The folks at Haunted Waters press have been doing up some lovely pictures and amazing promotions for the new issue and sharing lots of love with their featured authors and poets.
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At 50,000 words (and that’s more like a minimum), writing a novel can be a daunting task. I’m still working on mine and sometimes I wonder if I’ll ever be done. But what happens when the challenge is to go the other way? What happens when a writer attempts to tell a story in not 50,000 words, but in just…18 words?
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"The Myth of Teez Sona" begins with a woman standing in the rain trying to flag down a taxi which then passed her by. Why would a taxi driver drive on? Why would he not stop for a fare from someone who obviously needs a ride? And what does this all have to do with Grain’s latest theme of memory?
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When Luna Station Quarterly asked if I would do an author interview on "The Volcano Keeper", I had to say yes. It’s my first interview, and I had a lot of fun answering questions about the inspiration for the story, giving some thoughts on the character(s), and discussing a little bit about future projects.
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When your work is out there, you never know who might find it. It was a Thursday at 9:17 pm when I got a text from my friend saying, "Have you seen this?"
I was beyond thrilled to see a review (the first!) on my latest story "The Volcano Keeper" on SFF Reviews.
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This time, it's all about art.
A big thanks to The Stillwater Review for giving two poems a new home. Although these poems now sit side-by-side, they had very different beginnings and it never crossed my mind that they might end up together in the end.
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I'm fascinated by volcanoes. They're the source of myths, legends, and fears, and yet there is something about them that lures cities closer and closer into their shadows. This latest story is a speculative fiction piece about a volcano and its last keeper.
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This poem began as four pre-chosen words (current, elude, hidden, and lamp) given by the editors of Eclectica Magazine as part of their Special Feature - Word Poems. This quartet of words rattled around my head for over a month, and nothing was coming to me. Then, I watched a Jerry Seinfeld comedy special on Netflix.
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What do coffee houses and catacombs have in common?
Both are the subjects of my latest two poems and places I like to stop off at in my travels