Reality is flexible in these stories. Very flexible. Possibly scrambled. You can meet your recommended daily allowance of brain bending stories here, tho. (At least one per day.) One of many creature-filled tales in the Wee Beasties StoryBundle, curated by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. About Eggs of the Dog That Bit You Dogs that lay eggs?
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Dreams are messy. So are monsters. At least the cat who won’t give up just because the odds are terrible is well-dressed. One of many creature-filled tales in the Wee Beasties StoryBundle, curated by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. About Defenders of Dream A cat with a sword. A pug with twin katanas. A spider who eats
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When the world you knew starts slipping away, sometimes it’s the animals who remember you best. Or help you remember yourself. One of many creature-filled tales in the Wee Beasties StoryBundle, curated by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. About Bones of Connection What happens when an ordinary job interview turns into a life-altering revelation? After a heart-breaking
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You don’t read a Pulphouse story expecting it to behave. This collection doesn’t even pretend to try. One of many creature-filled tales in the Wee Beasties StoryBundle, curated by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. About Run!! Creatures, Critters, and Pulphousers… Take your wildest imagination, and you might just come up with a Pulphouser: a rare creature only
Baseball’s weird enough on its own. Add magic, a little heartbreak, and a few surprises in the outfield, and the game changes fast. One of many creature-filled tales in the Wee Beasties StoryBundle, curated by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. About Home Run Enchanted Strike thrice upon the bone-white plate, call to home some bloodthirsty fate. Do
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Sometimes magic shows up in the unlikeliest creatures. These stories of magical animal creatures follow the ones who don’t quite fit—and the people who stumble across them. One of many creature-filled tales in the Wee Beasties StoryBundle, curated by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. About Unexpected Critters From a mouse with a compulsion to paint the monster
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The Wee Beasties Storybundle I’ve joined a new StoryBundle, and this one has teeth. The Wee Beasties StoryBundle, curated by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, is all about creatures that look small and harmless…right up until they don’t. Fairies, pixies, halflings, cats, mice, corgis, ghosts, orcs playing baseball, elves playing baseball, bats, rats, and other assorted critters
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So let’s say you’ve written a story and decide to publish it as an indie author. You have done your research, made connections, and both asked for and followed advice. Your story is of reasonable quality, it’s reasonably free of typos, and it’s got a reasonable cover, description, and all the little bits and bobs
Now available: House of Masks The House of Masks: A Gothic Space Opera Kickstarter was a success! And now it’s time to go live to online bookstores. House of Masks is a 500+-page standalone space opera with modern Gothic sensibilities, the epic scope of a Dickens novel, and a slow build to chaos. Buy now About
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This is a children’s story, which means that I can get away with saying things I want to say to adults by saying them to children instead.–Miss Emma, Librarian New Project! I’m posting a heads-up for a project that I’m starting today, a sequel to my middle-grade horror novel The Witch House. (Middle-grade = ages 9-12.) If you’re
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