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Radio Counterspell
A radio host is actually the station’s arcane security expert – and in the midst of scry attacks, another station wants his contract.
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A Gallery of Hundreds
Piper doesn’t want to move out of Ravenshore. Her only problem: a few thousand centipedes and their representative spirit.
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The Burnwillows
Duncan isn’t a hunter and doesn’t want to be. He may not have a choice.
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Revolver Recurring
I wrote this story for a contest. Well, it was the idea for a story I wanted to write, and I squeezed in some references to the contest prompt – which means I didn’t win, get published, or get mentioned, because that’s not really the best way to approach a contest. Anyway, it was a…
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Lost Witness
Quick note: this takes place after Ravenshore’s Antimagic, the novel which has just started going up as chapters. I didn’t really think about that until right now as I’m writing this post and thinking why? Why did I do that? Well, you’ve been warned, I guess. Contains spoilers for the end of Ravenshore’s Antimagic. — Justiciar Radiant…
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A Flock of Seagulls
“Do you like my hat?” Rick asked. The stranger gasped. “That huge raccoon just talked!” Their little group hurried away, disappearing into the nightly fog. “Wow, rude,” said Rick. He touched both paws to his furry belly and hoped the human was only comparing his height to a normal raccoon. It was true he’d gained…
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Ghost in the Smell
This is another prequel to Ravenshore’s Nightmare, set about three years earlier. The novel mentions an incident with detective Bollart and a sewer elemental a couple of times – so here it is! ___ “You’re godsdamn lucky you can’t smell this, Frank,” Kat said to her gun, fighting and coughing to control her gag reflex.…
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Ravenshore’s Nightmare ebook!
My first novel, Ravenshore’s Nightmare, is now available as an ebook! Head to my Patreon store to check it out. Kat’s nightmare is trying to kill her. Again. Ravenshore, independent city of black stone and fog-muted reflections of electric streetlamps. Kat manages her living with spirit work and exorcisms. She copes with the ghost in…
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Reflections of a Supervillain
Something a little different for this month’s short. I wrote this story in 2010 for a creative writing class. It went through a group critique and a couple of revisions, but otherwise has not been touched since March 2010. I’m putting it up here, completely unchanged, before even re-reading it myself, to look at and…
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New Year, New News
I’m not really one for resolutions, but I have been thinking about my writing and goals, and come to some decisions. First up, there’s no new short today. I have a couple of standalone chapters of a large project that I could post, but they’re rough drafts that very clearly need work and refinement. The…
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