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I’m proud to able to announce the sale of my short story “The Lead Between the Panes” to Lakeside Circus, publisher, editor and writer Carrie Cuinn’s new online zine. (By the way, she’s still looking for submissions for the first issue.)   “The Lead Between

  The snarky redhead behind the Little Red Reviewer blog takes on my first novel, The Black Fire Concerto, and has some really kind and downright awesome things to say about it:   Exploding with magic, music, and violence, this short novel has the magical

The completely free e-book only poetry anthology Flying Higher: An Anthology of Superhero Poetry, edited by Shira Lipkin and Michael Damian Thomas, just came out today. It contains among many other things my incredibly silly poem “Darksein the Diabolic Plots His Comeback from Beyond the

My first novel, The Black Fire Concerto, is available for Kindle (click here to check it out — if you’re an Amazon Prime member you can borrow it free) as well as in paperback (click here to check that out). One presumes that in the

The special signed edition that was the top reward in the Clockwork Phoenix 4 Kickstarter is continuing its travels. Clockwork Phoenix 4 contributor Yukimi Ogawa writes, “I went to the shrine to wish for its safe journey, and got a traffic safety amulet. I put

Two things newly available on Amazon.com today. Click pix for more details. #SFWApro A thing I wrote:   A thing I edited:     Funny story about the thing I wrote — I had a very successful launch reading and launch party for The Black

I was too buried in Kickstarter promotion and website building to signal boost this when it happened, so apologies for the lateness. Podcastle has posted an audio adaption of Kennenth Schneyer‘s much-praised short story “Selected Program Notes From the Retrospective Exhibition of Theresa Rosenberg Latimer”

As of this writing the Kickstarter for Mythic Delirium has 90 minutes to go. This is the last chance to get rewards like Anita’s jewelry pins and Paula’s special art prints, and the last remaining Cherie Priest signed and numbered chapbook. #SFWApro Thanks so much

There’s about a day left before the Mythic Delirium Kickstarter comes to a close. Once again, I must thank the amazing support of our backers and of this incredibly generous community. As of this writing we’re almost $100 past our stretch goal to fund a

Here it is with Camille Alexa in Montreal, just prior to heading out for Tokyo. #SFWApro