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Books Illustrated By Kristen Nyht

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Utter Fabrication: Historical Accounts of Unusual Buildings and Structures
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  • Review of Tea and Treachery at the Infinite Pantry by Jo Miles

    Tea and Treachery at the Infinite Pantry by Jo Miles (2026) is a delightful cozy mystery set in a fantastical world, filled with tea, delicious foods, cats, and the promised treachery! Glendevyn is the recently appointed head curator of the Infinite Pantry, a museum dedicated to food. When the preservation spells that keep the museum’s

  • Fun for Friday: Playing Catch Up with DCO Instagram Prompts

    It’s time for some more prompts from the DefCon One Instagram account! These might be an interesting set to combine in a single piece! Write a piece about a person with unique expertise. Write a piece about a person with absorption powers. Write a piece about mittens getting in the way. Follow the DefCon One Instagram

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    If you like reading about what I’m doing, subscribe to my newsletter! It comes out once a month, around the middle of the month (like this coming Monday), and it recaps what I’ve been writing and doing, along with things coming soon or recently out, bits of history research, and book recommendations! In addition to all

  • This Book Has Ghosts in It out today!

    My latest collection, This Book Has Ghosts in It, is out today! Ghosts of the modern era aren’t always those of the deceased. In this collection are ghosts of ideas, creatures of death, and creepy plants and places, in addition to the more traditional forms of ghosts. Short stories, tiny stories, and poetry keep you wondering

  • February 2026 Recap!

    By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 33 Acceptances received: 2 Rejections received: 14 Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 23 New Submissions: 0 Stories out at the end of the month: 40 February turned out pretty good on the resubmissions front, as I managed to send out more pieces than I received

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