Goodbye 2025, Hello 2026!
Happy New Year everyone!
I just wanted to take a moment to wish you a happy near year and fill you in on everything (thus far) that you can look forward to in 2026!
And I also wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the support you’ve shown me this year. I’ve only been a published author for just under four months, and yet my debut, The Monsters Among Us, has been highly rated, won the Firebird Book Award, and nominated for a bunch more. Thank you, truly. All I’ve ever wanted was for people to read my work. You all have helped me accomplish that dream.
But without further ado:
My poem “Bleak Visions” was recently published! And while this is 2025 news, I wanted to mention it because the physical version of the zine is not yet up, but is coming soon! But if you want a PDF version, you can snag one here.
And for 2026’s timeline:
My short story “A.I. HE[ART]” will be published in March, and then followed up with the much anticipated sequel to Firebird Book Award-winning novel, The Monsters Among Us, on May 5th, IN THE WAKE OF GODS. I’m hoping to set up a Barnes & Noble signing for it, but I will certainly be doing an early giveaway, so look forward to that in April!
Also, make sure to use that Christmas money on a copy of The Monsters Among Us if you haven’t already! You’ll get the most out of In the Wake of Gods if you read that first.
As for my signings, you can look forward to seeing me at the following events:
StokerCon 2026 in Pittsburgh, PA
June 4th-7th, 2026
Dreaming Dirty in Maryland in Baltimore, MD
June 13th, 2026
Getting Witchy With It in Salem 2026 in Peabody, MA
October 10th, 2026
Books and Chocolate in Hersey, PA
November 21st, 2026
With more to come! Unofficially, you can expect to find me at the Brooklyn Book Festival again. I am merely waiting for sign ups to go live. There are a few other events I have in mind as well, but those are less certain so I’ll withhold those for now.
On the topic of events though, you may have noticed a few missing from the above lineup. Unfortunately, the Potions and Pages signing in Salem, MA and the Black Hearts Author signing in Nashville, TN have been cancelled by the event hosts. Very frustrating, but thankfully in regards to the Salem event, as you can see in the above itinerary, I was able to secure a different event in Salem to replace it. So, if you were hoping to see me at Potions and Pages (supposed to be in May), you can now come see me in October instead at Getting Witchy With It in Salem.
One other cancellation, or rather, a very likely cancellation, is the Books in Denver event I announced I would be attending a while back. The event is still happening, I just more than likely won’t be able to make it. When signing up, I thought that it would be an all day event. Turns out it lasts for a mere four hours, and considering I would have pay for flights from NY to CO, plus a hotel, for four hours of selling books…it’s just not worth it. And for that I greatly apologize to anyone in the Denver area who hoped to see me there. If things change, I will say so in a later newsletter, but its simply not feasible right now. Especially since I have a wedding and honeymoon to pay for.
Which, by the way, book sales help a ton with. So please buy The Monsters Among Us and In the Wake of Gods! The latter, by the way, is 25% at Barnes & Noble with promo code PREORDER25 until the 1st. Don’t miss out!
But over all, happy new year everyone! I hope 2026 brings us all many things to cherish and be happy about.
