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My Flights of Foundry 2025 Schedule

| September 15, 2025

Flights of Foundry is coming up on September 26-28, and I’ve got my schedule for the weekend! I’m noting both the convention hours and the PDT times for my events; if you’re not in PDT, you can use the “Time” part of the program to convert the convention hours to your time zone! Friday, September […]

My August 2025 Publications

| September 4, 2025

I had one new story out in August this year. “Damage Abatement” appeared in the August 2025 issue of Utopia Science Fiction Magazine. This is my fifth appearance in this magazine, with two flash fiction pieces and two poems previously included, but this is my first short story there! “Damage Abatement” is also a Cobalt City […]

Flights of Foundry 2025 is Coming Soon

| September 3, 2025

Flights of Foundry, Dream Foundry’s annual online convention for creatives of all types, is coming soon from September 26-28, 2025. Programming runs around the clock with a variety of contents for authors, editors, translators, artists, game designers, gamers, and more! I’ll have my schedule to share closer to the event, but in the meantime, make […]

Cover Reveal for Chimerical Remembrance

| August 21, 2025

My next collection, Chimerical Remembrance: Tales of Contemporary Fantasy, is now available for pre-order, with a release date of September 23! The world is a strange place, and the stories and poetry within Chimerical Remembrance amplify that strangeness. From selkies and werewolves to witches and ghosts, exploring unusual places, botany, candy making, and more, you’ll […]

Flights of Foundry Registration is Open!

| August 13, 2025

If you haven’t already registered for Flights of Foundry 2025, this is your friendly reminder that registration for this year’s online convention is open! The convention runs around the clock for 60 hours from September 26 through 28. It typically kicks off around mid-day or early afternoon in the Central time zone, but the convention […]

My July 2025 Publications!

| August 5, 2025

I had several pieces published in July, all on the shorter side of things! My drabbles “Jrrrr the Summoner” and “Modern Iso Onna” appeared in Shacklebound Books’ Short Fantasy Stories. The former portrays an outcast getting revenge on their gaming group, while the latter shows a Japanese yokai adapting to life in the modern world. Next, […]

My Worldcon Schedule!

| August 4, 2025

Worldcon is coming up August 13-17, and it’s in Seattle this year! As such, I’ll be in attendance on most of the days and involved in a variety of events! Here are my scheduled events: Reading from Sure Shot in Cobalt City: Homecoming (Wednesday, August 13, 1:30-2:00 p.m., Room 428) Historical Research for Non-Historians (Academic […]

Kickstarter Recommendation: What Rides at Night

| July 23, 2025

The Kickstarter for What Rides at Night launched today! This is an anthology in the Bikes in Space series, and the second one featuring one of my short stories! For this volume, I wrote “Bicycle Built for Two,” which is a sweet story of queer teenagers, bicycles, and Halloween! I’ve read several of the Bikes in […]

Another Day Off!

| July 7, 2025

With the long weekend and a ton of gaming, I don’t have a post for this Monday. See you tomorrow!  

Don’t Forget to Register for the WriteHive 2025 Online Conference!

| July 2, 2025

The WriteHive 2025 Online Conference is coming up on the weekend of July 11-13. If you haven’t already registered, now is a great time to do so! There are a ton of fantastic panels and other events planned for this year, no matter where you are in your writing career. Plus, it’s all online, so […]