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Pen Parentis

My friends and fellow writers M M DeVoe and Arlaina Tibensky started an organization for writers with children called Pen Parentis, and it had its first reading Tuesday night at The Libertine by Todd English bar, inside the Gildhall Hotel in downtown New York. Readers were Jennifer Epstein and Leigh Newman, who both engaged the crowd. It's a much needed organization, as for some reason, being a mom and a writer often translates into being a mom who doesn't write, and the point of the group is fi

December Newsletter

Hi. Just a quick update: the anthology edited by Vince Liaguno, UNSPEAKABLE HORROR: SHADOWS FROM THE CLOSET is now available. Buy it here. I've got a story in it called "The Agathas" that takes place in Croatia, where my husband and I took our honeymoon in August. Other contributing authors include Lee Thomas, Liz Morton, Maria Alexander, and Scott Nicholson.

In other news, my short story "Afterlife" received a nomination for best short story, 2008, from Dark Scribe Magazine. Winners will be anno

Thanksgiving Newsletter

Everybody,

Hello, and happy Thanksgiving. For those new people on the list, thanks for joining. I've got a few announcements:

1) My story "The Agathas" is shipping from Amazon.com in the Unspeakable Horrors Anthology. It's set in Croatia after the third world war. You can get it here.

For more info on the collection, head to the Dark Scribe Website.

2) My story "The Great Pumpkin Arrives at Last," a more traditional Halloween thriller is out from Doorways Magazine, issue #7, and in newsstands. You c