Been a bit AWOL Sorry about that. Life, you know? Seems it’s been since March that I’ve posted anything here, and what a journey it’s been. Why AWOL? Well, to be succinct, it was all about eldercare of my 93-year-old mother-in-law who has dementia. That will have to suffice as explanation for the high-drama and stress which has overshadowed our lives since March. We think we’re on track to better care for her. The next…
A New Reprint Sale and Publication The Murder on Her Mind anthology series is now live and populating the world with tales of murderous women, edited by Rasiika Sen. My story, “A Case of Time” I’m pleased to announce, makes an appearance here. It’s a twisted tale about criminal rehabilitation, and first appeared in my collection, And the Angels Sang. The blurb for Murder on Her Mind, Volume 01: Step into the thrilling and twisted world of murderous…
When a service isn’t exactly a service Anyone involved in the publishing industry will tell you there’s just so much to know, and that knowledge has been changing rapidly from the beginning of the 21st century. Now, it seems, I’ve stumbled across another bit of knowledge which has left me surprised. When ebooks were first becoming a thing, there were only a few ways in which a reader could obtain them, quite aside from the…
So today’s exciting news is I have a short story appearing in On Spec Magazine. What is On Spec? On Spec Magazine is a quarterly journal of Fantastic Literature, published by the Copper Pig Society. The magazine has won several Prix Aurora Awards, and has been a Canadian icon in Fantastic Literature since 1989. My short story I wrote a strange and challenging story, “Water Rights”, which explores not only rights to Canada’s waterways,…
I am Hopeless I know, I know, I truly am hopeless at promoting myself, of keeping people up to date on what I’m doing. But mostly it’s because I’ve convinced myself no one’s listening. Now, that’s not meant to sound like a sucky-baby statement. Just being very pragmatic. It has been my experience with social media of any sort that mostly people aren’t paying attention to all the white noise out there, and my voice…