dawn.vogel | March 31, 2026
Because Weathering Youth is my biggest collection to date, I’m grouping the short stories and flash fiction stories in pairs for my posts, based on the way they fall in the collection. This lets me look at the connections between the stories and how I decided to arrange specific stories in the collection! “The Dark Forest Takes” […]
dawn.vogel | March 27, 2026
We’ve got a few more days until April begins, but it’s time for the writing prompts for April 2026! This month, I’ve turned three art challenges into writing prompts. Column 1 is from @veryberrydraws’ FreshARTpril 2025 prompt list. These prompts are all fruits and vegetables, but I think that when you combine them with the […]
dawn.vogel | March 25, 2026
Adria Bailton’s Worlds Divide (Balance of Seven, 2026) is a wonderful young adult sci-fi novel of love despite the odds centering a non-white young woman with a disability and touching heavily on mental health issues. Nina has always been able to “slip” into other worlds, but it’s an ability she can’t control, leading to significant […]
dawn.vogel | March 24, 2026
My story “Werewolves in London” in Chimerical Remembrance combines humor with the difficulty of parenting, particularly when one’s offspring are werewolves. It also touches on themes of family and urban vs. rural living, as the protagonist navigates all of these things and more in trying to find the best solution for her family. If you enjoy […]
dawn.vogel | March 19, 2026
The Star tarot card represents hope, healing, and renewal. In A Tarot of Sorcery and Sages, this is represented by a haiku and a poem. The haiku, titled “The stars fall like rain” after the first line, is a necessarily brief reflection that touches on the hope aspect of the Star, while also having literal […]
dawn.vogel | March 18, 2026
Tea and Treachery at the Infinite Pantry by Jo Miles (2026) is a delightful cozy mystery set in a fantastical world, filled with tea, delicious foods, cats, and the promised treachery! Glendevyn is the recently appointed head curator of the Infinite Pantry, a museum dedicated to food. When the preservation spells that keep the museum’s […]
dawn.vogel | March 13, 2026
It’s time for some more prompts from the DefCon One Instagram account! These might be an interesting set to combine in a single piece! Write a piece about a person with unique expertise. Write a piece about a person with absorption powers. Write a piece about mittens getting in the way. Follow the DefCon One Instagram […]
dawn.vogel | March 12, 2026
If you like reading about what I’m doing, subscribe to my newsletter! It comes out once a month, around the middle of the month (like this coming Monday), and it recaps what I’ve been writing and doing, along with things coming soon or recently out, bits of history research, and book recommendations! In addition to all […]
dawn.vogel | March 10, 2026
My latest collection, This Book Has Ghosts in It, is out today! Ghosts of the modern era aren’t always those of the deceased. In this collection are ghosts of ideas, creatures of death, and creepy plants and places, in addition to the more traditional forms of ghosts. Short stories, tiny stories, and poetry keep you wondering […]
dawn.vogel | March 5, 2026
By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 33 Acceptances received: 2 Rejections received: 14 Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 23 New Submissions: 0 Stories out at the end of the month: 40 February turned out pretty good on the resubmissions front, as I managed to send out more pieces than I received […]
