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Publication Alert: 72 Hours of Insanity V9

Here’s another Writers’ Games anthology. I managed to nab third place this portion and have two very different stories in the book. You can find me under the pseudonym “CE Snow.”

The first–“She Waited”–is a folklore style tale filled with lost love and forgotten memories. The second–“A Crime Lord’s Dream Team”–is a cyberpunk origin story. So if you prefer fairies and magic or hackers and biotech, there’s something for you!

Publication Alert!

Here’s another Writers’ Games anthology. I managed to nab third place this portion and have two very different stories in the book. You can find me under the pseudonym “CE Snow.”

The first–“She Waited”–is a folklore style tale filled with lost love and forgotten memories. The second–“A Crime Lord’s Dream Team”–is a cyberpunk origin story. So if you prefer fairies and magic or hackers and biotech, there’s something for you!

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Check out this gorgeous new anthology from All Worlds Wayfarer, available for preorder in both hardcover and paperback. (Digital forthcoming.)

“Through Other Eyes” is a selection of 30 short stories told through the eyes of characters that are anything but human. It includes a tale from yours truly, entitled “The Longing.”

Order your copy today. It’s sure to not disappoint!

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I had never considered collaborative writing before some folks in my writing group asked me to join a Team Writing competition. What a strange, exciting, terrifying, fun challenge. To be thrown together with a handful of people from an online writing group, who you barely know, who all have very different writing styles and backgrounds, and then be expected to create cohesive stories based on an arbitrary prompt and on a deadline to boot… Well, how-de! How do you even make that happen?

And yet, we did the thing. And in doing it, we transcended from internet acquaintances, to co-collaborators, to friends. It wasn’t easy. We argued a little bit. But in the end we made art together.

And now YOU can read it. This extraordinarily unique anthology features many delightful stories written by a variety of Scribes Divided Teams. Genre, voice, and style vary bringing something for everyone to the table. In addition, many of the contributing authors (self included) speak candidly on the process. Please check it out: Writing Alone and Other Group Activities: Scribes Divided Anthology, Vol. 3: Team Writing.

Enjoy this little snippet:

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Publication Alert!

Howdy readers! The Writer’s Workout has released another great fiction anthology featuring the top event winners from their annual Writer’s Games. In it you’ll find two stories by yours truly. (listed under the pseudonym CE Snow)

The first is a bit of a dark psychological tale called “The Left Hand Twin.” The second–“What You’re Left With”–is a rather painful journey on what it’s like to be a woman in today’s society.

The book is currently available for Kindle here, with a paperback release forthcoming. Happy reading!

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“Curiosities returns with new steampunk stories of mysterious machines, curios contraptions, mannerly magicks, a heroic noveltrix, and tea. Ever so much tea.”

What more can you want?

A steampunk piece about a dashing tattoo artist with a shadowy agenda and a penchant for nice things he cannot afford? Ok, twist my arm. You got it. Check out my piece “Inked” in Curiosities #7 Quarantine 2020. Click >here< to grab your copy! (Print only, Kindle coming soon.)

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Looking to read a bunch of fun stories and encourage  young people from all backgrounds to write creatively for pleasure and agency? Well look no further!

Endless Pictures, a new anthology from TL;DR Press is now available! This book features the top 20 stories from their 1,000 Word Herd Flash fiction contest. All proceeds from the sale of the book will go to First Story, a UK based literary charity.

In it, you’ll find a whole bunch of entertaining flash or varying genres, including a fun little piece by yours truly, entitled: “The Earth Provides.”

Go get your copy today!

TL;DR Press 1,000 Word Herd Flash Fiction Competition

Was very pleased to find out today that I made the top 20 list in the TL;DR Press 1,000 Word Herd Flash Fiction Competition!

It was a very fun story to write, definitely outside my norm.  Look for an announcement sometime in June for how to purchase the anthology with all the winning stories in it, including my piece “The Earth Provides.” All proceeds from the sale of the eBook will go to First Story, an English non-profit organisation that encourages young people to write creatively for pleasure and agency. Their creative writing programs equip young people with the confidence and skills to thrive in life and education. Consider supporting this excellent cause!

 

 

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In case you missed this gem in its original issue, I’m thrilled to have my cyberpunk story “Down Payment” included in the “Write Ahead The Future Looms 2019: Best of Anthology.”

Happy reading!

Publication Alert!

I’m very pleased to be included in this beautiful issue of Orca. It’s a fun little bit of flash. Hope you enjoy it!