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A Few Recent Horror Publications

| March 16, 2023

If you’re looking for something spooky to read, here’s a few of my recent horror and dark publications. “The Divergence in the Woods” is a creepy flash fiction tale of two young women looking for their missing father in the woods. You can find it in Trees. “Chrysopoeia” is a microfiction story of exposing a […]

Droplets from the Universe Coming Soon!

| March 14, 2023

My next collection is Droplets from the Universe, coming in April! I absolutely love how the cover came out! Droplets from the Universe contains short stories, flash fiction, and poetry from the vastness of the universe. Dance amongst these droplets of joyful and humorous science fiction. Not every story starts happy, but all finish with positive […]

No February Publications? How About Spring Reads?

| March 9, 2023

My only February 2023 publication wound up being The Sidewalk Diverges, due to delays in production schedules. I will have some new publications in March, but for the time being, how about some spring-themed reads? You can find a couple of those in The Sidewalk Diverges, specifically “Fiddle in the Middle” and “Five Days After,” both […]

Want to Hear Me Read?

| March 7, 2023

Did you know that I have a Patreon? I do! It’s a way for my fans to throw a small amount of money my way to support my writing 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 inching ever closer […]

“Daddy’s Little Girl” in Sparx and Arrows

| February 28, 2023

“Daddy’s Little Girl” was one of the first stories I wrote, and one of the earliest stories I published. After being invited to write in the Cobalt City Universe, I carved out a little corner that would let me write a story set in history and with a female hero. Eleanor Castile was that character, […]

Scenes from a Quiet Apocalypse is Five!

| February 23, 2023

I released Scenes from a Quiet Apocalypse, one of my strangest and most experimental novellas, five years ago this month. I based the structure on the tarot cards of the major arcana, pulling characters and details of the scenes from the images and meanings of the various cards. The main character, Destiny, is The Fool, though […]

Recent Fantasy Publications

| February 21, 2023

If you’re looking for a fantasy story or poem to read, here are a few of my recent fantasy publications, along with some of my collections! My flash fiction piece, “Patience,” appeared in Wyldblood Magazine in October of last year. It’s a brief piece about working to get what you want, but not being impatient about […]

“Princess Last Picked” in Conceits of Whim and Fancy

| February 16, 2023

A few of the stories in Conceits of Whim and Fancy feature younger protagonists, and “Princess Last Picked” is one of them. This was a story inspired by the idea of presenting an unlikely character to save the members of her community when their greatest strength (literally) was used against them. I was utterly thrilled with […]

The Sidewalk Diverges Out Now!

| February 14, 2023

Today’s the release day for The Sidewalk Diverges! If you like contemporary fantasy with a bit of humor, some familial love, and more, check out this collection! It’s sixteen stories of varying lengths and nineteen poems! In The Sidewalk Diverges, stories about magic sit alongside stories about superpowers, while ghosts, angels, and fae intermingle. These contemporary fantasy […]

January 2023 Publications

| February 9, 2023

I had two new pieces out in January 2023, a poem and a short story. The poem was “Embrace,” published in Star*Line. This is a short poem in what seems to be a very unofficial form, in which the first words for eight of the lines are pulled from the eight-word middle line. The poem name […]