It all started with INIQUITY

In about 1995, I put together two two-page newsletters of short stories. It was called "Iniquity." I just did it for fun for friends. The stories were either scary or disturbing or both. They were quite short stories. Well several of those stories have found their way into my books MORSELS: Twisted Tales of Life and Death Vol. 1 and 2. "Red Delicious" was a vampire story I wrote way back then. I expanded it and fleshed it out for my books. The story is pretty much the same but has more depth. "In The Simian Hands of God" was another short story in Iniquity about the perils of animal testing in laboratories. The original short story focused on the climactic moment of the new version. The new version is beefier, more descriptive and I think it makes the payoff much more satisfying.

There are a few stories in Iniquity that I didn't update and include in Morsels. One is a two parter called "Perp." The reason I didn't include it as well as some others was just the graphic nature of the stories. "Iniquity" was meant to be a scary, horrifying compilation while MORSELS is disturbing, quirky with twist endings. Some elements of stories in MORSELS are scary but I wasn't going for the gross out. So while "Perp" may end up in future volumes of MORSELS, it will undergo some changes to make it less objectionable.

"Iniquity" really represented my desire to put together a short story book. Over the years I've written many short stories and a good number of those stories ended up in the MORSELS books. There are a good deal more stories waiting for a home in future editions. But it all started with Iniquity.