Bio:

Chris Bunton is a writer, poet and blogger from Southern Illinois. He is the publishing editor, true crime writer and art creator for The Yard: Crime Blog. He also creates art for Yellow Mama and Black Petals. Chris has been published in White Cat Publications, The Roanoke Review, Stygian Lepus, Yellow Mama, and several up coming locations. He is the author of 5 self-published books, available everywhere except Amazon.

Thursday, November 20, 2025

Thank you, Eldritch Science

 Thank you, Eldritch Science magazine for the National Fantasy Fan Federation, for publishing my short story, "The Necromancer"

 See anthology HERE

Photo by pexels

Saturday, November 15, 2025

Thank You, Mind's Eye Publications!

 Thank you Mind's Eye Publications for publishing my poem "The Wood Shed" in your JOURN-E vol. 4, no. 2, Autumnal Equinox 2025, whole number 8 

 Website

Digital Copy

 

Thursday, November 13, 2025

Thank you, Freedom Fiction Journal!

 Thank you Freedom Fiction Journal for publishing my western short story "I Want My Money"

HERE 

 

Thursday, November 6, 2025

Thank you, Bookends Review!

 Thank you Bookends Review for publishing my story "Serial Killer Camp" about a dystopian world where genetic testing reveals the truth.

Serial Killer Camp 

 


Sunday, October 12, 2025

Thank You, Yellow Mama!

 Thank you, Yellow Mama for publishing my poem The Attic, about a monster in the attic

 

 Check it out

 

 

 Attic

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Sunday, September 28, 2025

Can you start a sentence with the word, "And"?

 




Can you start a sentence with the word, "And"?


Merriam Webster Dictionary says...

"It's perfectly acceptable to begin a sentence with and (as well as with words such as but or or). Using and at the beginning of a sentence has been a practice for over a thousand years."

Another reason to reject what they taught you in school

https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/words-to-not-begin-sentences-with

Saturday, September 20, 2025

Thank you, Burial Books!

 Thank you, Burial Books for posting my non-fiction article "My Horror Past" on the blog, for your website.

Check it out HERE

 

Thank you, Eldritch Science

 Thank you, Eldritch Science magazine for the National Fantasy Fan Federation , for publishing my short story, "The Necromancer" ...