Sunday Shorts—Ashes to Ashes by Day Al-Mohamed

I will likely always struggle with horror—it's not a genre I go to often, and almost never without many people first letting me know what I'm in for. Horror gets snagged in my head, and I end up having dark dreams or outright nightmares, so when I do read horror, it's in tiny bits, during …

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Friday Flash Fics — Aftershocks

Today's Friday Flash Fics reminded me of Mark Ward from the second short story I ever had accepted for publication, "Last Call," in Mortis Operandi. Mark is a wizard-for-hire (if you know who to talk to) who deals with strange goings on and tries to stop bad people from doing bad things, and in "Last …

Sunday Shorts—勢孤取和 (Influence Isolated, Make Peace) by John Chu

Part of Queers Destroy Science Fiction, which I'm listening to on audiobook, "勢孤取和 (Influence Isolated, Make Peace)" by John Chu was a brilliant way to ring in the new year. It does science fiction the way I love it the most: with inclusive allegory. The queer main characters isn't the main point, but their "otherness" is. …

Friday Flash Fics — The List

Happy New Year! Today's Friday Flash Fics shot made me think of the unnamed detective from "Keeping the Faith" (from Men of the Mean Streets). I liked the character, and I've always wanted to do more with him, but haven't had the opportunity until now. The List Clay didn’t feel comfortable in the bar, but …

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I'm not sure there's an author out there who actually enjoys the self-promo part of writing. I always feel guilty, I wince, and it's out of reach of my confidence comfort zone. End result being awkwardness for everyone, which is so my zone, comfort or nay. So, while this is a promotion post, I'm going …

YA Catch-up Sale at @BoldStrokeBooks

Okay, this rocks. ⁦ So, to celebrate the release of my queer YA novel Exit Plans for Teenage Freaks (isn't it pretty?), Bold Strokes Books⁩ is having a Flash Sale! This weekend, you get 30% off Young Adult ebook backlist titles at their webstore. Which titles? Click here. Now, I've read quite a few of …