dawn.vogel | September 2, 2026
S. M. Mack’s Death Valley Blooms (Neon Hemlock, 2025) is a contemporary fantasy novella that poses questions about family curses and inheritances when some members set out to break the curses by not continuing their family line. With gorgeous, lush, surreal descriptions and a relatable protagonist, it’s a quick and fascinating read. Mar knows that the […]
dawn.vogel | August 25, 2026
Because Weathering Youth is my biggest collection to date, I’m grouping the short stories and flash fiction stories in pairs for my posts, based on the way they fall in the collection. This lets me look at the connections between the stories and how I decided to arrange specific stories in the collection! “Kindred Souls” is a […]
dawn.vogel | August 20, 2026
Chimerical Remembrance has five poems included in it, alongside contemporary fantasy flash fiction and short stories. They cover a variety of topics, but many of them involve social commentary through a contemporary fantasy lens. “The Cold, Strange Globe” was a poem inspired by an image of a glass sphere and a winter scene, which I […]
dawn.vogel | July 16, 2026
“We Don’t Stop for Gas in Arkansas” came from a former roommate of mine, who had gone on a road trip from southern Illinois to Texas for the wedding of one of his closest friends. As he and his wife headed to the event, he occasionally posted photos to Facebook, along with “Chapter #”. I […]
dawn.vogel | June 30, 2026
Because Weathering Youth is my biggest collection to date, I’m grouping the short stories and flash fiction stories in pairs for my posts, based on the way they fall in the collection. This lets me look at the connections between the stories and how I decided to arrange specific stories in the collection! “Spun Sugar” and […]
dawn.vogel | June 18, 2026
“Propagating Rosa glacies” and “The Glass Cauldron Shattered” are two of the flash fiction pieces in Chimerical Remembrances, which fit nicely together, as they share a theme of magical revenge. “Propagating Rosa glacies” is written from the perspective of a botanist giving advice on growing a particularly finicky plant. Their most important pieces of advice are tied to […]
dawn.vogel | May 28, 2026
“Knock Three Times” is one of the longer stories in my Chimerical Remembrance collection. It was inspired by a YouTube video about weird history, some interesting images, and a song I love. The YouTube video was about the history of Pheasant Island, which is an uninhabited island in the Bidasoa River between France and Spain that […]
dawn.vogel | May 26, 2026
Because Weathering Youth is my biggest collection to date, I’m grouping the short stories and flash fiction stories in pairs for my posts, based on the way they fall in the collection. This lets me look at the connections between the stories and how I decided to arrange specific stories in the collection! “It’s My Party and […]
dawn.vogel | April 28, 2026
The pairing of “Strange Bedfellows” and “Texts from Upstate” in Chimerical Remembrance may seem a little odd. “Strange Bedfellows” is a rare non-speculative flash fiction piece from me, while “Texts from Upstate” is absolutely speculative flash. What they do have in common is queer women protagonists, some mystery, and a bit of humor. “Strange Bedfellows” takes […]
dawn.vogel | April 23, 2026
Because Weathering Youth is my biggest collection to date, I’m grouping the short stories and flash fiction stories in pairs for my posts, based on the way they fall in the collection. This lets me look at the connections between the stories and how I decided to arrange specific stories in the collection! “Tote Tante” and “Meat!” […]
