dawn.vogel | October 11, 2023
On October 17, Forest Avenue Press will be releasing Soul Jar, an anthology of stories by authors with disabilities. My story, “The Arroyo Fiasco,” is among the stories they selected for the anthology, and I’m so excited to see this one in print! It’s a flash fiction story about a dragon trying to find zher way […]
dawn.vogel | October 5, 2023
I had two new publication in September of this year, both fantasy stories. My short story, “Kick in the Door and Improvise,” appeared in volume 11 of Tales from the Magician’s Skull. The title is taken from the common “plan” we use in a lot of our tabletop RPGs, to the point that I cross-stitched […]
dawn.vogel | August 24, 2023
“Amanita” is an odd story on the border between reality and dreaming and, perhaps unsurprisingly, given the title, involves hallucination-inducing mushroom tea. (Amanita mushrooms can be poisonous, but they can also be hallucinatory. Or both.) It took a bit of work to get it to balance nicely between reality and dreaming, but I was pretty […]
dawn.vogel | July 26, 2023
Sea of Souls by N. C. Scrimgeour (Alcruix Press, 2023) is a gorgeous fantasy novel inspired by Scottish mythology and filled with family secrets and loads of heart-stopping action and danger. Isla Blackwood left her family’s home to become a sailor. But on learning that her mother has taken ill, accompanied by a cryptic letter […]
dawn.vogel | July 5, 2023
Dragon Whisperer by Vanessa Ricci-Thode (2nd edition, 2023) is the first book in the author’s Fireborn series. This first book introduces the reader to a fantastical world of magic, dragons, and the people who communicate with them. Dionelle is immune to fire, which makes her uniquely suited to communicate with dragons. Though her new husband, […]
dawn.vogel | June 28, 2023
Addison Smith’s Parallel Worlds: Science Fiction and Fantasy (2023) is a collection of science fiction and fantasy short stories, flash fiction, and drabbles. Though some common themes emerge amongst the stories, there’s also a great amount of variety, ensuring that most readers will find stories they thoroughly enjoy within this collection. Of the stories included […]
dawn.vogel | June 22, 2023
My story “Muss” is the story of a girl and her familiar, but it’s also a story about growing up and responsibility, like a number of my stories with younger protagonists are. It’s both sweet and bittersweet, and it presents the protagonist with multiple overt challenges, along with one less obvious challenge. And it’s the […]
dawn.vogel | June 14, 2023
Danged Black Thing by Eugen Bacon (Apex Book Company, 2023) is a collection of short stories, the majority of which have been previously published. A handful of the stories are co-written with other authors, but all of them display Bacon’s distinctive storytelling voice. Favorites in this collection for me were “When the Water Stops,” a […]
dawn.vogel | June 7, 2023
Flower and Thorn by Rati Mehrotra (MacMillan, 2023) is an absolutely gorgeous young adult fantasy novel set in an alternate sixteenth century India at the beginning of European colonization. With wonderful characters and sensory details, this book is sure to keep you reading long after you should have gone to bed! Irinya is the only […]
dawn.vogel | May 3, 2023
Years ago, when I was a kid, my grandma took me to see The Black Cauldron in the theater. This stands out to me mainly because we were the ONLY people in the theater for a weekday matinee. But I recalled enjoying the movie, which I’ve probably seen once or twice since them. Meanwhile, my husband […]
