I found these old cars in an auto shop in Pipersville, Pennsylvania.

Ringing Rock Park

Pennsauken, NJ

View from Old River Road.

View from the Pennsauken River Line Station.

Tainted Tea Summer 2010 Issue

Featuring stories stories by Allen D. Reed, Theresa Nienaber, Donna Burgess and D.A. Hernandez; poetry by Adelaide Windsome; artwork by Simon Walsgrove, Lawrence Boos a.k.a. Undead Ed, Adelaide Windsome and J. Toogood; and features by Jim Kennedy and Tim Yockey.

Download it here. Also, don't forget to to grab the first issue, Fall 2009, for free.

Free Magazine!!!

It's been almost one year, and the magazine is still going strong. We will publish the fourth issue later this month, and to celebrate our anniversary, the first issue is now FREE.

Download Fall 2009 on Tainted Tea's Web site. Our first issue features stories by M.C. Brody, Rick McQuiston, Jess Fowler, and me, narrative poetry by David Petteys, and features by Jim Kennedy and Tim Yockey, plus great photos by J. Toogood.

Did I mention it's free?

An Update on Patrick Wensink

Dark humor writer, Patrick Wensink (I reviewed his first book Sex Dungeon For Sale! awhile ago) recently had a short film made from the title story of his first book.

Check it out on YouTube.

Donate to Tainted Tea

Help my magazine, Tainted Tea, by donating on IndieGoGo. Click the image above. Funds raised will go toward paying the writers and artists who contribute, producing a print magazine, and other funding including cash prizes for an upcoming design contest.

Donate two dollars or more to get free issues and your name published in the magazine.

New Portfolio Look

I did a redesign for my portfolio Web site, complete with more colors besides black and white and a PayPal "Donate" button (hey, I can dream, right?)

Movie Review: Toy Story 3

It's fantastic. Go see it.

Neil Gaiman! Joe Hill!!! And Five New Writers I Love!!!

On June 15, Shane R. Toogood and I attended a panel discussion on popular fiction with Neil Gaiman, Lawrence Block, Walter Mosley, Kat Howard, Joe Hill, Kurt Andersen, and Jeffrey Ford at Columbia University.

How was it?

THE BEST NIGHT EVER!!! I sat on Ivy League benches, walked on Ivy League grass, and fell in love with Ivy League libraries.

And also listened to masters of the craft discuss writing. (Pictured below.)

(Photo by Shane)

Read more about it on Tainted Tea's blog. Here's a sample: To paraphrase Gaiman, fiction is about making the reader turn the page, asking the question "And then what happened?" Everything is about disappearing into a world of fiction.

Short Story: A Few Thoughts on Catholicism

Suddenly, it dawns on you. What if another dictator comes to power, this time with a vendetta against the Catholics? And what if his power reaches across the sea to you?

Because there is no written record of how you stopped caring about all religion. But there is a paper trail a mile long about your Catholic upbringing. You graduated from a Catholic grade school, graduated from a Catholic high school. You come from a family of devout Catholics, the kind that donates money to the Catholic church and volunteers at Catholic events.

And your parents. Religious apathy is one sore subject between you and them. They would never tell that army you are no longer one of them. In their eyes, this would be the perfect way to get you back in the church. And surely, they will think, our child will no longer burn in hell because our child has died a martyr with us.

Even if they did defend you, no one would believe them anyway.

You sure hope that doesn't happen.

And then, you go on with your day.

We Made Five Dollars YEAH!

Help Tainted Tea reach $500 by September!

Spring 2010 Available NOW!

Download Tainted Tea's issue at Lulu.com And don't forget to check out the Web site, too.

I also posted Tainted Tea on IndieGoGo, a fundraising Web site. Help this aspiring writer/editor by donating. You'll get free copies!

Struggling with the Writer's Block. So here's this image I created with text and two rectangles.

In Bloom

With a Rebel Yell, She Cries, "MOORE, MOORE, MOORE"

I met my favorite writer, Christopher Moore!

He said he knew he wanted to be writer since he was 16 but didn't finish a book until 32. That gives me hope. And he called me an alpha nerd due to my amazing kitty hoodie. It's okay though, I think my hoodie is wicked cool (Thanks Jess Fowler!).

See MOORE about this (okay, no Moore puns. Seriously, this time) on Tainted Tea's blog.

Parking Lot Seagulls

Did you ever wonder why seagulls migrate to parking lots? What drives them from the seashore with lots of water, sand, and mollusks to the Springfield Mall parking lot?

I'll never know. Anyway, here's this photo I took while I was waiting for a bus a few weeks ago.

New Video! Make a Tea Cup Out of String

Man, one video and a bunch of flowing water photos today. I am kicking some blogging ass! Wow, I feel accomplished.

Water, Water Everywhere

"Homunculus" by Sam Stephens

I know, this is the second time in a row that I've posted a video from Channel Frederator.

But just watch it. It's more stop motion. This time, it's with monsters, cannibalism, and it's just fucking awesome. It'll make your life like 100 times better.