Writer's spotlight

My interview with Underneath the Juniper Tree is up and ready to read! Go, go, go!!!!

http://underneaththejunipertree.com/?p=1575

Most satisfactory, indeed. :)

I'm working on a spooky old west sorta deal for a friend's zine down in Buenos Aires, but when it's finished I'll be posting it here, first.

M.I.A.

Back up in yo' ass with the resurrection!

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Evidently, turning 25 means your life becomes a whirlwind, and you're jettisoning around all over the place.

Hi there.

I'm taking this slightly sickly moment to update this little spot of the interwebz. It's been a month. Let's get to it!

First things first.

The third and final part of my short story, Orphanage, was posted in Underneath the Juniper Tree's February edition. I love how the story came out, and am proud of all the artists who collaborated with UtJT's editors in bringing the story to a wider audience.

Mayra Milk and Ivy Martin can now live happily ever after, with their routine visits to the haunted cemetery.

A couple weeks from now, UtJT will be posting a writer's spotlight on me, so you can plan on it being posted here, as well.

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Now to the meat of it all.

A month's worth of set lists, ranging from the marvelous Nerd Night to another (extra-long) stint at Club Apparition, to a pre-Valentine's Day set...whew. This will be epic.

Brace yourselves.

Here we GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

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Bats
The Box - Santa Cruz (industrial/noise/ebm/gothy/punky/post-punk/anything that wears predominantly black)

NIGHT OF THE LIVING NEEEEEERRRRRRRRRDDDDDDDDDDDSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!
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Black Room

Psychosomatic - Front Line Assembly
A Familiar Taste - Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross
Army of Me - Björk
Wreath of Barbs - Wumpscut
Automatic Love - Die Form
Chop You - Demodulate
Living the Wasted Life (Machineries Mix) - Aesthetic Perfection
Bass and Percussion - [x]-Rx



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Black Room

Go Zombie! - Zombie Girl
AK 47 - Fiendflug
Straftanz Ost - Straftanz
Fucking Negative - Alien Vampires
Ecos (Move Bastard Mix) - Hocico
Confusion (Pump Panel Mix) - New Order
The Siren - Aesthetic Perfection



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Bats
Club Apparition - San Jose (goth/deathrock/horrorpunk/new wave/industrial/ebm/noisy)

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Rituals (iVardensphere Mix) - God Module
Pharmaceutical Grade - Shiv-R
Fucking Negative - Alien Vampires
American Porn Song - 16 Volt
I Want It (iVardensphere Mix) - Zombie Girl
Ditch the Rest (Angelspit Mix) - Angelspit
Bass and Percussion - [x]-Rx
Without Emotions - Combichrist
Army of Me - Björk
My Eyes Are Red - Hex-Rx
My Violent Heart (Remix) - NIN
Living the Wasted Life (Machineries Mix) - Aesthetic Perfection
Structure - VNV Nation
Feuer Frei! (Straftanz Mix) - Nachtmahr
Vena Cava - Angelspit
Relax and Ride It (Aesthetic Perfection Mix) - Alter Der Ruine



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Bats
The Box - Santa Cruz (industrial/noise/ebm/gothy/punky/post-punk/anything that wears predominantly black)

Pre-Valentine's Day Massacre
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White Room (FINALLY.)

Do You Love Me? - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
So Alive - Love and Rockets
Some Kinda Hate - The Misfits
Garbage Man - The Cramps
Chainsaw - Skinny Puppy
Cities in Dust - Siouxsie and the Banshees
Blue Monday - New Order
Join in the Chant (Burn!) - Nitzer Ebb [kinda-sorta request]
Vogue (Em Edit) - KMFDM
I Feel Loved - Depeche Mode



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Black Room

Without Emotions - Combichrist
I Want It (iVardensphere Mix) - Zombie Girl
Pharmaceutical Grade - Shiv-R
Ecos (Move Bastard Mix) - Hocico
Boom Boom Boom - Nachtmahr
*ENCORE!!!*
Sleep Now (Angelspit Mix) - Angelspit



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Bats
The Box - Santa Cruz (industrial/noise/ebm/gothy/punky/post-punk/anything that wears predominantly black)

021912



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Black Room

Psychosomatic - Front Line Assembly
Lust - KMFDM
Courtship Dating - Crystal Castles
Army of Me - Björk
You Bet Right - The Strand
The Siren - Aesthetic Perfection
Bind, Torture, Kill - Suicide Commando
Go Zombie! - Zombie Girl



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Black Room

Straftanz Ost - Straftanz
No Frequency (Imperative Reaction Mix) - Terrorfakt
I Want It (iVardensphere mix) - Zombie Girl
Structure - VNV Nation
Fuck the System (Fukkk Offf Mix) - Cyberpunkers
Spill - Demodulate
100% - Angelspit [super rad bday request]
Ecos (Move Bastard mix) - Hocico



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Bats
The Box - Santa Cruz (industrial/noise/ebm/gothy/punky/post-punk/anything that wears predominantly black)

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White Room

So Alive - Love and Rockets
Terror Couple Kill Colonel - Bauhaus
Kiss Them For Me - Siouxsie and the Banshees
Master and Servant - Depeche Mode
Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics
Headhunter v.1.0 - Front 242
Juke-Joint Jezebel (Metropolis Mix) - KMFDM
Days of Swine and Roses (KMFDM Remix) - Thrill Kill Kult
Half Asleep - Apoptygma Berzerk
Blue Monday - New Order



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WOW. WHOLE LOTTA SETS.

And only more to come.

See you on Sunday!

WOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! PUBLICATION!!!! (part deux)

The second part of my short story, Orphanage has been published!!! You get to see Mayra Milk's especially snarkier side.

Check it out in Underneath the Juniper Tree's Winter Issue!

Awesome artwork this time around is by the artist Luis Pinto. Again, VERY flattered to have such awesome art paired with my words.

Only one more part after this one, and I'm keeping you posted as soon as it comes out! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Also: exciting literary news!!!

A spooky young adult's magazine wants to publish one of my stories!!!!!!!!!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

More concrete details are to come, but the magazine specializes in printing spooky stories for clever youths, with a penchant for Edward Gorey/Addams Family humor. And just grazing through some of the stuff they've published thus far, it's pretty fucking hardcore. I'm very proud that they enjoyed my stuff, and I can't wait to see how it goes.

YOU, my dear reader, are free to check out the story they're going to publish right here, before anyone else does, through this little blog.

I couldn't think of what to call it at the time, so I went with the character names. But, I sent it to them as Orphanage. It's about two young orphaned girls, one a bit Wednesday Addams-y, the other just a bit shy and quiet, and their friendship through all things macabre and unusual. I actually really adore them. It's not often I write things that can be described as 'cute,' but I'm proud of those girls.


So check it out!