Goddamn. I really didn't expect things to get this bad this quickly. Look, I have a bunch of posts lined up, but, real talk, I'm a Latine man living in America in 2025. The plan was to start posting consistently again, build an audience here, and add some kind of donation option to this site. But now, not even a month later, with America crumbling, it feels like the patient approach isn't viable anymore.
My Current Projects
It's been so long since I've written one of these. If you've been with me for a while on here, things've changed. First and foremost, I have a really, really hard time writing "cool stuff" these days. Comics, badass heroes, rad weapons--all of that takes a backseat to intent now; I focus way more on what I'm saying with a story and way less on how awesome its parts are...
Welcome to Inktrap
Finally, after ages of being "House of Error," I've rebranded the site to "Inktrap." Why Inktrap? I feel like it's an appropriate term for what all of us get stuck in, as writers. The practice of writing is as unforgiving as it is addicting. Couple that with how brutally unrewarding it's getting and "Inktrap" feels like a fitting moniker. A grizzled, old smoker's way of talking about what we do. "Gonna get ready for bed, start washing dishes, and get caught in that goddamn inktrap again--I know it."
Future Plans
To some degree, this is a post I never, ever wanted to write, but I think, overall, it's for the best that I write it. The world is getting darker lately. I was fortunate enough to get through my surgery, back to a state where I'm largely functional, and that's great. But at the same... Continue Reading →
4 Years in Vignettes
Hi. Apologies for, once again, taking forever to post here. To be totally blunt, I knew I wanted to talk about my experiences with reconstructive surgery, but I didn't know how I wanted to talk about it. My initial drafts of this post were incredibly dark and bitter in a way that wasn't constructive. They... Continue Reading →
Hello There
Well, well, well. It has been literal years. Sorry to be away for so long, but, as I said in my last post, my life got extremely real and I wasn't planning to post again unless I got published. So, about that: https://www.thenosleeppodcast.com/episodes/s21/21x11 As of today, I got published in the premium version of the... Continue Reading →
My Story, “A Facet of That Faceless Death,” was Featured on the NoSleep Podcast!
The feature image of this post was made by Thea Arnman for Season 21, Episode 11 of the NoSleep Podcast. Eight years after my short, "Aixa the Hexcaster," was published at Mirror Dance Fantasy, I have finally been published again. This time, however, it's a Sci-Fi/Horror short that was fully voice-acted on the NoSleep Podcast:... Continue Reading →
It Looks Like Goodbye for Now
I want to start by thanking everyone who's been with me for what I only just realized was a nearly-two-year-long spree of weekly posts. I really, really appreciate everyone who's stopped by and all of the support you've shown. The plan was to change the appearance of this site and start posting new, more elaborate... Continue Reading →
A February Break – Just Tired
Keeping it extremely short today and just saying that I was depressed all week. I should rephrase that; I wasn't "depressed" as in "synonymous with 'sad'." No, I was actually hit hard with depression. The kind that stops you from doing anything, where you think about every bad thing that's ever happened to you and... Continue Reading →
A January Break – It’s Cold and I’m Tired from Editing
Today, I finally implemented a few tiny changes I wanted to make in the early chapters of Memory. The kind that you know you want to make before you know what they are--if that makes sense. The result of a gut feeling that something's off, lingering so hard it becomes some cousin of Writer's Block... Continue Reading →
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