History That Never Was

Home of Dawn Vogel: Writer, Historian, Geek

Works in progress, and then not

| June 3, 2011

I’ve got a bunch of stories that should be in the works. I almost outlined one of them, for the Steampunk Shakespeare anthology. I say almost outlined, because I’m not a big outliner. Most of my stories just tend to flow in semi-random directions, and then get cleaned up later on. But this story needed […]

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 […]

Reading: Nightlight and M for Magic

| May 6, 2011

Having finally had a night to sit and read, I managed to make it through two books! Compared to my usual woefully inadequate book consumption, this is a big accomplishment. It did not, however, make any apparent dent in the stacks of books I still need to read. Nightlight is a Twilight parody, and it […]

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!