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Midnight Garden – Available Now

From Wordcrafter Press, Midnight Garden: Where Dark Tales Grow features “The Blackest Ink” by Paul Martz, plus 20 other fabulously dark stories by many talented authors, including Paul Kane, El Rodman, DL Mullan, Joseph Carrabis, Robbie Cheadle, Denise Aparo, Jon Shannon, Zack Elafy, Robb T. White, Abe Margel, Julie Jones, Molly Ertel, Peter McKay, Kaye Lynne Booth, Daneka Scrimshaw, and M.J. Mallon

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Cover of Without Brakes, Fingers Crossed. A man dangles over an abyss with mountains in the background.

Without Brakes, Fingers Crossed – Available Now

“A wall. A doorway. A yawning chasm. A bridge. Unable to see the signs, we race to what lies ahead. Do you surrender, screaming into the darkness? Or summon the strength and courage to endure an uncertain future?”

Thirteen stories from the creative minds of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, including “The Tamarisk Hunter” by Paolo Bacigalupi. Co-edited by Paul Martz and Linda Ditchkus.

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Paper & Wire

Read Paul’s stories and other works. Print and electronic media.

Midnight Garden

“”The Blackest Ink” appears in Midnight Garden, an anthology of dark fiction. Watch the trailer.

Limbo Rock

Read “Limbo Rock” online at Punk Noir Magazine.

Without Brakes, Fingers Crossed

Without Brakes, Fingers Crossed – The 2024 RMFW anthology, co-edited by Paul Martz and Linda Ditchkus.

More Than Electric Sheep

Read “More Than Electric Sheep” online at Uncharted Magazine.

Wild, Uncivilized Tales

“The Re-creation of Sahmik Ghee” appears in Wild: Uncivilized Tales, also available as an audiobook.

The Day After Christmas

Read “The Day After Christmas” online at Magnets & Ladders.

“Jimmy’s Hat” appears in First Encounters (out of print – contact for availability)

“Strong Interactions” appears in Second Law (out of print – contact for availability)

“Mutations of the RUDL Gene …” appears in Joy to the Worlds (out of print – contact for availability)

Day 3 – Midnight Garden Tour

If you’re looking for the Midnight Garden virtual book tour, you’ve come to the right spot! I’m honored to be a contributing author to this outstanding anthology from Wordcrafter Press. Even cooler: I’m hosting fellow contributor Joseph Carrabis. Read on…

“The Blackest Ink” in Midnight Garden

You can do a lot of things with carbon atoms. Sixty of them can be arranged in a hollow sphere called fullerene. Arrange them in a sheet with the thickness of a single atom to create graphene, or line them…