dawn.vogel | May 7, 2026
By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 36 Acceptances received: 3 Rejections received: 20 (1) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 34 New Submissions: 7 Stories out at the end of the month: 53 My numbers for April are looking the best they have this year! I worked to get a bunch of […]
dawn.vogel | May 6, 2026
Izzy Wasserstein’s These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart (Tachyon Publications, 2024) presents a mystery that brings a former commune member who left on bad terms back into contact with her former community. Set in a near-future dystopia where corporations and climate change have caused most of humanity to suffer, it also looks at themes of family […]
dawn.vogel | May 5, 2026
Have you checked out my dark fantasy collection, This Book Has Ghosts in It? It’s a collection of 40 pieces of short fiction and poetry, most of which is dark contemporary fantasy, but with some other dark fantasy pieces tossed in. Ghosts of the modern era aren’t always those of the deceased. In this collection are […]
dawn.vogel | May 4, 2026
Back in November 2024, I snagged a thick, hot pink, wire-bound notebook. Since then, I’ve added scrapbook paper, stickers, washi tape, and other random ephemera to the pages. I also numbered all of the pages, each of which has some sort of theme. Some of the themes are very clear, while others just have a […]
dawn.vogel | May 1, 2026
It’s May 1st, so it’s time for the May 2026 writing prompts! This month, as always, we start off our list with the official MerMay 2026 prompts. There are a few this year that are geared very much toward an art style, but I think they’re still viable as writing prompts. The second column is […]
