Welcome to the internet home of American fantasist, author, and general dork Craig Wolf. Wipe your feet, put out that nasty cigarette, and make yourself at home. Or don't. Your call. Who the hell is this guy, anyway? Craig Wolf (hereafter referred to as me, I, or dumbass) is the author of a nifty collection of short stories called PRESSURE POINTS, and a skullbanger of a horror novel called TRESPASS. Your collection is emptier without these fine works. Take my word on this.

October 2008 message

Anyone who has visited this site, and who knows me from various conventions and internet chatty places will no doubt notice that I’ve entered a quiet period, one that’s lasted almost two years. There have been two reasons for this: the first is that I’ve completed, revised, shopped, and revised some more, two novels in this period, and thus have produced little new short fiction for a while. The working titles of the novels in question are QUEEN OF ALL THE NIGHTBIRDS and LONG UNDER DARKNESS. Things had looked promising for NIGHTBIRDS finding a home this year, but alas, it didn’t come about. I’m optimistic about both novels, though, and will post any news about either of them here as I’m able to.

The other reason for my quiet period has been my traitorous eyes. I was diagnosed with a disease called keratoconus a little over two years ago, and since then it’s been a long series of experiments with different contact lenses and combinations of lenses. I’ve gone through lengthy periods of discomfort, and through it all my vision has deteriorated, which has had a terrible impact on my reading and on my literary output. The endgame has been reached, which in my case means corneal transplants. (Well, okay, blindness would be the actual endgame, but I don’t think that’s going to happen.) The first of these should happen soon, and I’m going to run a blog about this (and other things, as well, since I am so shy about offering my opinion on all manner of sundries) called Raving And Drooling. Expect updates to be infrequent right after the operation, but I expect that once my really bad eye is taken care of, I’ll be back in the swing of things.

In other news, I will be the Literary Guest of Honor at TrickConTreat 2008, October 3-5. This is a fun con, and I am both delighted and honored to be invited as GoH. If you’re in the woods, come on by. This one has something for everyone, including the little ones, and is run by some truly great folks. I’m hooked in with a group of Oklahoma horror writers called, oddly enough, Oklahoma Horror Writers. It’s essentially a sort of promotional co-op (of which I have been capable of sadly little, lately) and features some terrific writers who hail from these parts. Check it out.