Category: Fantasy

“Pour One Out” in Print in DreamForge Magazine!

I recently returned from Superstars Writing Seminars to discover Issue 11 of DreamForge Magazine of Science and Fantasy Fiction had arrived with my story “Pour One Out” in print! This beautiful full-color magazine includes stories from the two most recent digital issues of DreamForge Anvil. Get your copy from Amazon today – click here to buy!

Realm Breaker

Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard A strange darkness grows in Allward. Even Corayne an-Amarat can feel it, tucked away in her small town at the edge of the sea. She soon discovers the truth: She is the last of an ancient lineage—and the last hope to save the world from destruction. But she won’t be alone. Even as darkness falls, she is joined by … Read More Realm Breaker

God of Neverland

God of Neverland by Gama Ray Martinez Peter Pan is missing; Neverland is in trouble. For adults, that might not matter all that much, but for children–whose dreams and imagination draw strength from the wild god’s power–the magic we take for granted in the real world is in danger of being lost forever. Such is the life of a now grown-up Michael Darling. Michael … Read More God of Neverland

“Pour One Out” to Be Published in DreamForge Anvil

I’m super excited to announce that I will have a new story published next year in one of the 2022 issues of DreamForge Anvil. “Pour One Out” was inspired by the birthday trip we took to Belize in January 2020 (just before the pandemic shut the world down). It features a down-on-his-luck travel show host who has one last chance to find a lost … Read More “Pour One Out” to Be Published in DreamForge Anvil

New Story in Slippery Elm – Available Now!

Happy Monday friends! A couple pieces of writing news for me: -First, I got my copies of the new issue of Slippery Elm which contains my short story, “Cold Bluff.” If you haven’t read my other published work because it sounded too dark or too scary, then this is the one! It’s a lovely little contemporary fiction short about an old man who gets … Read More New Story in Slippery Elm – Available Now!

Halloween Sale for Cursed Collectibles!

Long time, no blog! Definitely working to get back to posting more regularly. I’ve still been reading, just not reviewing anything. Looking forward to getting a few reviews up here before the end of the year. And I have some project updates to share about my writing, including a recent research trip to South Dakota! First up though, Cursed Collectibles is now on sale … Read More Halloween Sale for Cursed Collectibles!

A Map of Days

A Map of Days by Ransom Riggs Having defeated the monstrous threat that nearly destroyed the peculiar world, Jacob Portman is back where his story began, in Florida. Except now Miss Peregrine, Emma, and their peculiar friends are with him, and doing their best to blend in. But carefree days of beach visits and normalling lessons are soon interrupted by a discovery—a subterranean bunker … Read More A Map of Days

Here There Be Dragons

Here, There Be Dragons by James A. Owen An unusual murder brings together three strangers, John, Jack, and Charles, on a rainy night in London during the first World War. An eccentric little man called Bert tells them that they are now the caretakers of the Imaginarium Geographica — an atlas of all the lands that have ever existed in myth and legend, fable … Read More Here There Be Dragons

The Diviners

The Diviners by Libba Bray Evie O’Neill has been exiled from her boring old hometown and shipped off to the bustling streets of New York City—and she is pos-i-tute-ly ecstatic. It’s 1926, and New York is filled with speakeasies, Ziegfeld girls, and rakish pickpockets. The only catch is that she has to live with her uncle Will and his unhealthy obsession with the occult. … Read More The Diviners

The Girl With No Face

The Girl With No Face by M.H. Borosan It’s the end of the Nineteenth Century. San Francisco’s cobblestone streets are haunted, but Chinatown has an unlikely protector in a young Daoist priestess named Li-lin. Using only her martial arts training, spiritual magic, a sword made from peachwood, and the walking, talking spirit of a human eye, Li-lin stands alone to defend her immigrant community … Read More The Girl With No Face

The Ten Thousand Doors of January

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As the ward of the wealthy Mr. Locke, she feels little different from the artifacts that decorate the halls: carefully maintained, largely ignored, and utterly out of place. Then she finds a strange book. A book that carries the scent of … Read More The Ten Thousand Doors of January

The Bear and the Nightingale

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden At the edge of the Russian wilderness, winter lasts most of the year and the snowdrifts grow taller than houses. But Vasilisa doesn’t mind—she spends the winter nights huddled around the embers of a fire with her beloved siblings, listening to her nurse’s fairy tales. Above all, she loves the chilling story of Frost, the blue-eyed … Read More The Bear and the Nightingale