MATTHEW LOWES

My latest horror short story, “The Music of Timothy Shean,” will be published in Dark Recesses Magazine. I’ve only just heard the news and will post again as I hear more about when it will appear. The magazine has recently been restructured and the new team appears to be doing a fantastic job. Their website [...]

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The first draft of my new book, Dark Mage of Midgard, has passed the 50,000 word mark and is just about half finished. The summer writing intensive is really going well, and my plan to write at least 1000 words every day this month is adding up to some really satisfying chapters. The work this [...]

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The first draft of my new book, Dark Mage of Midgard, has passed the 30,000 word mark. I plan to write another 40 to 50 thousand over the summer, and hopefully have a complete first draft by the end of the year. I’m really happy with the work so far. A lot of exciting things [...]

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“Crawlspace” appears in SNM Horror’s June issue, and places 3rd in thier monthly short story contest. The magazine is online now and available for reading. Hope you enjoy it.

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My story “Crawlspace” will be appearing in the June issue of SNM Horror Magazine. Find out what happens when a man becomes convinced that there is something horrible living in the crawlspace of his house. “Crawlspace” was the second story I wrote with some connection to the strange town of Auxerre, Wisconsin. In this case [...]

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I was all excited to return to the Santa Barbara Writers Conference in June, but it’s been canceled this year due to the slow economy. This isn’t new news but as June approaches I thought I would mention it. The event was a lot of fun last year and well worth while. The conference is [...]

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After another good day of writing, Dark Mage of Midgard has passed the 12,000 word mark. Still just the beginning, but the story is well under way. You’re not going to find any spoilers here though. I can only say that I’m very excited about what’s happened so far, and even more excited about what [...]

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After spending several weeks on preproduction type work for Dark Mage of Midgard, doing research, outlining, working out new characters and storylines, I finally started really writing yesterday. Today I finished the first chapter. It’s off and rolling and I’m very excited. I’ll post updates periodically as the work progresses.

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The 5th draft of Journey to Elara is finished, highly polished, and ready to send out to agents and editors for their consideration. I will be sending out the first queries this week. More of my full attention can now turn to writing book two. I’m very excited about upcoming developments in the story and [...]

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Some music brings happiness and joy, contentment and hope, but some music has dire consequences. And you must know that these consequences are madness and death. When Dylan McAllister finds a notebook hidden in a secret compartment of an old piano, he soon discovers a music that should never be heard by human ears. I [...]

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