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Storytime from Ancient Sumer

August 17, 2022 0 Comment
Storytime from Ancient Sumer

After another story, the Queen of Heaven was brooding. Her ego had gotten ahead of her, her pride a thing stronger than humans can understand, she made a mistake. And …

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Hey, Anyone Remember Anne Rice?

August 11, 2022 0 Comment
Hey, Anyone Remember Anne Rice?

That sure is a stupid title for a blog, isn’t it? So. You understand I write horror. And if you clock my age-I’m over 40 now-you assume, “Oh, Mena def was obsessed …

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Writing Through Cracks

April 14, 2019 0 Comment
Writing Through Cracks

Movement from the other side of the wall–an apartment away–drew your attention to something you hadn’t noticed before. A small crack in your own wall. Not small enough that it …

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why i wrote reaching out

February 8, 2019 0 Comment
why i wrote reaching out

Just a side note here. I plan to be a little raw about explaining the challenges I face, day to day in life. Things Molly draws from in many ways. …

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Willie and Patsy and writing today

October 8, 2018 0 Comment
Willie and Patsy and writing today

Content warning for casual use of ablest slurs and a discussion of that. One of the songs my mother used to sing, maybe one of my favorite of her songs …

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A Writer’s Ritual

October 3, 2018 0 Comment
A Writer’s Ritual

Every real writer you know knows at least one of a set on 29 perfect rituals. These rituals vary in usefulness depending on their age, usage, and intent of the …

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Out Now: Reaching Out

Out Now: Reaching Out

Molly can see ghosts and feels emotions physically. When a strange dead punk boy shows up in her life, quietly doing good work for the dead isn't going to be enough. Molly will have to reach out, but what will reach back?

dead machine series

dead machine series

A whole populations, huddled in multi-generational transport ships, drift from broken planets to destroyed space colonies looking for a safe place to start over. Io Suta, along with a few other robot pilots, defend one of these populations. This book follows the story of the migrants early days on an abandoned planet and the struggle for old war machines, both metal and flesh, to find a new way to live. Every one left alive is haunted, in one way or another. Some ghosts are more literal than others.

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Surviving the Beast

Surviving the Beast

Some rituals summon monsters. Some protect you from monsters. But at what cost?

Inspired by "ritual creepypastas" a subset of internet folklore.

Content warning: domestic abuse.

Gloria’s Dolls

Gloria’s Dolls

Gloria was an artist, though her mother never saw it that way. Gloria made strange and lovely dolls with too many joints or heads or eyes. Art people paid dearly for. But was that any kind of life? Gloria's mother worried. At least, until Gloria's mother didn't worry any more.

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