It is not self-aggrandizing to say, nor is it meant to be boastful, when I tell you that I have a deep and abiding love for you. If we’ve known each other for years and consider ourselves thick as thieves, or if you befriended me just because we met a long time ago, I want…
The Massacre at Yellow Hill Wins 2018 PenCraft Award
I am really happy today to announce that my novel THE MASSACRE AT YELLOW HILL has won the 2018 PenCraft Award for Literary Excellence in Supernatural Fiction. I’d like to openly thank Rob Bass and Brad Ellison, to whom the book is dedicated. Rob, especially for his hard work in editing the book. Thanks to Laird Barron for providing a…
Author's Reviews – The Massacre at Yellow Hill
Thanks so much to the Author’s Reviews for reading THE MASSACRE AT YELLOW HILL. They loved it! Humble shows great talent for writing scary, creepy stories that might make it a bit hard to sleep when the lights flick off. His storytelling is polished and moves along nicely. If you are looking for a scary…
THE MASSACRE AT YELLOW HILL REVIEWED BY THIS IS HORROR
“Therein lies the ultimate strength of this fine debut; Humble’s ability to inject his characters with life… They leap from the page in this action-packed, character-driven slice of weird horror.” Thanks so much to Thomas at This is Horror for reviewing the Massacre at Yellow Hill. Read, enjoy, share! http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/book-review-the-massacre-at-yellow-hill-by-c-s-humble/
Waiting on Luke Skywalker
My grandmother introduced me to Luke Skywalker when I was nine years old. We lived in Snyder, Texas, a sun-blistered West Texas town that served as my very own Tatooine. I’ve told the story a hundred times, and I’ll happily tell it a hundred more even to the people who’ve heard it before—The story of…
In Thinking of America
Parasitic fear has latched itself to the heart of the United States of America. There was once an idea, or at least the dream of an idea, that American’s could trust one another if for only the sole reason that all of us share a liberated homeland. This mostly unspoken virtue runs through the consciousness…
On Adam, Eve, and Anaphora
The first telling of the story of Adam and Eve is one of the more expertly crafted stories in the history of literature. It follows a circular pattern of narrative, for the first chapter alone is a collection of statements presented as irrefutable fact. All of these statements begin with a repetitive structure, a technique…
Cain and Abel – The First Brothers
Imagine the time of the birth of the first second son. Eve out of the painful throws of childbearing is sleeping quietly in her recovery. Adam, wiping the condensation of worry from his brow, calls to his son, “Cain! Cain, come quickly.” Peeking out from behind the folds of a dusty, wool covered flap, we…
On Binary Sunsets
I’m not really a “crier”, but I turn into a blubbering baby when I watch the original Star Wars films. There are only a few films that can do this to me: Lonesome Dove, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring are probably the only other two. In a previous post entitled The Incorruptible…
Nativity
See the Child. He is born unto us, the breaker of all chains. For within this tiny vessel resides usurping power of the wholly divine. His first earthly cries stretch out in echoes that usher away darkness, pain, and invite all living creation to partake in a new genesis. A fresh baptism for all the…