It was the sort of dream that wasn’t any sort of way in any particular direction. Soft, out of focus scenes played one after the other, no rhyme, no reason, nothing too scary, nothing too pleasant. The sort of dreams you forget about before you’ve even woken up. Dave still didn’t appreciate being torn fromContinue reading “The Neighbor’s House is Haunted”
Author Archives: Shannon
Little Used Genres You Should Write In
HopePunk All you need is a dire situation that encompasses everything and a main character that will not give up. Hope is not gentle and soft, it is not a gelatinous mold wiggling on the table and waiting to either melt or be smashed. Hope is strong. Hope is terrifying. Hope is nothing more thanContinue reading “Little Used Genres You Should Write In”
Scenes From a Millennial Wedding
I’ve been to too many of these recently.
Bicyclists With a Death Wish
At least people who love skydiving aren’t trying to land in the middle of I-95.
The Oldest and the First: Yellowstone
I’ve never had so much fun while simultaneously terrified a grizzly was going to eat me.
Phone Tag
And on down the phone line the story gets passed.
Snoring
When someone is snoring, you can’t hear much of anything else.
Code Blue
It’s all downhill from here.
The Apothecary and the Apprentice
It would be so much nicer around here without all the customers.
Sorry I Was Out Last Week, I Had Covid
The irony of getting Covid while releasing short stories about a flu pandemic is not lost on me.
High Urban Fantasy Jazz 