From nameless circus workers killed in a train crash to Marilyn Monroe's grave at night, from the concentration camp in Northern California to the heart of Singapore City: join me and my friends in exploring cemeteries around the world. Every day aboveground is a good day.This collection of my cemetery essays is drawn from Gothic.Net, Gothic Beauty, Cemetery Travel, Morbid Curiosity magazine, Death's Garden: Relationships with Cemeteries, and more.…
Jumpstart your writing by taking it to the cafe! How do you pick a cafe in which to write, which tools should you use, should you bring a friend along: I'll answer these questions and give you more to think about.…
Join my husband Mason and me as we poke through ossuaries, love hotels, medical museums, old graveyards, and hot new restaurants -- and almost get sacrificed to a volcano. My brand-new memoir, exploring the world from San Francisco to Japan by way of Paris, Prague, and Pompeii, is debuting on Wattpad.…
Raena Zacari is running from the Empire -- and from the commander who taught her to kill. Jonan Thallian is closing in, but the Rebellion might just offer her a way out. These are the original Raena Zacari stories, published in the zines Anthology and Tales of a New Republic by @Martha Allard. They directly inspired my novels The Dangerous Type, Kill By Numbers, and No More Heroes, all now out from Night Shade Books and available wherever science fiction is sold.The cover of Life During Wartime was drawn by Kelly Dwyer.…
When the succubus Lorelei sees Azaziel across her master's bar, she recognizes him as an angel of melancholy. She vows to do whatever it takes to bring him down. This is the initial short story that led to my novel Lost Angels. The novel is available on Amazon: http://amzn.to/2aYZizs…
In the snows of Hoth, a fighter pilot, the crew of a medical shuttle, and a former Imperial prisoner are just trying to survive to fight another day. This Star Wars fanfic, co-written with @MarthaAllard and Brian Thomas, was originally published in Tales of the New Republic. This is one of the stories that inspired my new "In the Shadow of the Templar" trilogy, which just came out from Night Shade Books. All three books -- The Dangerous Type, Kill By Numbers, and No More Heroes -- are out now.The cover image is by Kelly Dwyer.…
by Brian Thomas and Loren RhoadsThe War between the Empire and the Alliance is over, but the battle still rages on in the Renatasia. Ariel Shaad is going to run guns one final time, with the help of a veteran Y-wing pilot who survived the first Death Star. This is the final fanfic from Tales of a New Republic.…
The air is so bad that no one steps outside voluntarily, except Christy, devotee of the rock star Ysanne. Ysanne promises escape to those who believe in her. What happens when you fly too close to the flame?…
I was 31 weeks pregnant when my blood pressure spiked to 110/200. The only thing that could save me was writing.…
Alondra DeCourval struggles to save the life of her guardian, using the oldest magic. This Alondra story, about absinthe and alchemy, is set in Prague.…