Neon Garden: Issue 7 is out now! It contains my weird (nearing bizarro, too) fiction story, “Flesh Beginnings, Earth Endings.”
It can be read for free here.
Neon Garden 7 Out Now!
Writing Prompt #88 — The Hidden Black Depths
Prompt: The moon shines brightly in the sky, illuminating the shore around you. The scent of the sea and sand, along with the rush of the waves and the taste of salt fill your senses to the brim. Moving your body, you take your first step forwards.
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Book Spotlight: The Very Best of Caitlín R. Kiernan by Caitlín Keirnan
Up until reading The Very Best of Caitlín R. Keirnan, I’ve only read Keirnan’s book, Black Helicopters, and her short stories “Fish Brides,” “On the Reef,” and “The Transition of Elizabeth Haskings” in the anthology Weirder Shadows over Innsmouth. I enjoyed them all, but as I read and finished The Very Best, I became entirely engrossed by Kiernan’s prose and her work.
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Writing Prompt #78 — The Stars on the Inside
Prompt: There’s a tradition in the West Virginia FBI department. New recruits must spend one night alone in the woods around Point Pleasant. Unfortunately, this means you.
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Book Spotlight: The Rust Maidens by Gwendolyn Kiste
Gwendolyn Kiste’s Bram Stoker award-winning debut novel The Rust Maidens (published by Trepidatio Publishing) is a book, at its core, about life, stubbornness, blame, growth and acceptance, weaved in a such a wonderful way that it’s more than what it truly is: an amazing, engrossing weird fiction story.
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Book Spotlight: The Writhing Skies by Betty Rocksteady
Betty Rocksteady’s novella The Writhing Skies (published by Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing) is a short, dread-inducing explosion of hauntingly bizarre — some sexual, some not — occurrences happening simultaneously, leaving you wondering — in a good way — by the end of the story: What the hell did I just read?
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Bleached Butterfly Vol. 1:1 Out Now!
Bleached Butterfly Vol. 1:1 is out now, and can be read, for free, on their website. It is brimming with a variety of stories: from horror to science fiction, to supernatural to fantasy. In particular, this volume contains my short, weird story, “Into the Trees.”
If you have time to spare, give it a read. You have nothing to lose!
