An ongoing microfiction series about a town, a lake, and a whole lot of weirdness. Updates MWF. The Sunken Gardens, once finished, refused to stop sinking. Canyons of potting soil and tanbark rose above their beds and knitted into a canopy. Gardeners learned to cultivate glowing mushrooms and rich veins of goldenrod ore within the […]
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“Be Fruitful and Multiply” audio story available
A new entry in the archive of evidence for why Joyce should not be in charge of their own promotion: I forgot to tell you all about the podcast I got to have a story in. Alone in a Room with Invisible People is a writing craft podcast by Holly Lisle and Rebecca Galardo. Normally, […]
It Happened in a Flash
I’m in an anthology~! And it’s free right now~! Solve a mermaid’s problem … Step off the edge of a roof … Dig up a grave at midnight … Take advice from a fortune cookie … Visit the last library … Meet a bridge troll … And more … In one instant, like a bolt […]
Magic in the Dark and Dust
Aisha, freelance witch, certainly doesn’t have any work to keep her busy lately. That specter has cast a pall over her normally cheery, if unpredictable, life. The offer of a potluck and a new friend couldn’t come at a better time. Meeting Ben’s art buddy could be just the distraction she needs. “I don’t need […]
From “The Witch’s Son”
IT CAME AS only a small disappointment and no surprise at all to the witch when her son announced he would set off on an adventure. “I will become a great hero, if only I can find some monsters to defeat,” he said, sixteen and still green as a sapling. “May I please have a […]