“Delivery for 3C at Song View” published in Diabolical Plots! This is my first publication of 2022, but I sold it about a year ago now, so I’ve been sitting on this one for a little while :) “Delivery for 3C at Song View” is a contemporary fantasy piece about a delivery driver (Door Dasher) … More “Delivery for 3C at Song View” published in Diabolical Plots!
I’m a little behind in my story announcements at the end of this year, a few that simply need a bit of photography love before I post. However, I would like to craft a fully-fleshed out eligibility post for awards season now rather than even later since I’m already awfully late. This year I had … More Awards Eligibility List 2021!
My story about an abandoned magical library has been published in Apparition Lit’s Wonder issue! “Flock of Words and Wonder” begins in the Library of All, an incredible place that can travel between worlds and houses every written work from every realm. These words arrive each day, differently shaped, a multitude of languages represented, they … More “Flock of Words and Wonder” published in Apparition Lit’s Wonder Issue
THE WINTERNIGHT TRILOGY Katherine Arden The Winternight Trilogy, which includes The Bear and the Nightingale, The Girl in the Tower, and The Winter of the Witch, is one of those rare beasts where each installment is as glorious as the last. The story revolves around Vasilisa, or Vasya, who is born as the youngest child … More Recommended Books: THE WINTERNIGHT TRILOGY by Katherine Arden
My two recommended stories this week are serious in tone, centering on a woman who has been subjugated by a system and the men who run it. COTTONMOUTH by Joelle Wellington is one of those powerful stories that have you on the edge of your seat, waiting, waiting for what’s to come. It tells the … More Recommended Short Fiction: COTTONMOUTH by Joelle Wellington & PROPHECY GIRLS by Sydney Paige Guerrero
Two stories about finding a perfect fit, one with a transformation into a fish and the other about finding new homes for a dying people. A MINNOW, OR PERHAPS A COLOSSAL SQUID by Carlos Hernandez & C S E Cooney is written in a partially experimental style, alternating between excerpts and letters in the perspective … More Recommended Short Fiction: A STRANGER GOES ASHORE by Adam R Shannon & A MINNOW, OR PERHAPS A COLOSSAL SQUID by Carlos Hernandez & C S E Cooney
Marie Croke 