Professional Experience  
 
Adjunct Instructor, English Department, Southeast Missouri State University, 2001-present
Historian and Analyst, The Horror Review, 2008-9
Film Critic, The Horror Review, 2006-2008
Contributing Film Critic, The Horror Review, 2006

Education

M.A., English, Southeast Missouri State University, 2001, honors
B.A., Philosophy, Southeast Missouri State University, 2005, cum laude
B.A., Literature, Southeast Missouri State University, 1999, cum laude
A.A., English, Three Rivers Community College, 1997, honors

Publications

Short Stories

“Tenebrae,” Word Riot (Feb. 2007).
“The Killing Joke,” Maelstrom 4.1 (Summer 2003):  22-25.
“The Brief Speckled Existence of Chevy Dooley,” Plain Brown Wrapper (Mar. 2002).
“Nightscape,” Idiom (Nov. 2001).
“Night of Memories,” M10K (Sept. 2001).
“The Training of a Cook and a Lover,” Skandalized (Sept. 2001).
“Dutch’s Treat,” Fuzzclog (Sept. 2001).  
“The Issue of Soggy Cardboard,” ShadowShow (Aug. 2001).
“A Rich Man’s Tale:  The Case of Van S. Dollard,” Digizine (June 2001).
“The Epiphany Luncheon,” Abnormal Cripes (Dec. 1998):  3-5.

Poetry

“Afterward,” Cherry Bleeds (Mar. 2008).
“Genesis:  Statistics,” Big Toe Review (Dec. 2005).
“Arachne’s Business Deal,” Sprigg Street Gazette 2.1 (Sept. 1998):  14.

Essays & Articles

“Not My Everyman:  Moral Degeneracy  in Daniel Defoe’s Character of Robinson Crusoe,” Dissident Voice (Nov. 2009).
“Black Christ and His Invisible Brother on the Cross:  Race and Religion in H.P. Lovecraft’s ‘The Dunwich Horror’,” Lucrezia (Oct. 2008).  [Portions of this article have since been excerpted and translated into Polish, Czech, and Persian]
“Zarathustra . . . Cthulhu . Meursault:  Existential Futility in H.P. Lovecraft’s ‘The Call of Cthulhu’,” The Horror Review (Oct. 2008).
“Fair Game:  Animal and Plant Rights and the Right to Life and Death,” The Smoking Poet (Fall 2008).
“Defending the King:  An Examination of Academia’s Reaction to Stephen King Being Awarded the National Book Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters,” The Horror Review (Aug.  2008).
“The Paradox of Survival:  Why Mass Depopulation is Humanity’s Only Hope,” The Externalist: A Journal of Perspectives 8 (June 2008):  4-8.  Editor’s Choice
“The Passion of the Snuff:  How the MPAA Allowed a Horror Film to Irreparably Scar Countless Young Minds in the Name of Religion,” American Atheist (Apr. 2008):  17-8.
“Old Bull Lee Waves the Black Flag:  Politics in William S. Burroughs’s Naked Lunch,” Literary Kicks (Feb. 2008).
“Is God a Capitalist? or An Open Door to Expediency:  The Synonymous Ethical Ramifications of Capitalism and Christianity,” Clockwise Cat  7 (Feb. 2008).
“The Why and How of Organics,” Corrupt (Dec. 2007).
«Κανένα σύμβολο δεν ήταν σκόπιμο: Μια μελέτη του συμβολισμού και της νύξης στο Περιμένοντας τον Γκοντό του Μπέκετ», DROMENA 16 (Fall 2007):  68-79.  [Greek translation of a previously published article in Apmonia, included as part of a Beckett retrospective]
“Revisiting Doctor Orwell:  The Illness of Nationalism,” Dissident Voice (Sept. 2007).
“In Defense of Misanthropy:  A Philosophic Justification for Preference for Non-Human Organisms,” Animal Liberation Front (Sept. 2007).
“The Issue of Guardianship Verses Ownership as Presented by the Missouri Veterinary Medical Association,” Herbivore (August 2007).  Cover Story
“Roger Ebert’s Bloody Ax:  An Examination of the Film Critic’s Elitist Dismissal of the Horror Film,” The Horror Review (July 2007).
“I Can’t Discuss Glen Morgan’s New Film, [Censored] [Censored], Because Liberty Counsel Says It’s Rude:  Race, Religious Tolerance, Ethics, and Aesthetics and the 21st Century Holiday Horror Film,” The Horror Review (Dec. 2006).
“Fearful Meditations:  An Annotated Bibliography of Studies in Horror Cinema,” The Horror Review (Oct. 2006).
“So You Want to Be a Movie Critic, Eh?” The Horror Review (Sept. 2006).
400+ film reviews.  The Horror Review (2006-2008).
“‘No Symbol Where None Intended’:  A Study of Symbolism and Allusion in Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot,” Apmonia (May 2001).
“Protective Coating: Bearing the Weight of Pynchon Using the Spectrum of Freud’s Insight,” The Spermatikos Logos (Apr. 2000).

