One of the craziest facts regarding my Dallas transplant: I managed to land in a small condo complex next door to a couple of Catholic missionaries. They’ve never spoken to me or acknowledged my presence. It’s been seven years, and I’m certain it has absolutely nothing to do with the rubber chicken I have strapped to a pentagram in my window.
It’s art, you judgmental bastards. It’s Voodoo Trump Chicken, and he protects us from the ghosts of my Oak Cliff neighbors who’ve been unjustly gunned down by Dallas PD over the years. That line’s around the corner, folks. I wish I had the extra stock to fill my library outside. The crack skanks keep stealing the books and selling them to the pawn shops. To be honest, it’s more exposure as an author than I’d get on social media. Horrible people have hard times forgetting when good people resort to horrible solutions. Like elephants, the Gatekeeper’s pawns. So content with wiping their own asses on blank pages to satiate the fetishes of the likeminded wisps, but I digress.
Don’t I always?
In the wee moments of the morning, I graced the witching hour with my presence. That bowl wasn’t going to finish itself, and there’s no room for things left unfinished on a Saturday night. In my experience, Sunday brings clarity, and I wasn’t quite done being unclear. Damn, now that I read back over that paragraph, that’s not bad advice.
There’s no room for things left unfinished on a Saturday night. Sunday brings clarity.
My wife just contributed to my thoughts and brought me back into the here and now: Orgasm or exorcism; what goes on in God’s condo?
On a side note, she apologized for the fish smells coming from the kitchen. I told her it was no problem, even though fish turned out to be one of my allergies. I never ate it anyway, mostly because it smelled like fish. Still, I don’t mind fish smells coming from the kitchen. It’s a kitchen. It’s when it comes from the bedroom; that’s when you should call a professional.
Last night, as I wafted crop toward the Texas heavens, I heard the distinct sound of leather upon flesh; on repeat and rhythmic. What I couldn’t tell was whether or not the woman’s wimpers were in pleasure, pain, or punishment. It was emanating from the Jesus Timeshare.
The owners of that residence only return home about once per quarter. From what I’ve been told by the other tenants of our tiny community, they allow other members of their order to stay in the unit in their absence. There is a large Catholic church a couple of blocks away and a massive Mexican/Latino/Hispanic population within walking distance. For the last couple of months, the condo’s visitors are a nun and a priest. That, or they frequent costume balls and vampire cosplay events.
I’m not sure what the Catholic rules are about getting freaky with the help, but the media reminds me often how men with power negate rules. Was he beating a demon out of this chick? Was she beating a demon out of him; let’s be fair in 2026? Sometimes, everyone just needs a good, old slap on the ass to get us where we need to go.
Just make sure it’s all within the ages and reasonings of consent. To hell with the rules, traditions, and crusty old books that would rather your funny bits shrivel and rot. Find someone who looks at you the way house cats stare when reporting back to our alien overlords. Make someone feel loved. Receive a similar sentiment. It’s a beautiful thing.
If you’ve never had the type of simultaneous orgasms where the both of you burst out into laughter and give each other a high five, then are you even alive?
Nuns and priests included. Preach truths, toke jokes, and shoplift Amazon. All hail the squirting sisters of St. Mary’s!
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To most, 1865 was an eye-opening year. The American Civil War was officially over and the soldiers fortunate enough to survive the bloody conflict returned home to collect the pieces of their former lives. To young Arizonan, Robert Jack, the fateful desert homecoming marked the end to all he once knew. Forgiveness is overrated. Death is final. Revenge, however, dances between the fine lines of mortality and eternity. Love always finds a way.
“Reading Jim Walker and the Redemption Hymn is equal parts quirky fun and riveting action. Cloud’s confident, entertaining voice draws the reader in like an old radio western: the perfect bite-sized story with a main character you’re ready to follow through every adventure he finds himself on. So, tune in next time…”
– Megan Stockton, author of Lovely, Dark & Deep
The history books would read that Jim Walker was brutally executed after the Battle of Goliad, but a few promises in the right ear blurred the contrast between blood and ink. Now an aging bounty hunter on the verge of retirement, his services are requested in the Northern Arizona Territory to solve the terrifying mystery of the Verde River Massacre. With guns from a local Deputy, courage from a saloon proprietor, and a deathbed confession from an all-too-familiar Medicine Woman, Jim sets off on what could be his final adventure. Will he lay the ghosts of his past to rest once and for all, or is he simply whistling his Redemption Hymn?
“Someone call DC and tell them this is how you write a female hero character!” – Lisa Lee Tone, Bibliophelia Templum
Angel Burns is a young firefighter with a shrouded history. During a routine night at work, she stumbles upon a demonic ceremony that brings her memories out of hiding – as well as her repressed supernatural powers. Angel soon learns her life was intended for things greater than extinguishing fires for mortals. Now on the payroll of the Vatican, Angel embarks upon an epic quest to protect the Gutenberg Bibles from evil. If successful, she will secure peace for generations. If she fails, the power of the ancient books will bestow an eternity of darkness upon all humanity!
