dawn.vogel | October 21, 2025
The Death tarot card represents transitions, new beginnings, and change. In A Tarot of Sorcery and Sages, this is represented by a haiku and a flash fiction piece. The haiku, “Scorching summer heat” (titled after the first line), is a fantastical twist on changing seasons. The flash fiction piece, “The Arroyo Fiasco,” follows a geyser […]
dawn.vogel | September 30, 2025
Conceits of Whim and Fancy isn’t really a collection of spooky stories, but it does involve a lot of supernatural creatures, like witches, familiars, faeries, skeletal warriors, goblins, and liches. The majority of the stories in this collection are kid friendly, as well, which makes this collection a fun one to share with little ones […]
dawn.vogel | September 18, 2025
The Hanged Man tarot card represents sacrifice, waiting, uncertainty, perspective, and contemplation. In A Tarot of Sorcery and Sages, this is represented by a haiku and a microfiction piece. The haiku, titled “Longing for your lips” after the first line, is a piece that reflects the “waiting” aspect of this card. The microfiction piece, “No […]
dawn.vogel | September 10, 2025
Caitlin Starling’s The Oblivion Bride (Neon Hemlock, 2025) is a gorgeous science-fantasy novella with some Gothic and surreal elements worked into an incredible world. Lorelei is one of a very small number of members of her family who hasn’t been killed by the family curse, which no one has been able to figure out. In order […]
dawn.vogel | August 28, 2025
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! “Things My Mothers Taught […]
dawn.vogel | August 19, 2025
The Justice tarot card represents balance, fairness, and truth, with an additional meaning of “maybe” in answer to yes or no questions. In A Tarot of Sorcery and Sages, this is represented by two poems. The first poem, “Reading Wax,” looks at this “maybe” answer in presenting another sort of fortune telling in the form of […]
dawn.vogel | August 5, 2025
I had several pieces published in July, all on the shorter side of things! My drabbles “Jrrrr the Summoner” and “Modern Iso Onna” appeared in Shacklebound Books’ Short Fantasy Stories. The former portrays an outcast getting revenge on their gaming group, while the latter shows a Japanese yokai adapting to life in the modern world. Next, […]
dawn.vogel | July 22, 2025
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! “Charming, Not Useful” and […]
dawn.vogel | July 17, 2025
The Wheel of Fortune tarot card represents changes in fortune, the cycle of life, and destiny. In A Tarot of Sorcery and Sages, this is represented by a haiku and a poem. The haiku, titled “spiraling pattern” after its first line, is a brief reflection on fractal patterns appearing across natural things. This haiku is […]
dawn.vogel | June 26, 2025
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! “Family Tree” and […]
