L.S. Johnson's Blog
December 18, 2021
gratitude at the end of the year
This has been … a year. There were ups and downs and nothing went the way I thought it would. Sometimes it went better and sometimes it went worse and the only constant in it all were readers: you folks out there who bought the books and signed up for the serial and answered my newsletters and chatted at conventions and were just there, at the other end of the line, listening to all my tales of anti-heroes and found families and people trying to do what’s right even when the world says they ...
October 25, 2021
Guest post: Set
I am delighted to host this essay by Catherine Schaff-Stump on the Egyptian god Set! Set plays a villainous role in her new novel, The Wrath of Horus, part of her excellent Klaereon Scroll series. The Wrath of Horus will be out on October 31st. Preorder it now!
Set
by Catherine Schaff-Stump
In stories, it is in our human nature to look for a villain. When we Americans in the twenty-first century settle on a mythological villain, we often settle on a version of the god of d...
October 13, 2021
An autumn update
I am trying to be better about this space, so to kick things off again here is an update from my end. I should say, first off, that many of you already know what I’m up to because you subscribe to my newsletter, or to the Prima Materia serial, or even both! My newsletter is still the best way to get all my news.
So: I have books in the pipeline. The first Prima Materia prequel, Seeds of Truer Natures, is dropping on November 16th and is now available for preorder. The last Chase & Daniels bo...
August 25, 2021
Prima Materia has begun!
Dear people, Prima Materia, aka “the vampire War & Peace,” is happening at last. It’s about warring vampires, the alchemists who want their blood, and the return of a serpent god; it’s set in a diverse, queer, grubby, bawdy Enlightenment Europe both like and unlike our own, where “science” and “reason” are often in the eye of the beholder and beings not quite human walk among us. It’s my passion project; it’s the series that brought me back to writing.
And now you can follow along as I wr...
August 23, 2021
Find me at Silicon!
It’s nearly Silicon time! I will be at table 69 in Artist’s Alley, along with E.M. Markoff (and Loren Rhoads in spirit and books). Stock up on your autumn reading, or just stop and say hello! The chapbook that’s front and center in the picture is the first part of my upcoming novella, which is serializing now at primamateria.online. I’ll be giving them out free with purchase! So check it out and then join me online as I write “the vampire War & Peace” haha.
Some people have taken me aside...
April 14, 2021
Reading this Sunday!
I will be reading this Sunday at Flights of Foundry! This free convention will have round-the-clock panels, readings, and more. My reading is at 7:30 PM PST … oh, and I’ll be waiving US shipping (and discounting international shipping) in my Gumroad store all weekend. It’s a great time to pick up a signed paperback or two! Hope to see you there!
December 24, 2020
end of the year 2020
First of all this is long, so happy holidays to you and yours, and feel free to skip the rest!
After I type this I’m unplugging this computer and moving it to the living room, where it will be set up for family Zoom calls all day tomorrow. I’ll shift to writing on paper for a day or two, which is a new joy thanks to discovering fountain pens – my handwriting is still atrocious, but the pens have alleviated some of my wrist issues. (I had a bad bout of RSI years ago.)
I used to do a roundu...
October 19, 2020
The Spectacular Magical Fiction Reading!
I will be reading online, live, this Friday with Gina Goldblatt, Becca Gomez Farrell, and SAY Yang, in support of SAY’s book The Spineless Porcupine. We’ll kick off at 8 PM Pacific Time. Hope to see you there!
August 2, 2020
“An Elegy for Landings” in Truancy 8
My short story based on swan maiden tales is out now in the world! Also I was interviewed by the wonderful Eileen Gunnell Lee. Truancy’s focus is on fairy tales, folktales, and myths from around the world, re-imagined for the 21st century. Click on the cover below to read!
July 17, 2020
“Julie” up at Tales to Terrify
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So so pleased to be podcast for a second time here. They did an excellent job with “Little Men with Knives” (Episode 429). Looking forward to listening tonight!
