Theatre Macabre at Frightmare in the Falls!

 

This weekend, I'll be at Frightmare in the Falls!

I have two books out this month!

THEATRE MACABRE is a short collection of poetry about the theatre!

Each poem has a photograph before it. I took and manipulated all of the photos with some help from Canva and some of their graphics and photos. 

The cover was created by Dinis Freitas (as all Great Lakes Horror Company covers are created!) Dinis was also on Big Brother Canada in the 2024 (and last) season. 

Formatting was done by Kody Boye. I gave it my best shot, but Kody had to take the reins!

Thank you to all my patrons on Patreon for supporting me while I write!

Theatre Macabre is my first poetry book. I've dabbled in poetry on and off over my entire life. I've had many poems published. I've written a few songs. I've considered poetry collections before and have even assembled some incomplete ones but never published them as 1) I didn't finish writing enough poems or 2) publishing was different twenty years ago. 

Now that publishing is easier,  I thought that maybe I'd try my hand at a poetry series. I was on the last few poems when I told Andrew Robertson I was publishing a poetry book. He offered Great Lakes Publishing to put it out. Of course, I jumped at the chance. Great Lakes does a great job with my work so far! The next poetry book after Theatre Macabre will be centered around amusement parks!

The poetry in Theatre Macabre is all new and unpublished. A couple of the poems were written a few years ago, but most were written this year. 

I had over fifty photos I pulled from my photos over the past decade to use for the book, but in the end, I only used a few. It was SO HARD to decide which ones to use. That's how I knew that I would make a series. I have more cool photos to play with. 

The photos are purposely manipulated in the mouths and eyes. 

I hope you like THEATRE MACABRE!

Don't forget to leave a review. It really helps.

    I'll be reading from Theatre Macabre

 at Little Ghosts Books in Toronto on January 18, 2025.

The event is from 1 -3. 

Of course, everything is subject to change. 

Liz Worth is launching her new poetry book and invited me to be part of the presentation. 

When I know if more authors are added, I'll post on social media. 

Liz Worth and I are sharing a table at Frightmare in the Falls, October 25-27. 

We'll both have copies of our new books there as well as copies of our other work. 

I also have released the first few chapters of Serial Vlogger into print form for readers who don't want to click on twenty-something links to read our story so far!

Serial Vlogger is a horror story and social commentary.

We follow the lives of several characters; some are vloggers, some watch the vloggers, all crave a better life.

In the city, there's something sinister roaming the streets. Watch for the white vans...they are the first clue.