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In Situ is out!

| July 18, 2012

In case you haven’t already seen the news, In Situ, from Dagan Books is out now! (It came out about a week ago, but I’ve been slow in getting this update posted!) My short story, “Donning the Helm,” is the first story of the anthology, a fact that makes me super happy! I haven’t actually […]

New fiction!

| June 11, 2012

I’ve got a piece of microfiction up at Bat Terrier today, called The Devil’s Toybox. It’s a 99 word story that grew out of a longer piece I was trying to write. The longer story didn’t work, but this little bit from the ending stuck with me. So I tightened it up into this little […]

Quick turnaround!

| February 15, 2012

Remember that microfiction story I mentioned on Monday? It was accepted at the venue where I submitted it on Tuesday. That’s less than a 24-hour turnaround from the story being written to the story being accepted. Hooray for nearly instant gratification! The venue is Bat Terrier, and I’ll be sure to post again when my […]

Good press!

| January 3, 2012

I’ve mentioned my short story, “The Recondite Riddle of the Rose Rogue,” more than a few times. It was the first fiction that I wrote that was published, and now it’s mentioned (glowingly!) in a review that was posted to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer website! My NaNo project was another Marsh sisters story, and I think […]

Cobalt City Dark Carnival is available!

| November 30, 2011

Cobalt City Dark Carnival has been published, and you can order it here! (Update 2/3/2025: Link no longer viable.) I have 1 1/5 stories in this anthology. Yeah, you read that right. First, I wrote “Unexpected Sparx,” featuring Kara Sparx and Lumien. Then, I was a part of a five-author collaborative project to write “Carnival […]

Cobalt City: Dark Carnival

| June 1, 2011

I got word today that my short story, “Unexpected Sparx,” has been accepted for the Cobalt City: Dark Carnival anthology, which is due out this fall. The anthology is still accepting submissions, and you can find out more here. There are a lot of really great characters that still are waiting for their stories to […]

Short Story: The Recondite Riddle of the Rose Rogue

| April 19, 2011

I’ve been out of town for a bit, so this is the first chance I’ve had to post here about one of my stories being available online. You can find the story at the Nevermet Press website. (Update 2/3/2025: Link no longer viable.) This story was originally published in the Steampunk issue of Crossed Genres. […]

Cobalt City Timeslip available for Kindle

| March 7, 2011

Exciting news from Timid Pirate Press! The Cobalt City Timeslip anthology is now available for Kindle. You can get a copy here for $2.99. It’s got 7 stories in it, so that’s less than fifty cents a story! Sweet!

Flash Piece: Green Lung

| March 1, 2011

It occurred to me earlier today that one of my stories is available online. (It also occurred to me that I should add it to my publications list!) This story was one that I worked on, in two very different versions, for quite a while. I submitted one version of the story to one venue, […]