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June 13, 2017
My playlist for summer writing inspiration – at Syntax & Salt!
This past winter, Syntax & Salt Magazine held a fun contest where people could submit playlists for writing inspiration. I submitted a playlist, and while I did not win, I did find a ton of great music on the winning list. So, when the contest popped up again, this time asking for playlists for summer […]
June 12, 2017
Story notes for three stories
Three of my stories were published in May, and I thought I’d share some background for each of them. I’ve been thinking about these stories a lot this past month (no surprise!), partly because the writing process for each of them was so different. And oh, if you want to support excellent speculative fiction, consider […]
June 8, 2017
A musical collaboration of sorts…
This has to be one of the coolest and most unexpected things that has happened to me as a writer: Australian guitarist Graham Greene has written an amazing new tune – and it was inspired by my short story ‘The Gates of Balawat’ from my short story collection ‘Odin’s Eye’! You can read more about […]
June 4, 2017
Read ‘Hungry Beasts’ – a story written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast
You can hear me read this story on episode #66 of R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. The prompts for this episode were “May”, and this gorgeous photo by R.B. Wood himself: Though this photo was taken in Boston Harbor, I set my story on the Pacific coast, just outside Vancouver. Hungry Beasts “Where are we […]
June 1, 2017
April / May recap: stories, sales & reviews
What the heck, May? I had three stories appear in three different publications this past month. Not that I’m complaining or anything… quite the opposite! The lovely threesome: The Machine of the Devil in Flash Fiction Online. (Read for free, subscribe, buy the issue.) Metal, Sex, Monsters in Gamut. (Subscribe, or buy the issue.) Firstborn […]
16 fabulously fantastic short stories I read in May
Some months, I feel like I just cannot keep up with all the wonderful, beautiful, addictively terrifying stories coming out. Actually, that pretty much describes every month… Here are 16 of the many fabulous stories I read in May: Lares Familiares, 1981, by Rebecca Campbell in Liminal Stories. “Over the girl’s shoulder lay the forest’s […]
May 29, 2017
My story ‘Metal, Sex, Monsters’ is now available online in Gamut Magazine
My story ‘Metal, Sex, Monsters’ is now available for online subscribers of Gamut. What’s it about? Well, the title sort of sums it up, I guess… but you’ll have to read it to know for sure. You can read the story right now if you’re a subscriber. The single issue will be available for purchase […]
Read my story ‘Firstborn’ in the new issue of Capricious
One of the most personal stories I’ve ever written, and one that is very close to my heart, has just been released into the wild. The story is ‘Firstborn’, and it’s available in the new issue of Capricious. There’s also an interview with me in the magazine where I talk about the inspiration for the […]
May 28, 2017
Listen to R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast & my new story ‘Hungry Beasts’
My story for the Word Count Podcast episode #66 is called ‘Hungry Beasts’. The story prompt this month was a photo taken in Boston Harbor by R.B. Wood himself! The other participating authors are: Bill Kirton – “The Island” Jack Gwaltney & John McCaffrey – “The Power and the Glory” C. Thomas Smith – “Darlings” […]
May 22, 2017
Great reads: 3 excellent short story collections
In the last little while, I’ve read three new short story collections by three brilliant writers, and each one of these is well worth picking up. Neither Here Nor There, by Cat Rambo This is two collections in one, literally. In the physical copy of the book, you actually turn it over and start the […]