Toby Liberman is nearing the end of his rope. After a fateful confrontation with his wife’s lover, he is chased into the woods only to be discovered by an unidentifiable creature. He is attacked and rendered unconscious. Upon waking at the scene of a gruesome triple homicide, Toby is arrested as the sole suspect and thrown into a jail cell with a strange man that knows way too much about his predicament. The stranger reveals to Toby that he now possesses the curse of the werewolf. Using his new-found strength to flee his captors, Toby begins to discover that things are not what they seem in the sleepy town of Twin Oaks, TX. Now hunted by law enforcement, as well as the town’s gun toting civilians, Toby seeks vengeance against his false accusers and embarks upon a quest to clear his name once and for all.
A Curse Beyond Comprehension. A Power Beyond Belief. A Girl Far From Home. Katie Liberman is your typical eighteen-year-old college student…or at least that’s what her family thinks. Picking up five years after the events of A Taste of Home, Katie has dropped out of school and embarked upon a dangerous quest to find Kurt Jimmerson, the New York City attorney responsible for her family’s werewolf curse. Unknown to her, the attorney’s grip on the ‘City That Never Sleeps’ is tighter than imagined and she’ll need any and all help available to be victorious. But… where do you find friends when you’re Far From Home?
Twin Oaks, Texas is at war! Taking place immediately after the Far From Home events in New York City, Katie Liberman has returned to rescue her birthplace from the clutches of her nemesis. As the paranormal battle of North vs. South rages in the shadows, the tiny town must decide to fight against the odds or become one with the darkness. Blood will be shed and only one will survive as the final battle of the Home Series concludes.
I know this is the part where I’m supposed to talk about the book, but I feel as though the synopsis needs its own preface to truly understand. 2023 was quite an eye-opening year! I began it by living my dream as a vintage steam locomotive fireman, but that dream was soon squashed thanks to my writing career. It won’t matter that you wrote your extreme horror offerings years ago and under a pen name. Also, it won’t matter that your publisher and author friends from days gone by express pleasantries and kind, nurturing words to your face, because they’ll clique-up and talk trash the minute you turn your back. F**k the biz, create. Create for art, not clicks. Click for love, not hate. Those are words true artists should have no issues living by, yet most seem to hide behind their keyboard shields, flinging ill-thought words of destruction toward once-trusted ears. Don’t pour something into everything; pour everything into something. Do it all by yourself if necessary. With any luck, 2024 will be the year of The Reverend. I’m not exactly sure what that means yet, but we’ll find out together. Anyway, here are a few short stories and poems I wrote as C. Derick Miller in 2023. I stole them from myself. Fair and square. Enjoy.
Poetry has always come naturally to me. Whether it is an expression of emotion toward someone I care about, or a display of humor pointed in the direction of those I loathe, it is my true outlet. Several of these works were written in a passenger seat while exploring the highways of the United States and somehow managed to survive “The Great Ex-Wife/Ex-Girlfriend Poetry Purge” of 2019. Others were penned during COVID-19 quarantine. Although it may not be the most epic poetry collection you’ve ever read, it all contains bits of blood and soul. You will feel something. Guaranteed.
“This profound collection of horror brings classic monsters into new light in the modern day” – B.L. Blankenship, God Walks The Dark Hills series.
The modern world is a crazy place. Worrying about childish politicians, empty grocery store shelves, and our pending membership to the “global disease of the week” club, it leaves very little time for the average reader to finish an entire novel. This is where Six from Five Seven: Short Stories from a Short Man comes in clutch! A story per day to keep the impending apocalypse away, with a single day left over to contemplate why you purchased this book in the first place. That sounds like an entertaining week when compared to the one you were destined to have regardless. What do a cursed husband, a privileged brat, a curious prostitute, a repressed savior, a vengeful son, and two hell-bound soldiers have in common? Their stories lie within the pages of this collection and invite you to tag along on their journeys of fate, redemption, and demise. When finished, you, dear reader, can hide this book inside your basement with the rest of those important documents you wished you’d never taken home. The FBI won’t be happy, but at least they’ll know you’re a cool person for owning a copy while conducting the raid. That must count for something, right? Let’s hope the judge thinks so!
Also, there’s a few other things not listed here that are floating around out there. Best of luck with the hunt.
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Rev. Dare Cloud
Reverend · adjective. worthy of adoration or reverence. synonyms: sublime · sacred.
is a Dallas author, musician, and gonzo journalist. Some of his works include the controversial splatter-western Starving Zoe (written as C. Derick Miller), the Taste of Home trilogy, and the ongoing Jim Walker series. His literary crushes are (of course) Hunter S. Thompson, J.D. Salinger, and Kevin Smith. Preach truths, toke jokes, and shoplift Amazon.
“You’ve got to press it on you You’ve just been thinking That’s what you do, baby Hold it down, Dare!” – Gorillaz
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