I’m grateful to senior reporter and columnist, Ryan Trares, for providing his platform with the Daily Journal to share our discussion about my recently-released novella, The Sacraments of Blackgum Lake. “Smith has channeled his imagination into a new novel. The Sacraments of Blackgum Lake weaves together dark and foreboding waters, personal struggles and the legend of John Dillinger into a compelling page-turner.”
Read the full interview in the Friday June 19, 2026 edition of the Daily Journal.
It’s official: my novella, The Sacraments of Blackgum Lake is now available from Lethe Press.
Abundant thanks Steve Berman for his enduring support, Inkspiral Design, and for all those (both literary allies and strangers) who read ARCs and blurbed Blackgum ahead of this weekend’s release—not to mention the generous, cover sentiments courtesy of Ramsey Campbell: “A pervasive sense of disquieting wrongness coalesces into hauntingly weird images that lead to a chilling conclusion you won’t soon forget.”
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