Museums: October, 2025

I've started a new monthly tracker—museums—both general visits as well as specific, limited exhibits. Nonprofit museums already rely heavily on donors, but when it comes to historic homes, every single visitor is critical to their livelihood, and word-of-mouth is some of the best promotion there is. So I've decided to start leaving reviews as a small contribution to their continued success and encourage you to visit these locations if you're ever in the neighborhood!

Lyndhurst Mansion
Exhibit: Alexander Jackson Davis: Designer of Dreams

Fraunces Tavern Museum 

The Morgan Library & Museum
Exhibit: A Lively Mind: Jane Austen at 250 

Old Westbury Gardens
Exhibit: Secrets of the Service Wing

You're welcome to check out my Google profile for full reviews and photos from each of these visits! 

Translation: Omicidio nel profondo sud

The Italian translation of Southernmost Murder, Omicidio del profondo sud is now available through Triskell Edizioni!

Blurb: Mistero e romance a Key West: un tesoro di pirati, uno scheletro e una coppia in pericolo tra amore e segreti.

Aubrey Grant vive nel paradiso tropicale di Key West: un grazioso cottage, una Vespa rosa e un lavoro perfetto come curatore di una dimora storica appartenuta a un vecchio capitano navale. Con l’arrivo in città di Jun Tanaka, l’affascinante agente dell’FBI con cui flirta da tempo, Aubrey è pronto a godersi una settimana indimenticabile… nonostante i suoi frequenti attacchi di narcolessia.

Ma i piani vanno in frantumi quando, nel ripostiglio della casa degli Smith, viene ritrovato uno scheletro. Improvvisamente Aubrey e Jun si ritrovano coinvolti in un mistero che intreccia il leggendario tesoro di un pirata e un assassino pronto a tutto pur di impossessarsene. E non basta: persino lo spirito inquieto del capitano Smith sembra intenzionato a metterli in guardia.
Tra segreti, pericoli e desideri, riusciranno uno storico e un agente speciale a risolvere il mistero… e a proteggere la loro relazione appena nata?

Spin off della serie Snow & Winter.

Publisher: Triskell Edizioni
Series: standalone

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Translation: Le massacre de Broadway

The French translation of the third Memento Mori book, Broadway Butchery, is now available as Le massacre de Broadway, with Juno Publishing!

Blurb: La brigade des affaires non résolues de la police de New York est surchargée de travail et en sous-effectif, mais elle bénéficie d’une bonne presse grâce à son inspecteur vedette, Everett Larkin. Sa mémoire étonnante et ses capacités de déduction dignes d’Holmes ont déjà permis de capturer un tueur en série. Maintenant, il a identifié un deuxième prédateur et mis fin à son règne de terreur qui durait depuis plus de vingt ans.

Des travaux de routine dans une boutique de souvenirs de Broadway conduisent à la découverte d’une femme momifiée dans un mur. Et lorsque Larkin reçoit une mystérieuse cassette VHS la même nuit, il sait qu’il ne s’agit pas d’une coïncidence. S’attendant à ce qu’un artefact de deuil de l’époque victorienne fasse surface dans ce nouveau mystère, Larkin ne tarde pas à demander de l’aide à son petit ami Ira Doyle, de la Forensic Artists Unit.

Un réseau de victimes anonymes, d’innombrables suspects et des mensonges sans fin entraînent Larkin et Doyle dans les méandres du passé de Times Square, rouvrant des blessures douloureuses et mettant à l’épreuve la solidité de leur relation. Et pendant ce temps, quelqu’un les observe, attendant son heure jusqu’à ce qu’il ne puisse faire d’Everett Larkin rien d’autre... qu’un souvenir.

Publisher: Éditions Juno Publishing
Series: Memento Mori
#: 3

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Reads: October, 2025

Every year I start out with the best of intentions... one day I won't miss out on posting for months at a time. Anyway, here's the handful of books I read and reviewed over the summer!

Relief Valve (The Plumber's Mate: Book Two) by J.L. Merrow

Heat Trap (The Plumber's Mate: Book Three) by J.L. Merrow

Blow Down (The Plumber's Mate: Book Four) by J.L. Merrow

Lock Nut (The Plumber's Mate: Book Five) by J.L. Merrow

I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Ian Reid

As always, these reviews are cross-posted at Goodreads, BookBub, and now StoryGraph, and I invite new friends and followers! 

