https://www.craigstrickland.net/home daily 1.0 2025-06-07 https://www.craigstrickland.net/bio daily 0.75 2025-06-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/1607569802550-RBPJCEBXAWZSAJX1MPLL/Craig+above+Lake.jpg Bio Craig is married with two grown kids. He takes advantage of the California seasons, bodysurfing at the coast (inspiring the town “San Malo” in Seven Clocks) and hiking in the mountains of Big Bear (general setting for both Falling Off the Mountain and The Snowfall Snuffings, Book Four in his Touch series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/1608053359319-SKWAZXHM9DNU47HMM5A9/Henry+Wadsworth+Longfellow.jpg Bio Craig is a relative of acclaimed nineteenth century poet & writer Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/1608053461061-CF7JHDHZXXGTT033QP6Q/Wolfman+flipped.jpg Bio When Craig was a kid, horror movie icon Lon Chaney, Jr. (the Wolfman, Dracula, Frankenstein, the Mummy) moved in across the street—and Craig used to mow his lawn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/1607570047323-UZTP8RXCJZ1GRXBXH5AF/Craig+and+Caddy.jpg Bio When not writing, he loves learning of other cultures through traveling, which in turn gives him more stories to tell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/1607570981553-CISVZFHVEQZIU0G9VIGL/Craig+in+Israel.jpg Bio Craig has visited Japan, Russia, South America, the Mideast, Vietnam, Italy & Greece—as well as many states in the U.S., including Texas (the Galveston Bay area inspired the storm-ridden fictional town “Thunderclap” in his Touch series). https://www.craigstrickland.net/future daily 0.75 2025-06-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/d6787e8d-9bff-4358-8ff3-4c73bd77d203/The+Spider+Bite+3D.png Future With only a touch, Michael Calrissi can read your thoughts. His psychic skills, however, are a double-edged sword: an effective tool for tracking down serial killers, but an obstacle for keeping friends or lovers. In “The Spider Bite Murders,” he investigates a string of disappearances in a remote California forest. Soon, Calrissi psychically pries into the secrets of both his detective partner and a would-be girlfriend, alienating both. His skill also reveals that something—or someone—is living in the oaky canyons, using deadly spiders as a weapon. Can Calrissi channel his abilities and crack the ghoulish case, rebuild the bridges he’s torched, and save the lives of the two people closest to him? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/da1038d7-aec5-45a6-8e08-0d09605e0191/Banner+BEST.png Future - The Touch Series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/1608493108834-ELNHF7TEO4D1HWDLCEGN/Falling+jonathan-leppan-NaYX53RcfjM-unsplash.jpg Future (Coming-of-Age YA from a boy’s perspective - READERS: COMING SOON - AGENTS: PLEASE INQUIRE) Tommy, 17, has to figure out Elaine, his “perfect” girlfriend, and her mind-blowing past. Then he realizes his best friend’s somehow morphed into a methhead and is about to go off the rails. Just to pile on, Tommy’s always tried hard not to think about his dead mom and what happened when she died— but suddenly more memories of her flash back each day… The clock’s ticking. It’s spring now, but he’s only got until summer to deal —with all of it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/1608493173870-GAOYJSLS2UCMGY6BLELP/Falling+julian-hochgesang-MVHRwriudOM-unsplash.jpg Future Midnight. Snow whispered against the panes, and Dad snored from down the hall. I was wide awake, Elaine’s words looping in my mind: “Tommy, I’m leaving in three months...” She’d called after dinner. Her voice was low, almost a whisper. Neither of us can afford a cell, and their phone was corded. So, zero privacy. I pictured her mother, hovering there like a vulture. “Leaving?” It came out like a foreign word. My brain felt fuzzy and slow. “Mom’s moving me the day after graduation.” “Like, to