Book Reviews

Jack Ketchum.  Red.  The Horror Review (Dec. 2007).
Bret Easton Ellis.  American Psycho.  The Horror Review (Sept. 2007).
Marquis de Sade.  120 Days of Sodom.  The Horror Review (Aug. 2007).
John Hawkes.  The Lime Twig.  The Horror Review (Aug. 2007).
Franz Kafka.  The Metamorphosis.  The Horror Review (Aug. 2007).
Bentley Little.  The Association.  The Horror Review (July 2007).
Robert Kirkman, et al.  Marvel Zombies.  The Horror Review (July 2007).
Stephen King.  Cell.  The Horror Review (July 2007).
D. Harlan Wilson.  Dr. Identity, or, Farewell to Plaquedemia.  The Horror Review (June 2007).
Andrew Migliore and John Strysik, eds.  The Lurker in the Lobby:  A Guide to the Cinema of H.P. Lovecraft.  The Horror Review (Aug. 2006).
Thomas Pynchon.  Mason & Dixon.  The Spermatikos Logos (May 2000).

Interviews

“The Writer:  An Interview with Bentley Little,” The Horror Review (Oct. 2007). 
“Behind Leslie Vernon:  An Interview with Nathan Baesel,” The Horror Review (Aug. 2007). 
“Wrestling with a Demon:  An Interview with David DeFalco,” The Horror Review (Sept. 2006). 

Editing

Co-editor (with Tom Quirk, Joe Benevento, and W.D. Blackmon) “Literary Landmarks,” Missouri Life (Oct./Nov. 2009):  64.
Co-editor (with Alex Birch).  “Transportation” Corrupt (Dec. 2007). 
Co-editor (with Robert Brodmerkel and Nate Yapp).  “100 Greatest Dead Teenager Movies” The Horror Review (July 2007). 
Editor, William S. Burroughs Internet Database, 2000-present.

Productions

“Phase 1:  A Hyper Art Experiment in Social Cognition in the Global Village,” Southeast Missouri State University, Directed by the author, Starring Latham Hunter, Apr. 2003.
“Apartment of Atreus,” Southeast Missouri State University, Directed by the author, Starring Latham Hunter and Holly Kruse, Mar. 2002.
“A Quiet Evening with René Magritte,” Southeast Missouri State University, Directed by the author, Starring Latham Hunter and the author, Oct. 2000.
“Find-a-Poet,” Southeast Missouri State University, Directed by and starring the author, Sept. 1999.
“Postmodernism Personified,” Southeast Missouri State University, Directed by and starring the author, Mar. 1999.
“The Found Papers and Søren Kierkegaard,” Southeast Missouri State University, Directed by and starring the author, Sept. 1998.

Presentations

“Edgar Allan Poe,” Millennial Symposium of the Arts, Southeast Missouri State University, Mar. 2000.
“Circularity in Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot,” Classical Reader’s Guild, Southeast Missouri State University, Nov. 1999.
“Absurdity in John Barth’s The Floating Opera,” Classical Reader’s Guild, Southeast Missouri State University, Aug. 1999.
“Christian Symbolism in Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea,” Classical Reader’s Guild, Southeast Missouri State University, May 1998.

Recognition

Cited, “Black Humor,” Starsummary, Sept. 2008.
Editor’s Choice, “The Paradox of Survival:  Why Mass Depopulation is Humanity’s Only Hope,” The Externalist: A Journal of Perspectives, June 2008.
Cited, “Albert Camus:  Caligula and Three Other Plays,” Dividing Line, Feb. 2008.
Cited, “Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Marble Faun,” American Literature Resource, Jan. 2008.
Awarded, Ne Plus Ultra Award for Exceptional Dedication to Teaching, CrimethInc. Ex-Workers’ Collective, Fall 2007.
Cited, “Pinocchio’s Revenge,” Blue Rider Pictures, Sept. 2007.
Cited, “Next Door,” TLA Releasing, Aug. 2007.
Cited, Roger Ebert, “Movie Answer Man,” RogerEbert.com, July 20, 2007.
Cited, Nate Yapp, “Ebert, AFI, and the Dead Teenager Movie,” Classic-Horror, July 2007.
Cited, Glasseyepix.com (Homepage of production company Glass Eye Pix and director Larry Fessenden), June 2007.
Cited, author D. Harlan Wilson’s personal website, June 2007.
Listed, Moviefone, Apr. 2007.
Cited, TrickyPictures.net (Homepage of director Alex Turner), Feb. 2007.
Awarded, Who’s Who of Emerging Leaders, 2007.
Cited, “Horror Roundtable V,” Deadpit, Jan. 2007.
Included, Curriculum, Stacey Carter’s Introduction to the Art of Film, State University of West Georgia, Spring 2007.
Cited, Deborah James’s study guide for Blake Brooker’s “Dream Machine,” A One Yellow Rabbit (Calgary) Production, The National Arts Centre English Theatre, Directed by Blake Brooker, Starring Denise Clark, David Rhymer, Onalea Gilberston, David Van Belle, Andy Curtis, Michael Green, and Blake Brooker, Oct. 17-28, 2006.
Awarded, Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2006-7.
Listed, Featured Film Critic, Internet Movie Database, 2006-7.
Listed, Top Ten Reviews, 2006.
Cited, Robert Brodmerkel, “The Descent,” The Horror Review, Aug. 2006.
Awarded, Who’s Who in American Education, 2006-8.
Awarded, Who’s Who in America, 2005, 2007.
Cited, Max Braverman, “Clinical Truth, Sigmund Freud, and Gravity’s Rainbow,” 20^th Century Literature Conference, Louisville, KY, Feb. 26, 2003.
First Place, Fiction, Sigma Tau Delta Writing Contest, Southeast Missouri State University, 2001.