Praise for Hudson River Homicides

All About Romance gives Hudson River Homicides an A rating, saying: Tightly plotted, totally gripping, and deeply romantic, Hudson River Homicides was one of my most eagerly anticipated books of 2025, and it absolutely did not disappoint, and the author finds the space to drop one of the most beautiful – and so perfectly them – declarations of love I’ve read:

"Thank you for following me."
"To the ends of the Earth."
"Earth is spherical."
"Yeah, it is."

The fourth installment of the Memento Mori series was also chosen as one of Barnes & Noble's Top Indie Favorites for August, so if you're a NOOK reader and haven't yet grabbed Larkin and Doyle's latest mystery—now is the time!

Thank you for all the support you've shown this book. It was a true labor of love and I'm so happy to see it being enjoyed by thousands of readers. 

Sountrack: Hudson River Homicides

Hudson River Homicides is finally available, which means I'm here to share the soundtrack of the book! Some of these songs matched the vibe a scene had when I was writing, but most of them were just really good at injecting dopamine into my veins and so were left on repeat for days or weeks at a time.

Any guesses as to which song was listened to the most? 

I Like It - Alesso, Nate Smith

 

 

More Than You Know - Axwell /\ Ingrosso

 

 

me & ur ghost - blackbear

 

 

Bekhauf - Bloodywood, feat. BABYMETAL

 

 

Hypa Hypa - Electric Callboy

 

 

A Tear In Space - Glass Animals

 

 

Automatic - half-alive

 

 

Whatever It Takes - Imagine Dragons

 

 

Material Girl - Madonna

 

 

Play With Fire - Sam Tinnesz, feat. Yacht Money

 

 

Cradles - Sub Urban

Release: Hudson River Homicides

It's been two years and something like five re-writes, but Hudson River Homicides (Memento Mori 4) is not only finished, it's finally live for your reading pleasure. To say this book was a labor of love would be an understatement. I gave it 200% of myself—skills, imagination, sweat, blood, tears, and then some. I wanted the mystery to be above and beyond the previous three, and for the romance to touch those deepest and most intimate parts of our heart. But more than anything, I wanted the reader to feel seen, to feel represented, to be able to step away from a reality that's been overwhelming for so many of us, and feel safe with Larkin and Doyle.

I hope I've accomplished this for you. You can pick up Book 4 at any online retailer, but if you purchase from my direct storefront at PayHip, you not only help an author by cutting out the middleman, but I offer permanent discounts—including on new releases like Hudson. Purchase links are below! 

Blurb: The Cold Case Squad has a problem: Someone won’t stop taunting Detective Everett Larkin. He’s been able to apprehend some of the worst criminals to ever stalk the streets of New York City, thanks in great part to forensic artist and boyfriend, Ira Doyle, but after their last case, events have taken a turn for the worse.

A body recovered from the Hudson River bears a message addressed to Larkin and another token from Victorian mourning culture. As nineteenth-century hair jewelry leads Larkin deeper into the growing tangle of interconnected crimes, it becomes evident that solving these mysteries will come at a profound cost. To be a good detective, Larkin will have to endure sleepless nights—lest the sender act on their threat against his partner—as well as put his relationship on the line when clues lead in the direction of Doyle’s past.

What began as a game of cat and mouse has turned into a fight for love and life itself.

Available: Online ebook retailers
(paperback will release next week)
Title: Hudson River Homicides
Series: Memento Mori
Book #: Four
Cover Art: Reese Dante
Audiobook: Kale Williams
(production begins December, 2025)

Add to your Goodreads and BookBub shelves today!

Translation: Il mistero degli spiriti

The Italian edition of The Mystery of the Spirits (Snow & Winter: Book Five) is available with Triskell Edizioni! Il mistero degli spiriti (Snow & Winter Vol. 5) is available in ebook and paperback with online retailers.

Blurb: L’antiquario Sebastian Snow e il detective della Omicidi Calvin Winter sono felicemente sposati da un anno e mezzo, e in tutto questo tempo nessun mistero è giunto a turbare la loro quiete domestica.

