing how the artists interpret the varied costumes.  This time I was inspired by Kate Greenaway's Flower Fairies for summer.

Positivity Pollinators

I created a yard sign for a Positivity Pollinators initiative in Hutchinson, Kansas, debuting tomorrow for Third Thursday.  My sign features a sphinx moth.

The Owl and the Pussycat Revisited

My poem The Owl and the Pussycat Revisited based on Edward Lear's original appears in Audience Askew Volume 4 Issue 1 through Nat 1 Publishing and available here.

New Video

I attended the virtual Pop-Up Fluxfest yesterday on Zoom and have since made a video based on the performance that I did, which involved gendered airplane baby spoons.  Feel free to check it out below.  If the window doesn't load, follow this link.

 

Looking Out: A Connected Perspective

My Haunted self-portrait photograph in Looking Out: A Connected Perspective curated through the national Women's Caucus for Art.  You can view the online gallery version here.  Runs through July 31, 2025.  Also in conjunction with this show, a Pop-Up Postcard Exhibition is scheduled for the WCA Summer Board Meeting at Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA from July 17 - 20, 2025.

Fib Review #51

I have a Fibonacci poem in The Fib Review Issue #51 through Muse Pie Press.  You can read it here.  Titled Narcissus.

Revisitations In Bloom

I hung my solo show Revisitations in Bloom at the McPherson Library today.  The show runs through Aug. 29, 2025 and includes 44 artworks in varied media, mostly working into found thrift art from my Revisitations series but also some floral photography printed 1/1 on metal.  Here are some pictures of the show hung.

Flash Phantoms

My story Tangled is published in the July 2025 issue of Flash Phantoms.  You can read it here.

Gaslamp Pulp: Florida Man

This monstrocity was my brainchild...  It's Gaslamp Pulp special edition Florida Man.  I have two stories in this strange pulp fiction publication, and did all of the illustrations using antique postcards.  Find it on Amazon here.

Harrow House Issue 1

I have a Fibonacci poem titled Drowning in the June 2025 Issue 1 of Harrow House, p. 149.  Released today.  Feel free to read here.

Post Comic Con

It was cool to finally go to a comic con - lots of fun costumes.  I kept it pretty simple as I was vending.  I am excited to share that Puppy Love has been adopted and as per my initial plan, I am donating $50 from the sale to The Trevor Project, all the more needed now.  Note: tomorrow is the last day for my photography show at McPherson Opera House so catch it while you can.  I will be taking it down Monday.

Comic Con Day 2

As I get ready to head into Day 2 of Comic Con, I wanted to post some pictures of my setup from yesterday with all the witchy themed merch, Witch Hayzelle books, and PRIDE fun.  There are even a band of Squishmallows hiding out in back (you can't see them at this angle).