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November 17th: Scribble House Lit fest (Pittsburgh, PA)
This first annual event will feature small presses and journals selling books and connecting with writers and readers. Last-Picked Books and After Happy Hour will both be there, along with bunches of other local publishers!
December 5th, 7pm: Reading at Big Idea Bookstore
A literary reading featuring SJ Powell, author of Playhouse Android's Lament on the Ice Moon Galatea along with readings from Cryptid Bits.
In 2023, their micro-chapbook Shapeshifter Diaries was published as part of Rinky Dink Press' 10th series. Their short fiction has also appeared in more than 20 other journals and anthologies (some of which you can read further down the page if you're curious). Among their favorite things to nerd out about are mythology and languages, and they've tried their hand at creating both to varying levels of success. Cooking and gardening are foremost among their more normal areas of interest. They are mildly addicted to traveling, taking advantage of their digital nomad powers to meander around the world whenever possible, and are particularly drawn to ancient sites and ruins. They are also a life-long SFF geek, weaned first on stories like Animorphs, Redwall, and Goosebumps, then finding early influences in the Dune Series, the Wheel of Time, Star Trek, Star Wars, and novels by Anne Rice and Stephen King. They live with four cats and two humans in an old house in Pittsburgh, where they work as a freelance writer and editor.
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My other projectsNerd for Hire blogBook reviews, advice about writing, editing, publishing, and freelancing, and general musings about storytelling. Updated weekly (mostly).
After Happy Hour Review
Scribble House Guided Prompt Journals
Friends & further reading |
Short Fiction - OnlineProject EdenMockingOwl Roost, Vol. 4 Issue 4Disabled veteran signs on to an experimental project to regrow the leg he lost in combat (sci-fi, short story).
Game MisconductRind Literary Magazine, Issue #9Backup goaltender Jason Heater finally gets a starter role, then has to fight to keep it (literary, short story).
Last Saturday there was a werewolf at the farmer's marketHOOT Online, issue 82Even a werewolf needs to eat his vegetables (contemporary fantasy, micro-fiction).
Lucky DevilWraparound SouthNeurotic college student learns his future from a fortune teller who reads scratch-offs (literary, short story).
ShardsMenda City Review, issue 29A bong commission from an ex prompts a glass-blower to think about her future (literary, short story).
The Vampire at the Blood DriveMonster Flash: Small Stories, Big MonstersVampires can give back, too (contemporary fantasy, micro-fiction).
Print journals and anthologiesMore Than BloodBardic Tales and Sage Advice, Volume X2nd-place winner of the Bards and Sages Charity Writing Contest Rebellious heir to a powerful crime family makes a series of bad decisions and learns painful lessons about consequences (alien-world sci-fi, long short story).
Pipe DreamsThe Oakland Review, Volume XLIIIA case study in inertia (literary, flash fiction).
Shapeshifter DiariesRinky Dink Press, series 10Six pieces embracing your inner animals (literary fantasy, micro-fiction).
Third ShiftGeek Out II: Queer Pop Lit, Art, & IdeasOvernight convenience store clerk discovers the brownies who have been secretly working alongside her at night (contemporary fantasy, short story).
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