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Read my interview with photographer Macushla Burke in Huf Magazine

This is a new thing for me and pretty darn exciting: I interviewed the very talented Macushla, a very talented and creative photographer, and that interview is now in Huf Magazine. And may I say… it looks amazing. Macushla talks about her work, and her life (she’s worked as a model, she’s travelled the world, […]

Read my story ‘Seven Kinds of Baked Goods’ in Luna Station Quarterly

Issue #31 of Luna Station Quarterly is now live, and it includes a reprint of my short story ‘Seven Kinds of Baked Goods’, originally published in the anthology ‘Just Desserts’. This is a bit of adventure fantasy, featuring a fancy tea shop, poisons, assassins, LOTS of baked goods, and very sharp blades… Read my story […]

20 splendiferous short stories I read in August

Honestly, August passed in a bit of a blur. I was writing a story that had to be finished by August 31, and the kids were still out of school, so there was a lot of stuff going on. But, yes, there were still so, so many good stories to read. Right before I put […]

Listen to R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast #69 & my new story ‘Hidden’

The new episode of The Word Count Podcast just went live, and that means you can now listen to my new flash fiction story ‘Hidden’ Listen to the episode. The story prompt this month was this photo and the month of August.   I confess I might have cheated somewhat when writing this story, because […]

Read my story ‘Hare’s Breath’ in the brand new issue of SHIMMER

Issue #39 of Shimmer just went live, and I can still barely believe it, but my name is on that cover. And what a cover! Gorgeous and haunting artwork by Sandro Castelli. The table of contents include some fabulous authors (as well as yours truly), and of course, I highly recommend you pick up this […]

Thanks to everyone who entered my Goodreads giveaway!

My Goodreads giveaway – for three paperback copies of ‘Odin’s Eye’ (my collection of science fiction short stories) – has just concluded. Thank you so much to everyone who entered! 1,440 people entered the giveaway, and three people will be receiving a copy of the book in the mail very soon! I’m especially happy because […]

Read ‘Deathlight’ – a story written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast

July’s story prompt for the ever-wonderful Word Count Podcast was a wonderful picture taken by our podcast-master R.B. Wood himself. This is a photo I took while hiking in Zion National Park in Utah. This is the beginning of the Narrows hike, previous hikers sometimes leave their walking sticks for future hikers. Listen to the […]

Listen to R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast #68 & my new story ‘Deathlight’

After some trials and tribulations for our glorious podcaster R.B. Wood, the latest episode of the Word Count Podcast is now live! This episode, episode #68, includes my story ‘Deathlight’. Listen to the episode. The story prompt this month was this fantastic photo taken by R.B. Wood, and “July”! From R.B. Wood: This is a […]

Read my poem ‘Solstice Blót’ in the new issue of Polar Borealis Magazine

It’s been a while since I released a poem into the wild, but right now, you can read ‘Solstice Blót’ in the brand new, horror-themed issue of the Canadian publication Polar Borealis Magazine. You can read the issue here (scroll down to issue 4 and click to see the magazine in PDF). It includes stories and […]

Read my story ‘When Mama Calls’ in the new issue of Bracken

The new issue of Bracken has just been released with a TOC that includes my flash fiction story ‘When Mama Calls’. I wrote this story as an entry in Bracken’s flash fiction contest earlier this year, and while it was a challenge to write a maximum of 350 words, it was a fun challenge. Read […]