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Even more than she wishes to destroy the celestial invaders who have killed her husband, wrecked her fields, and killed hundreds of her peasants, Lady Satsuma wishes to destroy the peasant who usurped his place, even over her own sons. But now that they know that Heaven did not send the invaders, but that they […]

It’s a good morning.  I’m having a professional-sale short story published in Crossed Genres Magazine.  I’m having another short story accepted in eFiction magazine.  I’m walking around the house, barefoot, pantsless, making another cup of tea and putting on shorts while the water heats in the microwave.  I have long since made my peace with

Nobody knows what really happened when Rachael Baptiste’s mom disappeared a week ago. So when Rachael’s second-grade classmate Raul tries to break into her mom’s computer only to be chased away by giant talking dogs, she follows him into the night and discovers that Raul—and her mom—have caught a magical sickness that lets them turn

Now availabe at B&N, Amazon, Smashwords, Apple, Kobo, Powell’s and more.  The print book will be available at Amazon.com and more.   The cover continues to evolve!  I still love Martha’s cover, but…getting five of them done just isn’t going to work out for the project right now.  Someday I might talk about the decisions I had to make in this

Now available at B&N, Amazon, Smashwords, Apple, Kobo, Powell’s and more. I’m sorry to keep changing these covers on you guys…but I have to find a way to make kind of matching covers for all five books.  Don’t worry, this should be the last one.  I’m updating book #2 in two weeks and book #3 will come out soon

Nobody knows what really happened when Rachael Baptiste’s mom disappeared a week ago. So when Rachael’s second-grade classmate Raul tries to break into her mom’s computer only to be chased away by giant talking dogs, she follows him into the night and discovers that Raul—and her mom—have caught a magical sickness that lets them turn

I have a new short story up online in the August 2013  Crossed Genres magazine:  “The Nest,” a SF story about a teacher who has to deal with the terrors of an alien planet–Earth!

I have just learned that Powell’s bookstore isn’t as huge as people describe it.  Powell’s!  It’s bigger than Tattered Cover, to be sure, but not of the immensity that people describe.  When people (i.e., book lovers) talk about it, it sounds miraculous: more than a collection of books, a Mecca.  I was expecting something that

Adrienne hides a secret face from the world:  she craves eating with an insatiable, magical hunger.  Only her husband, Miklos, an undertaker, knows the truth.  And yet loves her, passionately.  Because of her appetites, not in spite of them. Then Miklos dies of a heart attack, and his brother Andros, the owner of the family

Now available at B&N, Amazon, Smashwords, Apple, Kobo, Powell’s and more.  If you would like to read a copy of the story online for free until August 4th, go to the author’s website. Winter Fruit by DeAnna Knppling Adrienne hides a secret face from the world:  she craves eating with an insatiable, magical hunger.  Only