The Sound of One Man Clowning

While miming and other physical theatre are a large part of clowning, not all clowns are silent. And certainly not all authors who write about clowns are silent. In addition to writing stories, Robert Morgan Fisher—whose story, “I, Clown” features in Bloody Red Nose: Fifteen Fears of a Clown—is a vocal artist. So, laddies and …

The King in Grey

It appears I am not alone in casting clowns as positive rather than negative social forces. I have just discovered that “a New Zealand man facing the ax (sic) at work brought a support clown to his recent redundancy meeting…”.(New York Post). Which of course raises a rather important question. Which other figures that conjure …

Fears of a Clown Anthologies Released

Happy Friday the 13th. Both volumes of my Fears of a Clown anthology project are now available from major retailers in paperback and eBook. While actual coulrophobia is rare, many people find clowns scary rather than amusing; and modern media fans that fear. But, what if—instead of being serial killers and Scooby-Doo villains—they were victims …

Time to Be Serious

The submission window for Fears of a Clown is now closed and I've emailed an acknowledgement for all the stories I've received. So, if you've submitted but haven't had an acknowledgement yet, then let me know so I can confirm whether I received your story. Now the hard work begins for me. Because I've received …

A Growing Trepidation

The Fears of a Clown submission window has been open for slightly over a week now and I've already received some very creative perspectives on the theme. However, there's still plenty of opportunity to submit; I'm interested in great fiction not whether or not someone can get a story to me as fast as possible. …

Brushing Away Sawdust

I've received a few questions about my submission call for Fears of a Clown, both while drafting it and afterwards. I added the ones clarifying the call to the call itself, but wanted to share some of my process in drafting the call for anyone who wanted to try compiling an anthology themselves or was …

Call for Submissions: Fears of a Clown

Toward the end of last year, Misha Burnett challenged the Nasty, Brutish, and Short writing group to each compile and release an anthology this year. As Fauxpocalypse, a project he conceived, marked the start of my career as a professional author, it felt right to not only accept but dive in. So, I'm issuing a …