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Recent Urban Fantasy Publications

| December 13, 2022

I’ve got a few recent urban and contemporary fantasy publications that might be of interest if you enjoy that genre! “Slime, or Primordial Ooze?” is a contemporary fantasy poem about the slime craze from a few years ago, which was published in Star*Line in January 2022. “Promises Made” is a microfiction story about modern fae […]

New Pieces out in November 2022

| December 8, 2022

This past month saw publication of a short story, a couple of pieces of flash fiction, and a poem! “Chrysopoeia,” a flash fiction piece about a charlatan and the person who reveals him for what he really is, appeared in The Dire Dark, which is an anthology of dark fantasy pieces. My short story “Easy […]

Cross and Circle for the Holidays

| December 1, 2022

I always like to mention my novella, Cross and Circle, around the holidays because that’s when it takes place. The story begins at the end of the fall semester and progresses through December and into January. Although there’s not much holiday celebrating that happens on-screen in this novella, it’s still set at the right time of […]

2022 Awards Eligibility

| November 30, 2022

It’s the time of year when folks start posting lists of their stories and books from the past year that are eligible for award nominations, like the Nebulas, Hugos, and more. And here are mine! Flash Fiction: “Good to the Last Drop,” The Antihumanist (January 2022). “Turning the Tide,” Daily Science Fiction (January 2022). “Promises Made,” Glittery Literary Anthology Four (February […]

Poetry in Intercity Illusions

| November 29, 2022

Intercity Illusions has relatively few poems, compared to my other collections, and what’s more, most of them were previously published. But what’s represented here includes some of my favorite poems. “Secret Gladiolus” originally appeared in the WLYA 2019 Anthology, alongside a few other pieces by me. It imagines an unusual tattoo and how it changes […]

“The Magnificent Matter of the Mischievous Monkey” in C. & M. Marsh, Girl Detectives

| November 24, 2022

“The Magnificent Matter of the Mischievous Monkey” was technically my third Marsh sisters story, as I wrote it after The Trouble with the Tick-Tock Tabby. It’s also the title in this series I’m most likely to foul up, as it went through a few iterations before I got it to work within my self-dictated naming […]

“The Thing in the Swamp” in Doorways in the Gloom

| November 17, 2022

“De store gamle. Danish, again. Most people translate it as ‘the big old ones.’ It means something a little different to the old Danish families in Selbyville.” “The Thing in the Swamp” is my tangentially Lovecraftian dark contemporary fantasy story, featuring a protagonist who knows what her family has been getting up to over the […]

My Steampunk Books

| November 15, 2022

If you enjoy reading steampunk, I’ve got five books, for both adult readers and younger readers! First off, I have the Brass and Glass trilogy: Brass and Glass: The Cask of Cranglimmering is the first in the series, followed by Brass and Glass 2: The Long-Cursed Map and Brass and Glass 3: The Boiling Sea. These […]

My October 2022 New Releases!

| November 10, 2022

I had three new pieces out in the month of October! My poem, “Portrait Day at Zapus Zone 9 Academy,” appeared in the October issue of  Star*Line. Super exciting for me was that this poem is on the BACK COVER, so when people flip over the issue, I’m right there for the world to read! […]

Patreon for 2023!

| November 8, 2022

Have you checked out my Patreon lately? It’s a way for my fans of my writing (or me!) to throw a small amount of money my way to support me and learn about what I’m working on! I share updates about my works in progress, including snippets of stories for my patrons! I’m getting  closer […]