Una mattina, però, il tenente di Calvin si presenta all’Emporium per chiedere informazioni su uno strano oggetto noto con il nome di spiritoscopio, e di colpo Sebastian si trova costretto a rispolverare il suo berretto da investigatore dilettante. La sua sconfinata conoscenza in materia di reperti vittoriani, infatti, lo porta a essere assunto come consulente del dipartimento di polizia di New York, mettendolo in contrasto con il marito. E quando i corpi cominciano ad accumularsi, starà a lui decifrare gli indizi per risolvere il caso e salvare il suo matrimonio.

Publisher: Triskell Edizioni
Series: Snow & Winter
Vol.: 5

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Translation: Il macellaio di Broadway

The Italian edition of Broadway Butchery (Memento Mori: Book Three) is available with Quixote Edizioni! Il macellaio di Broadway (Memento Mori 3) is available in ebook and paperback with online retailers.

Blurb: La squadra Casi Irrisolti della polizia di New York è oberata di lavoro e a corto di personale, ma sta ricevendo un’ottima pubblicità grazie alla star del momento, il detective Everett Larkin. La sua memoria straordinaria e la sua capacità di deduzione che quasi ricorda Sherlock Holmes hanno già portato alla cattura di un serial killer. Ora ha identificato un secondo predatore e ha posto fine al suo regno di terrore durato più di vent’anni.

Una ristrutturazione di routine in un negozio di souvenir di Broadway porta alla scoperta di una donna mummificata nel muro. Quando quella stessa notte Larkin riceve una misteriosa videocassetta, sa che non si tratta di una coincidenza. Sicuro che anche in questo nuovo mistero emergerà un manufatto di lutto vittoriano, Larkin non perde tempo e si rivolge al fidanzato Ira Doyle dell’unità Artisti Forensi per chiedere aiuto.

Una rete di vittime senza nome, innumerevoli sospettati e infinite bugie trascinano Larkin e Doyle nel profondo del passato di Times Square, riaprendo ferite dolorose e mettendo alla prova la forza del loro rapporto. E nel frattempo, qualcuno li osserva, aspettando di poter fare di Everett Larkin solo… un ricordo.

Publisher: Quixote Edizioni
Series: Memento Mori
Vol: 2

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Translation: Les meurtres du métro

The French edition of Subway Slayings (Memento Mori: Book Two) is available with Éditions Juno Publishing! Les meurtres du métro (Memento Mori #2) is currently available in ebook and paperback with online retailers.

Blurb: L’inspecteur Everett Larkin, de la brigade des Cold Cases de la ville de New York, est en arrêt maladie depuis qu’il a arrêté le tueur en série responsable de ce que les médias ont appelé les « meurtres au masque de mort ». Mais Larkin n’a pas oublié qu’un autre memento – un autre mort – attend d’être retrouvé.

L’été est marqué par la découverte macabre de restes humains dans le métro, mais les indices renvoient à l’une des affaires déjà ouvertes par Larkin, qui reprend donc du service. Et lorsqu’une photographie post-mortem, semblable à celles prises à l’époque victorienne, est retrouvée sur les lieux, Larkin demande l’aide de l’homme le plus qualifié qu’il connaisse : l’inspecteur Ira Doyle de la Forensic Artists Unit.

Une affaire non résolue qui a souffert d’une vision étroite, ainsi que la déconstruction des portraits de mort, conduisent Larkin et Doyle dans un labyrinthe plus complexe que les tunnels sous Manhattan. Et comme si cette enquête ne suffisait pas, tous deux se demandent comment aborder l’intimité grandissante qui les lie. Car parfois, l’amour est plus dangereux que le meurtre.

Publisher: Éditions Juno Publishing
Series: Memento Mori
#: 2

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10-year publishing anniversary

10 years....

10 years ago, to the day, was the publication and release of a teeny-tiny romantic short story by no-name author, C.S. Poe.

And since then, there's been 15 novels, 5 novellas, 5 short stories, 18 audiobooks, 23 translations across French, German, and Italian, 1 co-writer, countless appearances at conventions, panels, and workshops, and relationships with some of the most talented editors, artists, narrators, translators, publishing houses, fellow authors, and the folks who made such success even possible: readers.

