Robert James Russell

1. A brand-new issue of the Ex Occultus: Wakefield’s Journal series (“The Nineveh Assignment” is posted (and FREE as always) right here.  Words by me, Art by the fabulous David Niehaus, and letters by the gregariously wonderful Jeff Pfaller. Great little story. (And, again, FREE.)

2. We’re introducing our newest Ex Occultus one-shot, “The Black King” (pictured above), and have posted some initial sketches here.  We’re going to be featuring a new page ever week starting soon, so stay tuned for this one.

I suppose I should rename these posts “Song of the week”, due to my infrequency. Ah well.

This song makes me happy and antsy at the same time.

Issue 1 of the literary journal I started with my good friend Jeff is now available (as a hardcopy or an eBook). Check out the Midwestern Gothic site for details. Oh, and there’s also subscriptions (at a very reasonable rate), if you’re interested…

My short story “The Narcissist’s Dilemma” is now up over at Joyland.  Check it out here.

So, a short story of mine, “Pulp,” was accepted in Down in the Dirt magazine in the late fall/early winter.  You can find it online here (just click on my name to read), and now, you can find it in Volume 92, which is for sale here.

The story is pretty gruesome, so be warned.

A poem of mine, “Buried,” is in the newest issue of Leaves & Flowers (“The Time Issue), a wonderful print literary journal available for only $7.50….right here. Boom.

Check out my poem “Ode to Bukowski” in the February 2011 issue of Red River Review.