Memories of a Ghost, Joe DeRouen’s critically-acclaimed urban fantasy novel, is now available in audio book […]
Odds and Endings: Fiction Short and Otherwise, my first collection of short stories, will be released […]
I changed the title of my upcoming short story collection from Sundown Rising and Other Stories […]
I will be appearing at GlitchCon in Springdale, Arkanas, Friday, July 31st-August 2nd! I’ll be at the […]
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He’d been standing outside in the hallway for the last five minutes trying to put his thoughts into words, but they just wouldn’t come. Let her know how you feel, Abby said, but that was easier said than done, especially when you weren’t exactly sure how you felt in the first place. Taking a deep breath, knowing it was now or never, Paul crossed himself and then reached out to gently rap his knuckles against the closed door.

— Small Things, Chapter 16