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Spring Reads

Weathering Youth by Dawn Vogel.
Weathering Youth
Afoul & Affairs, Amanda Cherry.
Afoul & Affairs
Warlock Rising, Nathan Crowder, The Mad World Cycle, A Cobalt City Universe Story.
Warlock Rising
Droplets from the Universe
Droplets from the Universe
Book Cover for Conceits of Whim and Fancy
Conceits of Whim and Fancy
C. and M. Marsh, Girl Detectives
C. and M. Marsh, Girl Detectives
Sure Shot in Las Capas - The Case of the Absent Star
Sure Shot in Las Capas - The Case of the Absent Star
Book Cover: The Boiling Sea
The Boiling Sea
Cover for Denizens of Distant Realms
Denizens of Distant Realms
Cover of Mad Scientist Journal Spring 2019 featuring a giant hand coming out of a field of flowers.
Mad Scientist Journal - Spring 2019
Cover Art for Battling in All Her Finery
Battling in All Her Finery: Historical Accounts of Otherworldly Women Leaders
Cover art for Eye for an Eye
Eye for an Eye
Cover Art for Mad Scientist Journal: Spring 2018
Mad Scientist Journal: Spring 2018
Cover for Kensei Tales: Unorthodoxy
Kensei Tales: Unorthodoxy
Cover for Mad Scientist Journal: Spring 2017
Mad Scientist Journal: Spring 2017
Cover for Kensei Tales: Live and In Concert
Kensei Tales: Live and In Concert
Book Cover: The Trouble with the Tick-Tock Tabby
The Trouble with the Tick-Tock Tabby
Mad Scientist Journal Spring 2016
Mad Scientist Journal: Spring 2016
Cover for Mad Scientist Journal: Spring 2015
Mad Scientist Journal: Spring 2015
Cover for Mad Scientist Journal: Spring 2014
Mad Scientist Journal: Spring 2014
Cover of Mad Scientist Journal: Spring 2013
Mad Scientist Journal: Spring 2013
Cover of Mad Scientist Journal: Spring 2012
Mad Scientist Journal: Spring 2012
Cobalt City Timeslip
Cobalt City Timeslip
Chanson Noir by Nathan Crowder
Chanson Noir
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  • Review of Dream the Deep by Clara Ward

    I thoroughly loved Clara Ward’s Be the Sea, so I was excited to read their novella, Dream the Deep (Atthis Arts, 2026). Set on a near-future Earth that the wealthy and privileged have fled, it takes place over a few days and features a number of people who are being left behind. Ren is a non-binary

  • Fun for Friday: DCO Instagram Prompts Dump

    It’s time for some more prompts from the DefCon One Instagram account! There’s some fun to be had here with interpreting specific words in a variety of ways! Write a piece about sweets that embolden the eater. Write a piece in which astrology plays an important role. Write a piece about an event that requires

  • Cover Reveal for Bounty of the Atoll

    I’m so excited to reveal the cover for my next novelette, Bounty of the Atoll! The artwork was created by Kloudinthesky, who did an exceptional job of translating my “I dunno, a wrecked Spanish galleon?” into this stunning work of art! Far from Spain, there are rumors of a beautiful princess held prisoner by a witch

  • March 2026 Publications

    I had four new pieces out in March this year, which definitely deserves its own post! My story “Give Me Back My Moon,” which was inspired in part by a song from my favorite female K-pop idol, was published in the spring issue of The Colored Lens. It’s a short fantasy story in which a

  • Review of The Dead Withheld by L. D. Lewis

    The Dead Withheld by L. D. Lewis (Neon Hemlock, 2025) is a queer, gritty, urban fantasy novella that I absolutely flew through once I started reading it. The worldbuilding is fantastic, as are the characters inhabiting that world! Dizzy Carter is a private investigator and deadwalker, a type of witch who can communicate with the

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