Archive for the ‘Short stories’ Category

Award eligibility post for Mythic Delirium Books, my own stories & much more

/ November 25th, 2023 / No Comments »

2023 has been a spectacular, extraordinarily special and extremely stressful year. A whole lot happened during the past five months, with events moving faster than the speed of a blog. First, it’s high time I shared Ye Olde Annual Award Eligibility Post, both for the

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StokerCon, new stories, new stories to be read at StokerCon, and more: a roundup

/ June 3rd, 2023 / No Comments »

Prior to this post, you’ll notice a proliferation of double posts that were simultaneously shared on both the Mythic Delirium site and this one. That’s because my home blog here had a functional “simulpost to Twitter” feature, which doesn’t work anymore because of Elon Musk-driven

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A new short story and a video interview

/ March 6th, 2023 / No Comments »

The dual launch for The Twice-Drowned Saint by C.S.E. Cooney and The Collected Enchantments went really well for Anita and I, despite not having a lot of time to get ready for Boskone thanks to accumulated real-world obligations. It was great to revisit our friends

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Where I’ll be at Boskone + two new horror story sales

/ February 14th, 2023 / No Comments »

With everything I’ve had going on — starting a new career, readying a celebration of my little publishing company’s 25th anniversary, it’s nice to be reminded that I’m a writer, as well. In that spirit, I’m pleased to announce two new short story sales (that

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2022: A writing year in images

/ January 16th, 2023 / No Comments »

By far the biggest change to my career as a writer this past year was my departure from The Roanoke Times after 24 years, to start a new career at Virginia Tech as a media relations officer working in the university’s central communications and marketing

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Mythic Delirium News: “Salissay’s Laundries,” a novella from DARK BREAKERS by C. S. E. Cooney, free to read [Award eligibility post]

/ December 13th, 2022 / No Comments »

The time of year has once again come around to remind folks of the original publications produced by Mythic Delirium Books, and in 2022 that’s a simple task. (It’s also, you know, a great excuse to remind people to check out a terrific, thought-provoking read,

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30th Anniversary Celebration Interview and Sale: Part Final

/ September 30th, 2022 / No Comments »

Six dark fantasy and horror titlesdiscounted to 99¢for an early Halloween start See a map of how my stories and upcoming novel connect Read the beginning of my 30th anniversary interview Read the second part of the interview Read part three Reflecting on your published

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30th Anniversary Celebration Interview and Sale: Part Three

/ September 25th, 2022 / No Comments »

Six dark fantasy and horror titlesdiscounted to 99¢for an early Halloween start See a map of how my stories and upcoming novel connect Read the beginning of my 30th anniversary interview Read the second part of the interview How did you rise to become the

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30th Anniversary Celebration Interview and Sale: Part Two

/ September 23rd, 2022 / No Comments »

Six dark fantasy and horror titlesdiscounted to 99¢for an early Halloween start See a map of how my stories and upcoming novel connect Read the beginning of my 30th anniversary interview How do you feel about the way your poetry was distributed versus your prose?

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Mythic Delirium news: “An Unkindness” by Jessica P. Wick from A SINISTER QUARTET a Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy selection

/ June 5th, 2022 / No Comments »

We live in an era of time distortion. Mostly it’s a bloody distressing state, but occasionally there’s a boon — such as this wonderful and unexpected opportunity to congratulate A Sinister Quartet contributor Jessica P. Wick, whose debut novella “An Unkindness” has been selected for

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