June 1, 2015, I released Love Has No Expiration, and because readers took a chance on me then, I was able to get the Snow & Winter series published, which solidified my presence in the gay mystery genre. I've been able to commit time and resources to my passion project, Magic & Steam, and write what is now my most popular and successful series, Memento Mori.

I wanted to have the second edition of Love Has No Expiration published in June, a sort of come full circle, thing, but hey, it'll happen. In the meantime, I'm working on finishing the much-anticipated Hudson River Homicides, as well as a number of other really awesome projects I can't wait to share! Thank you for your support—whether you've been with me since 2015 or just discovered my work today—thank you.

 

C.S. Poe 

Pre-order: Memento Mori Italian special edition

Quixote Edizioni surprised readers with a pre-order for Memento Mori special edition paperbacks! Books 1 - 3 have sprayed edge art (yes, the series will be complete as books become available in Italian!) and they look so, so cool. Pre-orders are open until June 22 and ship after July 7. Visit here for direct links to Omicidi al Madison Square Park, I delitti della metropolitana, and Il macellaio di Broadway.

If you prefer the ebook of Il macellaio di Broadway, the pre-order just became available at Amazon and will release on June 16!

Blurb: La squadra Casi Irrisolti della polizia di New York è oberata di lavoro e a corto di personale, ma sta ricevendo un’ottima pubblicità grazie alla star del momento, il detective Everett Larkin. La sua memoria straordinaria e la sua capacità di deduzione che quasi ricorda Sherlock Holmes hanno già portato alla cattura di un serial killer. Ora ha identificato un secondo predatore e ha posto fine al suo regno di terrore durato più di vent’anni.

Una ristrutturazione di routine in un negozio di souvenir di Broadway porta alla scoperta di una donna mummificata nel muro. Quando quella stessa notte Larkin riceve una misteriosa videocassetta, sa che non si tratta di una coincidenza. Sicuro che anche in questo nuovo mistero emergerà un manufatto di lutto vittoriano, Larkin non perde tempo e si rivolge al fidanzato Ira Doyle dell’unità Artisti Forensi per chiedere aiuto.

Una rete di vittime senza nome, innumerevoli sospettati e infinite bugie trascinano Larkin e Doyle nel profondo del passato di Times Square, riaprendo ferite dolorose e mettendo alla prova la forza del loro rapporto. E nel frattempo, qualcuno li osserva, aspettando di poter fare di Everett Larkin solo… un ricordo.

Sale: Subway Slayings

"I like that look you have."

"What look."

"The one that says you're thinking all those great big Holmesian thoughts."

Today in 1859, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born, and now I'm celebrating the creator of one of literature's most beloved detectives with a nod, a wink, and a sale! For the next 48 hours only, Subway Slayings (Memento Mori 2) is on sale for only 99c with all vendors! If you (or a bookish friend) has been meaning to continue the mysteries of Larkin and Doyle, now is a great time to take advantage of a sale.

Blurb: Detective Everett Larkin of New York City’s Cold Case Squad has been on medical leave since catching the serial killer responsible for what the media has dubbed the “Death Mask Murders.” But Larkin hasn’t forgotten that another memento—another death—is waiting to be found.

Summer brings the grisly discovery of human remains in the subway system, but the clues point to one of Larkin’s already-open cases, so he resumes active duty. And when a postmortem photograph, akin to those taken during the Victorian Era, is located at the scene, Larkin requests aid from the most qualified man he knows: Detective Ira Doyle of the Forensic Artists Unit.

An unsolved case that suffered from tunnel vision, as well as the deconstruction of death portraits, leads Larkin and Doyle down a rabbit hole more complex than the tunnels beneath Manhattan. And if this investigation isn’t enough, both are struggling with how to address the growing intimacy between them. Because sometimes, love is more grave than murder.

Reads: April, 2025

Another month of reading and reviewing! Not too much this time around, but both were absolutely fantastic.

Pressure Head (The Plumber's Mate: Book One) by J.L. Merrow

Pin-up Grrrls: Feminism, Sexuality, Popular Culture by Maria Elena Buszek

Reviews are cross-posted to both Goodreads and BookBub and I welcome followers! Happy reading to everyone in the month of May.

