I have a story in an amazing new anthology—House of Haunts! In 1823, Josiah Hale built his family a grand home in the sultry heat and blinding glare of the Deep South.It wasn’t long before the shadows crept in. Now, two hundred years later, this grand home […]
From Joe's writing

‘You’d asked why I never learned to swim,’ said Jenny, picking up the conversation where it had dropped off. ‘Well, good question! For one thing, I wear glasses, and I’m practically blind as a bat without them. My parents could never afford contacts,’ she looked embarrassed, ‘and I’m not sure you can wear them in the pool to begin with. I just hate not being able to see.’

— Small Things, Chapter 9