DeAnna Knippling

I’ve been all over the spectrum when it comes to deciding whether I like Amazon or not, but I’m at the point, now, where I feel like that if people don’t want Amazon to out-compete them, they have to provide me with something better. The reason I don’t go to WalMart is that I don’t […]

New fiction up!  I’m trying out the Kindle Direct Select program, which means I have to leave it exclusive on Amazon.com for three months (May 20th).  I’ll let you know how it goes…at any rate, it’s only available via Amazon.com at the moment.  So if you happen to buy a copy but don’t have a Kindle, contact

This was my first ebook, the one that’s been up the longest. Now available at Smashwords, Amazon.com, and Barnes and Noble. A Fly in Amber by DeAnna Knippling Three bottles of the Shackleton Scotch have returned to Scotland over 100 years after the failed Antarctic expedition. But how do they taste? This is a story

A short story collection of contemporary fantasy and mundane magic.  At Smashwords, B&N, and Amazon.com, with more sites to come. One of my favorite writers, as a kid, was Zenna Henderson.  I loved The Anything Box.  I never really got into The People as a series, for some reason–but The Anything Box. It was an amazing short story collection,

The year in review for my DeAnna Knippling ebooks… Novel: Chance Damnation: A Tale of the Weird West A little girl with the power of a God. Invaders from another world. When demons rewrite history on the Great Plains, three brothers follow one of their own into a strange Hell to change it back. (Related

The year in review for my De Kenyon pen name… The Exotics Book 1: The Floating Menagerie Nobody knows what happened when Rachael’s mom disappeared a week ago–except Rachael’s classmate Raul. So when giant talking dogs attack him, Rachael follows and gets kidnapped, too. Now she’s on a mysterious ship full of kids who can

Adventure.  Spies.  Magic. New chapter book/middle-grade fantasy series inspired by…my daughter.  Bored with reading the chapter books available and with a mother who wasn’t going to take it anymore, she’s read the first three books in the series with relish, jumping up and down, and yelling about what was and wasn’t fair. The main character

All, I’m giving away three signed copies of Tales Told Under the Covers: Zombie Girl Invasion & Other Stories. Three paper copies, via Goodreads–sign up from now to December 31st.  I may toss in an ebook copy of Exotics 1, if it’s ready. If you would like to buy a signed copy for delivery before Christmas, contact me

New fantasy story inspired by Tom Waits.  Not specifically by Tom Waits, just by the very existance of Tom Waits.  If I made a movie and Tom Waits had a cameo in it, this would be the short story that inspired the movie that had the Tom Waits cameo in it. The press would ask,

New fantasy story inspired by the Garden of the Gods and Colorado Springs’s continuous water issues, now available at Amazon.com, Smashwords, B&N, and OmniLit. The Cliff House by DeAnna Knippling Ardahl loves his land, even though he’s been crippled in its service and trapped in the Cliff House to work the magic that brings water.  But using the magic