Excerpt The skeleton, the Death’s-image, was in many ways the most important part of the frescoes. It had appeared in them since the times when different gods presided over Paradise, Saints had not yet walked the earth, before the towers of the City had been raised. Corpses remained constant, and in all ages they looked […]
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“Phone Call, 3 a.m.” in Best Women’s Erotica of the Year, Volume 2
T.C. Mill’s “Phone Call, 3 AM” is incredible. Second person stories can be quite moving in erotica, done night, and Mill hits all the right notes in this eloquent, searing story. Valerie Alexander The stand-out story for me was Phone Call, Three AM by T.C. Mill. As a reader, I was immersed in a deep pool […]
Continue Reading....The Season: Erotic Halloween Stories
Six short stories that thrill as much as they chill – and in fact, they can get very, very hot. This collection offers bites of paranormal and fantastic erotica. We do mean bites. From the sweet to the sharp, and always sexy, these erotic stories aren’t for the faint of heart, but are perfect for fans […]
Continue Reading....New poem: “From Summerland” out in Strange Horizons
…and when you wander the orchards,your robe’s light, long sleeves swimmingwith your motion, the trees bear fruitand flower on the same branch—both delicious (of course I’ve tasted the petals too; if anything I have only becomemore curious, knowing now how much more there isto learn). Or you can roll up those sleeves to dosome gentle […]
Continue Reading....Many Midsummer Updates
Lots of news, for all I’m feeling quiet. I always go into something of a lull in late June and early July. Maybe it’s the heat (although here near the Great Lakes we’ve been much luckier than a lot of people temperature-wise). Maybe it’s the grief-iversary at the end of June. Or my birthday earlier […]
Continue Reading....Reading, Writing, and Publishing Poetry
I’ve talked about it in my newsletter and on social media, but I’m not sure I’ve yet broken the news here on this blog that my longstanding interest in reading poetry has, over the past year or so, turned into an interest in writing poetry. It’s not completely out of nowhere – in 2018 I […]
Continue Reading....A rotisserie of knifeplay
I never thought of myself as a Halloween girl, not like some Halloween folks I know, but I have always been into ghost stories and uncanny magic. Now six of my stories on those topics are collected in The Season, which comes out October 1. (But if you’re already in a Halloween mood, you can […]
Continue Reading....A Love Story
On June 21, 8:24 am–almost exactly a week before I received the phone call from his father telling me he’d passed away–my girlfriend/boytoy sent me an email titled “I am a sappy little creature.” Hello love,This began life as an attempt to write a pegging short story, but quickly dissolved into a transparently fictional love letter […]
Continue Reading....The Way Home: Free Halloween Flash Fiction
The autumn night was clear, with cold-looking stars in the dark blue overhead. Gabriella drove slowly, her gaze sweeping the road where the headlights faded into shadow. She peered at the gravel shoulders until her eyes ached, especially on the passenger side. That’s where she would be. Ethan peered out his window, too, turned so […]
Continue Reading....How Terrifying
…Halloween was a full week ago? Already!? My participation in NaNo has devoured vast swathes of time, so much that I’m a little nervous to look at the calendar. But yep, there it is. As on previous Halloweens, I have a story at Circlet Press’s website. If you’re up for something delicious and unnerving, “The […]
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