Sale: Il mistero del corvo

The Italian edition of The Mystery of Nevermore (Snow & Winter: Book One)—Il mistero del corvo, published with Triskell Edizioni, is on sale exclusively at Amazon.it! Until April 28, the first book in my award-winning amateur sleuth mystery series is only 2,99€. If you think your Italian-language reader friends might enjoy the antics of Sebastian Snow, please let them know about this special sale!

Pick up the e-book here.

Blurb: È Natale a New York, e Sebastian Snow desidera solo che gli affari vadano bene e che la sua relazione con Neil Millett, un detective della Scientifica non ancora dichiarato, riesca a sopravvivere alle loro continue crisi. Ma quando qualcuno si introduce nel suo negozio, l’Antique Emporium, e lascia un cuore sotto le assi del pavimento, Sebastian si lascia prendere dalla curiosità e comincia a ficcare il naso in giro, determinato a risolvere il mistero.

Ben presto si trova quindi invischiato in un’indagine su una serie di delitti che riecheggiano i macabri scritti di Edgar Allan Poe. Mentre la sua relazione con Neil va in frantumi, Sebastian comincia a subire il fascino di Calvin Winter, il detective incaricato del caso.

Riusciranno i due a ignorare la reciproca attrazione e a trovare l’assassino prima che Sebastian diventi la prossima vittima?

Reads: March, 2025

And I'm back! Here are my March reads, as well as some long overdue reviews.

Wet Screams (Critter Catchers: Level Up: Book 2) by Hank Edwards

A Dash of Town Bronze (Town Bronze: Book 3.5) by Ellie Thomas

Dressing for the Occasion (Town Bronze: Book 4) by Ellie Thomas 

I Am Dynamite!: A Life of Nietzsche by Sue Prideaux 

The 7-10 Split (Peach Blossom: Book 1) by Karmen Lee

As always, my reviews are cross-posted at both Goodreads and BookBub and I'd love for you to follow me! Here's to more good reads in April.

Translation: Les meurtres de Madison Square

The French edition of Madison Square Murders (Memento Mori: Book One) is available with Éditions Juno Publishing! Les meurtres de Madison Square (Memento Mori #1) is currently available in ebook with online retailers.

Blurb: Everett Larkin travaille pour la Cold Case Squad : un groupe de détectives d’élite – bien qu’en sous-effectif et surchargé de travail – qui élucide les morts oubliées de la ville de New York. Larkin est différent des autres, mais ses capacités de déduction sont inégalées et sa mémoire des moindres détails n’a pas d’égale.

Aussi, lorsqu’un orage de printemps déracine un arbre dans Madison Square Park, mettant à jour une caisse avec des restes humains à l’intérieur, le meilleur détective de l’équipe se retrouve chargé de l’affaire. Et quand un masque mortuaire, semblable à ceux de l’époque victorienne, est trouvé avec le corps, Larkin demande l’aide de la Forensic Artists Unit et la reçoit sous la forme de l’inspecteur Ira Doyle, son opposé en tous points.

Un raisonnement factuel et une reconstruction faciale mettent Larkin et Doyle sur la piste d’anciennes affaires d’homicide et d’un meurtrier obsédé par le portrait moulé de ses victimes dans la mort. Si l’on ajoute à cela un flirt sans complaisance de la part de Doyle, cette affaire pourrait bien finir par tuer Everett Larkin.

Publisher: Éditions Juno Publishing
Series: Memento Mori
#: 1

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Translation: Il mistero delle ossa

The Italian edition of The Mystery of the Bones (Snow & Winter: Book Four) is available with Triskell Edizioni! Il mistero delle ossa (Snow & Winter Vol. 4) is available in ebook and paperback with online retailers.

Blurb: È trascorso un anno dal macabro ritrovamento che ha portato al fatidico incontro tra l’antiquario con il pallino dell’investigazione Sebastian Snow e il detective della Omicidi Calvin Winter. Da allora, la pazienza, la sanità mentale e l’incolumità di entrambi hanno subito infinite minacce e scossoni, ma il loro legame è più saldo che mai, e Sebastian sembra deciso a stare alla larga da indagini e misteri per dedicarsi all’organizzazione del suo imminente matrimonio.

