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Fun for Friday: November 2024 Writing Prompts
It’s time for the November writing prompts! The lists I looked at for this month were definitely thinking autumn, so I changed it up a little bit with one very non-autumn list! Column 1 is from the Doodlewash November 2024 Art Challenge. It’s got a number of autumnal words, but it’s also got a nice
Weird History in Unfixed Timelines Omnibus
Unfixed Timelines Omnibus collects three volumes of my fantastical and weird history stories and poetry, along with essays explaining the real history that I altered into fictional versions of history. The stories and essays touch on the Veiled Prophet from St. Louis in the nineteenth century (a weird mix of a civic organization with racist
Review of Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory
Yaroslav Barsukov’s Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory (CAEZIK SF & Fantasy, 2024) is an expansion of his novella, “Tower of Mud and Straw,” which I reviewed previously. Now as a full length novel, the story expands beyond its earlier constraints and plays more with the theme of memories in this fantastical world! The original novella
Drabbles in Dead-Starred Futures
My collection of dystopian science fiction, Dead-Starred Futures, included a handful of drabbles, stories told in exactly 100 words. All five of these stories were also reprints, which saw their initial publications in a variety of venues. “Litany” was a piece inspired by an abandoned building covered in graffiti that was presented to us in a
Flights of Foundry 2024 Quick Recap, Day 3
Catherine Tavares posted her recap of what she attended at Flights of Foundry immediately after the convention. I took a little longer to collect some of my thoughts and notes, but I hope you enjoy! (You can find my previous recaps here.) I’m going to have to do mine in chunks by day, so this post just covers

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