“Todo en tiempo.” The voice is on my left, but I don’t see the speaker at first. I’m, staring down at the ancient stone steps, watching my chest rise and […]
Antler September: Wake Me Up
I booked too much travel this month and I’m exhausted. This one will be brief. I loved this piece about opioid overdoses, Narcan, and how and to whom we administed […]
See you at Archon!
It’s going to be my second year at this midwest con, and I’m looking forward to being there. I hope to see some folks, and I’ve got a reading and […]
Collections and Anthologies 2019
Last year, I shared the number of stories and essays I’d sold with you all. It was a good number, it was (in this one small way) a good year. […]
Antler August: I got that summertime sadness.
August is almost always my least favorite month of the year. It’s always too hot and nothing gets done. Everyone skips town and work grinds to a halt. This August […]
Antler July: Don’t ask why, ask what’s good.
Holy hell I read so much in July! I don’t have the excuse of bad weather causing me to hide out and live in air-conditioned stillness with a book in […]
See You at Readercon!
I’ll be at Readercon this weekend in Quincy, Massachusetts! This is my first Readercon and I’m really looking forward to a convention that’s just about books. I’ve got a ton […]
Antler Review: June is busting out
I have this ability or curse or affinity or something that allows me to dilate time when I’m very busy. I get more done when I can hear the scythe […]
In Conversation with Peter S. Beagle
The difference between listening to a good author speak and a great author is not what you’d expect. It isn’t how witty they are– writers are often witty folk. It […]
Accidental Horror Stories
Justina Ireland started a Twitter thread about the short stories we read in school that had traumatized us. There were a lot of commonalities in her mentions: “There Will Come […]