another cabin in Pine Knot?” “No, Tommy. Listen. She's moving me out of California…” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/1605632504079-3IWP7DELCVT6DTMBCOHD/Seven+Clocks+gryffyn-m-ehEop0SZluE-unsplash+flipped.jpg Future https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/1608224574150-785CKY2FM4IBPBSBPJD7/Seven+Clocks+jonathan-cosens-photography-K-NCV0iQJZ8-unsplash+Filter.jpg Future https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/1608224719753-1B3XBCRQ9HZEPJ8M61HH/Seven+Flipped+paolo-bendandi-s8Wrjl8-AeY-unsplash.jpg Future https://www.craigstrickland.net/past daily 0.75 2025-06-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/1605841384802-H0MZ9EMLQXGJYINY9Y6V/%5Bremoval.ai%5D_tmp-5fb6bbcfd668f.png Past Credits include numerous newspaper articles, including reviews and humor columns. A podcast tale is online at PSEUDOPOD, and a story was in e-book format on FICTIONWISE. More fiction for adults is published in magazines such as NOIR, PORTENTS, TERMINAL FRIGHT, BLOOD REVIEW, BRONTE STREET, in the acclaimed Canadian publication ON SPEC, and MYSTERY WEEKLY MAGAZINE. Representation in anthologies include AIR FISH, OCTOBER DREAMS and BARE BONES. Stories appear in three volumes of Chicken Soup for the Soul. Nationally-distributed books include the popular middle-readers: “Scary Stories From 1313 Wicked Way” and “Scary Stories For Sleepovers #8.” https://www.craigstrickland.net/books daily 0.75 2025-06-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/1605755041487-OJ7NEHE8GMZUGCMLJZPI/Copy+of+Wicked.JPG Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/1605754964124-MAIRCI4GTELRDY1TWHWR/Copy+of+Sleepovers+%238.jpg Books https://www.craigstrickland.net/future-1 daily 0.75 2021-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/1625358196983-GL99TYCZWNL0K00NRXOF/Lodge+at+Fear+Summit+-+Craig+Strickland+GIF.gif Future (Copy) https://www.craigstrickland.net/lodge-promo daily 0.75 2022-03-09 https://www.craigstrickland.net/credits daily 0.75 2025-06-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/1625849883482-AAX1DZTKSUC4HUUWTX0N/Unsplash+-+White+on+Black.jpeg Credits Homepage: Rachel Coyne, Timothy Eberly, Vincent Burkhead. Future page: Chris Lawton, Jonathan Leppan, Julian Hochgesang, Sharon McCutcheon, Marcus Lange, gyffyn m, Jonathan Cosens, Paolo Bendandi, Zoltan Tasi, Photoholgic & Luigi Boccardo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/3620382a-ff2e-464f-ae45-dcb9e57dddb3/Pixabay+Logo.png Credits - Homepage video: Coverr-Free-Footage; footer video: Stephanie Jockschat, both on pixabay. Thanks! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/1625849794116-B1A7L51ZG1IW80TA23B8/fiverr-logo-2018-titled.png Credits Promo page art: Creative Valleys https://www.craigstrickland.net/new-page daily 0.75 2021-10-08 https://www.craigstrickland.net/book-club-page daily 0.75 2024-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/eb7937c3-25e7-4412-9f87-3cf1131d30ac/Zoom+Logo.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/b534aafc-50f1-4e5e-bcd7-23e811128bca/The+Spider+Bite+3D.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/ae6a0e2c-a5d0-40cf-91dc-8a9662acd27c/Book+Club+Pic.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/6d8ae5d3-f1f4-4005-9cae-dddbd131e4fc/Nguyen+-+Photo+by+Stormseeker+on+Unsplash.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/4afec73c-f582-4018-b9a1-5e2f7bd3d4d6/Mysterious+Guy+at+Window+-+Photo+by+Sasha+Freemind+on+Unsplash.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/3c36eb91-bb23-4b1e-925f-4e3fade48947/Mysterious+Woman+-+Photo+by+Ahmet+Sali+on+Unsplash.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/6355995b-c169-49be-a90e-4d90ea888fd7/Hospital+Bed+-+Photo+by+Adhy+Savala+on+Unsplash.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/afc029b5-5c1b-43e7-8240-82c8ee26ea0e/Spiders+and+Snakes+-+Timo+Pasche%2C+James+Van+Den+Broeke%2C+Getty+Images.