As I’ve mentioned several times, I quite enjoy putting real locations in my books. I feel like it’s a little easter egg when you recognize a real place in fiction, and it’s one of those things I really enjoy when I’m reading a book. In The Artifact, there are three major houses, and all three […]

I just finished the first draft of the second Parata Occult Mystery book, tentatively titled The Betrayed. In honor of this occasion, I thought I’d introduce you to one of my favorite new recurring characters, Rev’s new partner, Rae: New Orleans, Louisiana: 12:49 PM, Sunday, October 14th, 1984 I sat at a worn table in […]

One of the things that occurs a lot towards the end of The Artifact is that Rev finds himself in black rituals, where cultists gather and intone in guttural, alien languages while they attempt to tap into unknowable energies. So there are sections where Rev’s ears are assaulted with phrases like this: Nafl mnahn’ ah r’luh, llll […]

As I’ve mentioned in various places, I’ve taken some of the research for the Parata books to an extreme, using real locations and actual Lovecraftian lore wherever I could. As an example, here’s an excerpt of a house Rev investigates as he hunts for the Jar of Nephren-Ka. Below the excerpt, you’ll find the floorplan for […]