Got a lot on my mind. Where I’ve been, where I am, where my future lies.

To the good, I just finished a new novel and submitted it to my editor. It came right after the completion of a second collection of horror stories titled Bringing in the Creeps, which was picked up for publication. I will announce that officially in due time. Behind the Shadows is steaming right along and I have a bunch of scheduled signing events in April to further promote it. I can’t thank my publisher, tara caribou with Raw Earth Ink, enough for doing a slamtastic job getting Shadows out there and I’m so proud of us both. I took out an ad for Behind the Shadows in the international horror magazine, Scream, and will be tickled as hell to see that when it prints.

I have the utmost gratitude for the upward mobility I have enjoyed in the past four years when my life changed drastically. It’s been rough and painful at times, but also some of the most joyous times I have ever known. I see things right now that break my heart, more for others than myself. I also see a light and a tunnel’s end for myself, my wife, my son and our beloved kids, family and friends. I am exhausted but quietly jubilant for having my best friend set for this journey forward and hope the darkness we’re seeing around us brightens for all when sanity prevails.

As I take a very short break from fiction writing (I already have a concept and the first chapter mentally written for the next novel), to breathe, recharge, and complete a bunch of tasks and errands I’ve put off for too long, I will see you all here Roads Lesser Traveled. Thank you for your support, as always.

–Ray Van Horn, Jr.