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/e10c4d57-8f30-49a2-b5b4-20bb6c8afa42/Surfer+Dude+-+Photo+by+Jeremy+Bishop+on+Unsplash.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/06d2e1f0-0845-43a7-8837-96d82262a462/Oaky+Southern+California+Forest+-+Night.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/11cd6f2c-cb19-4d25-b7c0-ce203047aed7/Zoom+Call+-+Photo+by+Gabriel+Benois+on+Unsplash.jpg https://www.craigstrickland.net/future-2 daily 0.75 2024-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/d6787e8d-9bff-4358-8ff3-4c73bd77d203/The+Spider+Bite+3D.png Future (Copy) With only a touch, Michael Calrissi can read your thoughts. His psychic skills, however, are a double-edged sword: an effective tool for tracking down serial killers, but an obstacle for keeping friends or lovers. In “The Spider Bite Murders,” he investigates a string of disappearances in a remote California forest. Soon, Calrissi psychically pries into the secrets of both his detective partner and a would-be girlfriend, alienating both. His skill also reveals that something—or someone—is living in the oaky canyons, using deadly spiders as a weapon. Can Calrissi channel his abilities and crack the ghoulish case, rebuild the bridges he’s torched, and save the lives of the two people closest to him? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/1608493108834-ELNHF7TEO4D1HWDLCEGN/Falling+jonathan-leppan-NaYX53RcfjM-unsplash.jpg Future (Copy) (Coming-of-Age YA from a boy’s perspective - READERS: COMING SOON - AGENTS: PLEASE INQUIRE) Tommy, 17, has to figure out Elaine, his “perfect” girlfriend, and her mind-blowing past. Then he realizes his best friend’s somehow morphed into a methhead and is about to go off the rails. Just to pile on, Tommy’s always tried hard not to think about his dead mom and what happened when she died— but suddenly more memories of her flash back each day… The clock’s ticking. It’s spring now, but he’s only got until summer to deal —with all of it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/1608493173870-GAOYJSLS2UCMGY6BLELP/Falling+julian-hochgesang-MVHRwriudOM-unsplash.jpg Future (Copy) Midnight. Snow whispered against the panes, and Dad snored from down the hall. I was wide awake, Elaine’s words looping in my mind: “Tommy, I’m leaving in three months...” She’d called after dinner. Her voice was low, almost a whisper. Neither of us can afford a cell, and their phone was corded. So, zero privacy. I pictured her mother, hovering there like a vulture. “Leaving?” It came out like a foreign word. My brain felt fuzzy and slow. “Mom’s moving me the day after graduation.” “Like, to another cabin in Pine Knot?” “No, Tommy. Listen. She's moving me out of California…” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/1608224574150-785CKY2FM4IBPBSBPJD7/Seven+Clocks+jonathan-cosens-photography-K-NCV0iQJZ8-unsplash+Filter.jpg Future (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/1608224719753-1B3XBCRQ9HZEPJ8M61HH/Seven+Flipped+paolo-bendandi-s8Wrjl8-AeY-unsplash.jpg Future (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/1605632504079-3IWP7DELCVT6DTMBCOHD/Seven+Clocks+gryffyn-m-ehEop0SZluE-unsplash+flipped.jpg Future (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/b7b90e8e-aa3d-4bf8-af88-261a3f06adc2/Water+Lilly+-+Photo+by+Zoltan+Tasi+on+Unsplash.jpg Future (Copy) In 2018, MYSTERY WEEKLY MAGAZINE published my mystery story “A Letter for the Bayou.” The magazine teased the story as a poignant tale of an old detective hoping to spend his retirement with poetry and a quiet life. But when the peace of the Southern bayou in his backyard is violently shattered, suddenly he finds himself back on duty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab43d91752b65c488a251b/9d1e750f-46d4-4321-9227-1a414ec2b430/Fingers-Logo-Original+-+No+Words.jpg Future (Copy) - The Touch Series