I greatly enjoy submitting my stories to independent magazines as a way to help promote smaller literary endeavors while keeping my own writing fresh, edgy, and current. I want to make sure that my imagination stays sharp and focused by continually challenging myself to produce demented tales driven by interesting characters who make my readers feel nervous and uncomfortable.

I live in southern New Jersey just outside of Philadelphia. I spend the majority of my time teaching high school English and Creative Writing at Delsea Regional High School. I have been there for over 25 years. I possess a BA and MA in English Language and Literature. I put my master’s degree to work at a local community college designing and presenting seminars for its continuing education program. So far I have created content on horror literature, noir fiction, and transgressive fiction along with presentations centered on specific authors like Chuck Palahniuk. I love to write both fiction and non-fiction, but fiction is my truest passion. I have written and published 5 novels The Gory Details, A Saturday at the Mall, Last Ditch Effort, Riding the Finger, and The Perverse Misadventures of Grampy’s Shovel Buddy. All of which fall into the thriller genre. I have also produced countless short stories over the decades which range from noir to horror to psychological thrillers.

Additionally I am the owner/operator of the DuBois Family Haunted House in Cherry Hill, NJ. It is currently entering into its 19th season of haunting entertainment. We are a backyard haunted house under two 20x20 tents. Each year boasts a newly constructed floorplan around a fresh and terrifying theme. We typically have 6-12 rooms total and anywhere from 20-60 volunteers helping us out each night. For the last five years the DuBois Family Haunted House had nearly 1000 people go through it and has been compared to professional haunts in the area with longer lines and higher ticket prices. Check it out on Facebook and Snapchat at: Duboisfamilyhaunt.

I love all things horror and noir. I love designing characters and sets and photographing them. I love collecting props and decorations to create them. I love doing horror makeup and prosthetics and then drenching them in blood or shadows. I tend to do a few photoshoots a year in addition to building the haunted house during Halloween season. If its something awkward, inappropriate, scary, and gory, I am typically 100% fully invested in it.