This site is dead. It has not been updated in almost 3 years. I am guessing that nobody really gives a crap either way, since this site has only received 9,000+ hits since January of 2005,  but I just stumbled back over the old site tonight and thought I'd make it official. I myself haven't been on this site since December 2005 and had forgot it even existed. One of the publishers thought I should have a web pressence and this was my pathetic attempt and getting one up and running. And, since it is a free service, nobody at freewebs will tell me how to just delete the whole thing and make it go away.

Anyway, I am keeping a current online blog at www.johnhubby.blogspot. But it has nothing to do with my writing, which has been put on a back burner the last few years, and deals more with friends/family/exercise and the rare book or movie review.

In regards to my writing, it was something I was always good at, or at least was told I was good at, and I enjoy it still.  I plan on writing more in the future and will someday, hopefully, complete the novel I started back in 2006. It is about a quarter finished, 28,000 words, but I haven't touched it in 2+ years. I just don't have time anymore.

And I don't have any regrets. I gave writing a full year of effort. I stayed up late almost every night and I went to work tired almost every morning. In 12 months I had roughly 25 poems and short stories accepted by publishers. I was put in anthologies, chapbooks, magazines, etc. One of my stories got into an anthology with Brian Keene (one of my favorite writers) and another was put into a collection published by Stephen King's company. I had fun and met neat people. However, in all total I made approximately $650. If I didn't have a REAL job I would have gone broke and died of starvation. Writing is/was a passion of mine but it is/was still just a hobby at this point in my life. I respect anyone who makes a living doing it.

~ John/2009

A new interview of me, by Fran Friel, can be found here - http://horrorlibrary.blogspot.com/2005/12/john-hubbard-talks-about-wandering.html#links

In other news, Gary Thomas has accepted one of stories to be featured in the next GHOSTBREAKERS collection, and he has pegged me to write the introduction as well. I am honored to do so.

1/14/2005 - My short story "Existence" is accepted by Permuted Press for their The Undead anthology. Check out www.undeadanthology.com to see the incredible group of writers that will be featured.

2/2/2005 - My short story "Cry Baby" is accepted by the horror magazine Seasons In The Night. This is a great quarterly magazine that features fiction, poetry, reviews and announcements. Check out their website at http://www.angelfire.com/blues2/seasons/index.html

2/9/2005  - My short story "Do You Come Here Often" is accepted by Nancy Jackson for her upcoming anthology Bleed The Heart Romantic. Check out Nancy, a well known author, poet, editor and more at her website http://www.nancyajackson.com/toc.htm#7

3/14/2005 - My poem "Black Metamorphosing" is accepted by The Dream People. These guys/gals host an incredible list of talented artists who operate on the fringe of the mainstream. The latest issue can be found at http://www.angelfire.com/zine2/thedreampeople/contents.html

4/20/2005 - My short story "Emancipation" is accepted ONLINE by the E-Zine The Lightning Journal. This is a new, quarterly horror E-Zine that will feature ten stories per issue. Go here to learn more about the accepted writers and their stories - http://www.thelightningjournal.com/

4/26/2005 - My short story "Dr. Psycho" is accepted by the aforementioned horror magazine Seasons In The Night. This magazine is so well done. Chrystal, and everybody else involved, does a thorough job. This is the second piece I have landed with them. Go here to find out more   http://www.angelfire.com/blues2/seasons/index.html

4/29/2005 - My short story "Finders, Keepers" is accepted by Lighthouse Media One's new print horror magazine Nocturne. Lighthouse Media One needs no introduction from me, but to find out more about their new magazine, go here - http://www.lighthousemediaone.co.uk/Nocturne.html

5/1/2005 - Two of my poems, "Mob Hit" and "Cajun Creeps" are accepted by Bare Bone. It is more of a review than a magazine and it's full of immense talent. Editor in Chief - Kevin L. Donihe is a busy mofo and all around great guy. Very talented, he is one of the busiest young writers, editors in the small press culture. You can purchase Bare Bone at Shocklines, Clarkesworld, Amazon, Project Pulp, etc. To learn more about Bare Bone and Kevin, go here - http://users.chartertn.net/mbs/kldwriter/

5/25/2005 - My poem "Dante" is accepted by Southern Gothic. This is a great new online review and annual print anthology. Feel free to peruse the first issue for free. To find out more about the Southern Gothic writing style and the editor, Jeff Crook, visit the official site here - http://www.southerngothic.org/

6/1/2005 - My story "Emancipation" (a slightly more polished version) gets accepted in PRINT by Mount Zion Press's Mount Zion Speculative Fiction Review . This press looks very promising. This should debut in October, 2005. With a preference for Appalachian themes, they look to bring well written stories to horror readers everywhere. I look forward to working with them again. Their website can be found here - http://mountzionpress.com/index.html

6/13/2005 - My poem "Cannibal" is accepted by Horror Carousel and will be appearing in issue #4. Previous issues have featured Weston Ochse, Eric S. Brown and Kevin L. Donihe. This magazine/fanzine is gaining a nice following and I was very pleased to get accepted. To learn more about editor Adam David Hopewell Torkelson, or Horror Carousel itself, please visit the site here -  http://www.horrorcarousel.com/

6/17/2005 - My poem "Rebel Dead" is accepted to appear in the next issue of The Dream People. I'm very excited to be shown with them again. The writing there is awesome.

6/20/2005 - My flash fiction piece "The Prodigal Son" is accepted for the next issue of The Lightning Journal. Check it out in early July. Stop by their site. Great for reading when you are at work!

6/24/2005 - Two of my poems, "Gallows" and "Legacy" are accepted by Mount Zion Speculative Fiction Review. They will not appear together. One will appear in each of the next two issues.

7/16/2005 - My poem "Below" is accepted for Dark Legacy #16. Brought to you by the talented folks at 'Half-Crazed Monks Press' and Lee Clark Zumpre in particular! Go here to learn more - http://blindside.net/leeclarkzumpe/dark_legacy.html

7/20/2005 - My short story "Home Improvement" is accepted by the Escaping Elsewhere Publications and its owner/publisher Nicole Gray. The story will be appearing in the print magazine version, also titled Escaping Elsewhere, and be out this fall. Go here to learn more - http://www.escaping-elsewhere.com/

8/15/2005 - My poem "Trail Tale" is accepted by Mountain Echoes

8/22/2005 - My short story "Dogman" is accepted by Carnifex Press for the upcoming Haunted Florida anthology.

9/7/2005 - My poem Garrote is accepted by Bare Bone.

10/10/2005 - My 10,000 word story (title in discussion) will be featured in the next installment of Gary Thomas's/Rage Machine's Ghostbreakers series. The story was originally accepted for Rage Machine Magazine, but it's now being moved to the collection.....and I'm writing the introduction to the book!!! http://ragemachinemag.tripod.com/id11.html

11/15/2005 - My chapbook (co-written with Ron Shiflet) is finally available for purchase. It's about 70 pages long and features 4 stories, 3 pieces of art, and 2 poems. It's only $6.50. Buy it here - http://www.clarkesworldbooks.com/details2.php?id=HUBBWAND&big=Y