dawn.vogel | October 31, 2024
Unfixed Timelines Omnibus collects three volumes of my fantastical and weird history stories and poetry, along with essays explaining the real history that I altered into fictional versions of history. The stories and essays touch on the Veiled Prophet from St. Louis in the nineteenth century (a weird mix of a civic organization with racist […]
dawn.vogel | October 30, 2024
Yaroslav Barsukov’s Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory (CAEZIK SF & Fantasy, 2024) is an expansion of his novella, “Tower of Mud and Straw,” which I reviewed previously. Now as a full length novel, the story expands beyond its earlier constraints and plays more with the theme of memories in this fantastical world! The original novella […]
dawn.vogel | October 29, 2024
My collection of dystopian science fiction, Dead-Starred Futures, included a handful of drabbles, stories told in exactly 100 words. All five of these stories were also reprints, which saw their initial publications in a variety of venues. “Litany” was a piece inspired by an abandoned building covered in graffiti that was presented to us in a […]
dawn.vogel | October 24, 2024
If you’re looking for something to read between trick or treaters on Halloween, or perhaps in the remaining days until the holiday, check out Volatile Figments. It includes six short stories of a darker bent, including stories featuring female protagonists alongside creepy muses, elder gods, ghosts, ghouls, psychics, and witches. Dani finds the new director […]
dawn.vogel | October 22, 2024
The High Priestess tarot card represents mystery, intuition, and spiritual knowledge. In A Tarot of Sorcery and Sages, this is represented by a haiku and a poem. The poem, “Snakes in Sheep’s Clothing,” is a cautionary poem about those who might deceive listeners, using a variation on “wolves in sheep’s clothing.” It comes from the perspective […]
dawn.vogel | October 17, 2024
I’ve had just a few post-apocalyptic stories out since my last post on the topic! My drabble “Dead Planet” appeared in Drabbledark III from Shacklebound Books in March 2024. This is a bit of a sci-fi post-apocalyptic story, looking at the remnants of Earth after alien contact. My collection A Tarot of Sorcery and Sages, which […]
dawn.vogel | October 15, 2024
My short story “Under the Bed” was one that took me a long time to get just right. I had the idea for a young girl whose family had fallen victim to a horrific monster that spared her for some time. It wasn’t until I figured out the second character in the story, the now-teen […]
dawn.vogel | October 10, 2024
My next collection, Weathering Youth, will be out on November 12, and it’s a collection of stories and poetry featuring younger protagonists and others with a youthful outlook on the world! In worlds with dragons, starships, and monsters, adults aren’t the only people. Children, teenagers, and young adults are sometimes the heroes of the story … […]
dawn.vogel | October 9, 2024
Alex Kingsley’s Empress of Dust (Space Wizard Science Fantasy, 2024) is an amazingly compelling post-apocalyptic fantasy novel with magnificent worldbuilding and wonderful characters, including several LGBTQIA+ and non-human characters! Harvard is a scavenger of the wasteland and “dusts” surrounding the walled city of Bastion, but he’s the weakest member of his crew, the Ivies, and […]
dawn.vogel | October 2, 2024
Reading: Books to review, along with my current craft book, Millions of Suns by M.C. Benner Dixon and Sharon Fagan McDermott. Each of the two authors has an essay before the exercise for each chapter, and they’re all wonderful essays combined with stories from their lives, thus far! Watching: While we were sick, we finished season […]
