Queer writer of speculative and YA fiction
True fact: I don't write a lot of horror. One lesson I remember from my friend and editor Greg Herren, though, when it comes to approaching genres I don't have a lot of experience with, is to go at them with a mindset of "I've never tried that before" instead of "I could never do …
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Happy almost summer! (Unless you're in the Southern Hemisphere, in which case happy almost winter.) I know, I can't believe it either. Let's get right to this month's flash fiction draw, shall we? (And as always, if you want to skip the preamble, you can click here and go right to the good stuff.) Here's …
Wow, this one is late. As I mentioned earlier, I’m on deadline for a project I can’t talk about yet, but that I’m very excited about. (Also? I will never contract for something that isn’t finished ever again. Never. Mark my words. And remind me of this when I think writing to a deadline is …
So... I'm running a little behind. I'm on deadline, you see, for a super awesome thing that I can't tell you about yet. That deadline is getting SUPER close now, and I'm... not done. So I spent a good part of the weekend working on that (when I wasn't procrastinating, which it turns out is …
It's May! That means the year is one-third over, and time's a-wasting. So let's get right to this month's Flash Fiction Draw. (If you want to skip the song and dance, click here to go right to the prompt.) If you're unfamiliar with this, here's the deal: I draw three cards from a deck of …
For April's Flash Fiction Draw, we have the following stories based on this prompt (action/adventure, set in a restaurant kitchen, including a stray sock). I'm always impressed how a single prompt can inspire such a diverse batch of stories in response. Taste Explosion, by E H Timms Raptors in the Kitchen, by Iara Warriorfeather The …
Well, it's nine-thirty on a Monday night, and I'm just now getting around to posting this, which I guess tells you everything you need to know about how my day's gone. Actually, it hasn't been that bad, as Mondays go, but I feel perpetually in a state of trying to catch up and am still …
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Well, this one's a doozy. (If you want to skip the song and dance, click here to go right to the prompt.) I feel like I might have said that last month, too. But that's the nature of these Flash Fiction Draw writing prompts: they're as random as the categories I picked for them in …
Thanks to everyone who wrote a story based on this month's prompt. And if I somehow missed your response, please let me know! I'll add it posthaste. Lakeside Counsel by Colin Colgrave Tulips by E H Timms The Calm, Quiet Whisper of Graves by Jeff Baker The Keys to His Heart by Iara Warriorfeather Tulips, …
A long time ago, I worked at the Missouri Botanical Garden. you may not know it, but it’s one of the top three botanical research institutions in the world and has the third-largest herbarium on the planet. It’s been around since 1859, when it was opened by a retired English businessman named Henry Shaw. In …
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