Una mattina, però, all’Emporium viene recapitato un pacchetto con dentro una testa mozzata e uno strano biglietto che sembra volerlo richiamare all’azione. L’antiquario è determinato a non cedere alla curiosità e a non lasciarsi invischiare, ma quando una serie di efferati omicidi collegati alla famigerata “Guerra delle ossa” sviluppatasi in ambito paleontologico in età vittoriana rischia di colpire le persone a lui più care, per Sebastian diventa impossibile restare in disparte mentre la polizia brancola nel buio. Soprattutto perché la posta in gioco, stavolta, è la vita di Calvin.

Publisher: Triskell Edizioni
Series: Snow & Winter
Vol.: 4

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Reads: January, 2025

I'm back to sharing my monthly reads (albeit late) but I'm being kind to myself, as it's a bit of trial and error when returning to the groove of things after the length of burnout I experienced. That aside, here were the books I reviewed for January:

All That Remains: A Renowned Forensic Scientist on Death, Mortality, and Solving Crimes by Sue Black

Mapping Murder: The Secrets of Geographical Profiling by David Canter

I'm hoping to get in some more fiction reading soon, and have implemented this plan in the form of a book club! If you'd like to be a part of this, please consider joining my Facebook group, C.S. Poe's Curious & Mysterious. We will be voting on the first book February 20 and the winner will be announced February 25. We'll read this title throughout March and meet at the end of the month in a fun and laid back Zoom chat to gush about the experience. 

In the meantime, I always post my reviews at Goodreads and BookBub and welcome to followers!

Conventions: 2025 appearances

 

I will be in attendance at three events in 2025 as a registered author! Will I have the chance to see you at any of these fantastic book conventions?

Coastal Magic Convention: Daytona Beach, FL, Feb. 20 - 23

RomantiConn: Trumbull, CT, Jul. 25 - 26

GRL: Scottsdale, AZ, Oct. 10 - 11

Sale: Curio

Until January 31, my latest short story and chaotic rom-com Curio is on sale for only .99c! This sale is exclusive to my direct shop and no checkout code is needed. Grab yourself a copy and decompress this weekend with secondhand shop owner Lew, hot guy and habitual customer Henry, and Lew's ridiculous Aunt Julia with her dyed green hair.

Check out my shop here.

Blurb: Llewellyn Cooper and his aunt Julia run Curio Cabinet in New York City’s West Village, where the clientele is as strange as the junk being amassed in their secondhand shop. Llewellyn and Julia have been as thick as thieves his entire life, and Llewellyn can’t imagine being anywhere else six days a week—even if Julia’s bizarre habits and inappropriate conversations drive him crazy. That’s family, though, right?

When Llewellyn drums up the nerve to chat with a routine customer—in part due to curiosity, as Henry McLaughlin returns time and again to purchase nothing but old photographs, but also because the bearded and bow tie–wearing man is the finest thing to ever step foot inside Curio—it seems like Llewellyn will finally have a plus-one for future RSVPs. But just when things start looking up in the romance department, it turns out Henry might be too strange for the Cooper family.

And that’s saying something.

Sale: 25% off audiobooks

Until January 31, 2025 all of the audiobooks for sale at my direct shop will be 25% off! These titles are already cheaper than the Whispersync prices, which means if you want to indulge in the entire Snow & Winter series, you can grab all five books for only $25, which is a pretty mean steal. Also available are my standalone novels Southernmost Murder and Color of You, and my spec-fic novella, 11:59.

All audiobooks will be available for listening on your Bookfunnel app, which is free to download on both Android and iOS.

Hit up my shop Emporium Press and use code at checkout: AUDIO25 and thank you for your support!

2025 with C.S. Poe

Welcome to 2025!

I love January 1st. It has always felt like a natural do-over, a chance to get projects, goals, or plans implemented with a freshly cleaned slate. And to keep that sensation alive, I always deep-clean my house on New Year's Eve, open the windows to let out one year while allowing in the next, and stay up to welcome the change at midnight. And after the rough year I had in 2024, if you told me to hold my breath, dance on one foot, and throw corn at myself for additional good luck, I'd probably do it. I jokingly quote Michael Scott from The Office: I'm not superstitious, but I am a little stitious.

