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Book Cover: Sure Shot Stories: Tales of the Lady Huntsman
Sure Shot Stories: Tales of the Lady Huntsman

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Bounty of the Atoll by Dawn Vogel
Bounty of the Atoll
Justice/Vengeance: Inferno by Erik Scott de Bie
Inferno
The Complete Mad World Cycle
The Complete Mad World Cycle
Afoul & Affairs, Amanda Cherry.
Afoul & Affairs
Book Cover: An (Un)helpful Guide to Writing a Novel
An (Un)helpful Guide to Writing a Novel
Wrecker of Engines – Tales of Cobalt City’s Adventurers Club, Rosemary Jones.
Wrecker of Engines - Tales of Cobalt City's Adventurers Club
Bad Intentions, a Cobalt City Universe Story. Erik Scott de Bie. Amanda Cherry.
Bad Intentions
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  • Origins!

    I am so excited about this I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to make a post. I will be joining my amazing editor (and friend!) Jennifer Brozek (who you should totally vote for on the 2026 Hugo ballot as Best Editor, Short Form) at Origins Game Fair in Columbus, Ohio next weekend! This

  • Fun for Friday: The Big Pink Book of Prompts, Magical Books

    On Monday, I shared the blank version of this page, and today, you get to see what I did with it! Here’s what my notes say: Hymnal of Transformation (with an arrow pointing to the books) music as magic = lyramancy RyA theme -> predicament what if you have to finish a hymn if you

  • Sure Shot Stories Cover Reveal!

    My next collection, Sure Shot Stories: Tales of the Lady Huntsman, will be out from DefConOne Publishing on July 14! This collection takes two of my published Sarah Castile stories and adds a third, unpublished story to the mix. All three stories are set in the post-World War II era, with two in Europe and one

  • Review of They Made Us Blood and Fury by Cheryl S. Ntumy

    Cheryl S. Ntumy’s They Made Us Blood and Fury (Rosarium Publishing, 2026) is a gorgeous, sweeping, epic fantasy with wonderful characters and intricate worldbuilding that will delight fans of the genre! The novel follows the interwoven stories of several characters, key amongst whom is Aseye, a young woman who works as an armorer far from her

  • May 2026 Recap

    By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 53 Acceptances received: 2 Rejections received: 29 (+3) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 33 New Submissions: 0 Stories out at the end of the month: 53 My May numbers are a little late, because I had thyroid surgery at the end of May and have

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