Daniel Mowery

Writer of dark and beautiful fiction

“If you don’t have a website, how the hell are they gonna find ya? On social media? Because you know how much you love being on that.”

- Me to myself

News

MOTEL: an anthology Virtual Launch

In honor of the publication of MOTEL, a grit-lit anthology, we held a virtual launch where many of the authors read, myself included, read excerpts from our stories.

There are some great stories, some wonderful writing, and some talented authors all together in one place, and I’m honored to be among them. Click the link below to watch the recording, and hear my excerpt from a story about orphan brothers thrust into the real world, finding grief, loss, strength, and hope.

https://www.canva.com/design/DAGBK2q1lEU/ws0WywyBeO5eY5_w_2qIug/watch

3/30/24

MOTEL: an anthology has been published!

You can my story, “Wrinkles and Creases” along with 27 other amazingly talented writers and edited by the inimitable Barbara Byars at Cowboy Jamboree Press, Amazon, and Bookshop.org

http://www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/

3/26/24

Photo credits (left column): Rat Creatures from Bone by Jeff Smith. Five Night Auto LED Light, etsy.com/shop/sosickwithit/. “cracked road concrete close up,” IStock by GettyImages. Abandoned Pool House, John Potts (jpotts104), flickr.com. 425472067, golubovy, IStock by GettyImages (right column): “They Always Come Out at Night,” PeopleImages, GettyImages. 1210358179, ShutterStock. 176806804, chuntise, IStock by GettyImages. "Beast," James Smart, https://500px.com/photo/118177941/beast-by-james-smart.  (background): 2198797487, mkfilm, IStock by GettyImages.

The Walls Come Tumbling Down: A Novel (Querying 2024)

  • Nightmarish monsters

  • Blurring of dreams and reality

  • Psych horror

  • Multiple POVs, including childhood/adulthood (like structure of King’s “IT”)

  • Family drama, anxiety, toxic masculinity, and feminism

They’re back, the monsters that plunged Tristan’s childhood into terror. An unending nightmare that eradicated the boundaries between dream and reality. He had given them what they wanted, and banished them back underground, putting the years and his memories into the darkest corners of his mind.

But as he and his wife, Elaine, begin their new lives together, and the stresses build, the money tightens, and it seems like there is danger coming from every side, the nightmares begin to return. Tristan will have to keep his sanity and resolve if he is to remember how he beat them before, and what they want this time, if he is to survive, or lose everything he loves.

#darkfic #horror #familydrama