One lesson I took from 2024 is that I will no longer be assigning upcoming books a release date until the manuscript is finished. It's simply too much pressure, which complicates the artistry of writing. And the reader letdown when I've had to cancel pre-orders as well as my self-imposed guilt is simply no bueno. So as I head into 2025, release dates will be shared once I've completed the manuscript. Pre-orders will become available while the book is in edits, since that's a surefire schedule with my amazing team of editors at the helm.

So what can readers expect from me in 2025? A lot. I'm brimming with ideas—a whole heap of cool shit I can't talk about quite yet (a little stitious, remember?) but rest assured, it's in the works and I'm stoked about it! What I am willing to talk about is Memento Mori and Magic & Steam. As many are aware, I'm actively writing Hudson River Homicides, the fourth title in Memento Mori, after several re-writes and burn out, and that will be the first release of the year. Afterward, I'll be returning to Gillian and Gunner's steampunk universe to write and release the long-awaited fourth title in Magic & Steam, The Councilman.

I'll be in attendance at several book events in 2025, including Coastal Magic Convention in Daytona Beach, Florida, RomantiConn in Trumbull, Connecticut, and the annual return to GayRomLit, this time in Scottsdale, Arizona. I hope to see you at any one of these locations!

Otherwise, I plan to keep using this blog to share my book releases and sales, reviews of books I've read and movies watched, and maybe some new character-related content as well. And if you want to stay apprised with my production schedule, available free reads, and much more, be sure to follow my social media accounts or sign up for my newsletter. You can find all of that here.

Thank you for supporting my writing. This June will be my tenth year as a professionally published author, and that simply wouldn't be the case if it wasn't for readers like you. We're going to make this a great year together!

Sale: Curiosities & Subway

Celebrate the New Year with some mysteries! Pick up Book 2 in Snow & Winter, The Mystery of the Curiosities, or Book 2 in Memento Mori, Subway Slayings, for only 99c during the month of January, exclusively at Kobo!

New to either of these series? Never fear! Meet amateur sleuth Sebastian Snow and his homicide detective love interest Calvin Winter in The Mystery of Nevermore. Or join Cold Case detective Everett Larkin and his forensic artist partner and love interest Ira Doyle in Madison Square Murders.

Snow & Winter 2 Blurb: Life has been great for Sebastian Snow. The Emporium is thriving and his relationship with NYPD homicide detective, Calvin Winter, is everything he’s ever wanted. With Valentine’s Day around the corner, Sebastian’s sole concern is whether Calvin would enjoy a romantic date. It’s only when an unknown assailant smashes the Emporium’s window and leaves a peculiar note behind that all holiday plans get pushed aside in favor of another mystery.

Sebastian is quickly swept up in a series of grisly yet seemingly unrelated murders. The only connection tying the deaths together are curiosities from the lost museum of P.T. Barnum. Despite Calvin’s attempts to keep Sebastian out of the investigation, someone is forcing his hand, and it becomes apparent that the entire charade exists for Sebastian to solve. But with each clue that brings him closer to the killer, he’s led deeper into Calvin’s official cases.

It’s more than just Sebastian’s livelihood and relationship on the line—it’s his very life.

Memento Mori 2 Blurb: Detective Everett Larkin of New York City’s Cold Case Squad has been on medical leave since catching the serial killer responsible for what the media has dubbed the “Death Mask Murders.” But Larkin hasn’t forgotten that another memento—another death—is waiting to be found.

Summer brings the grisly discovery of human remains in the subway system, but the clues point to one of Larkin’s already-open cases, so he resumes active duty. And when a postmortem photograph, akin to those taken during the Victorian Era, is located at the scene, Larkin requests aid from the most qualified man he knows: Detective Ira Doyle of the Forensic Artists Unit.

An unsolved case that suffered from tunnel vision, as well as the deconstruction of death portraits, leads Larkin and Doyle down a rabbit hole more complex than the tunnels beneath Manhattan. And if this investigation isn’t enough, both are struggling with how to address the growing intimacy between them. Because sometimes, love is more grave than murder.