Julia serves process to pay for college. Her last subpoena on a rainy Oregon day takes her to a dilapidated house at the edge of town. A house that holds a lot of secrets—some very small, some very large, and all quite deadly. Chosen as one of the top ten stories of the year by […]
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I learned something about myself this month. I was deeply repelled by a book by an author whose short essays I love. This book, about basketball, begins by discussing “our enemies,” talking about other teams, people “we” hate, the difficulties of hatred. The reviews say this is an ultimately uplifting book, but I didn’t make […]
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Warren loves managing fun runs, but the first Night Frights Run in Las Vegas presents a lot of challenges. From the crying children to the scary costumes, Warren almost misses the fact that race has a DNF—a do-not-finish participant that who just might have disappeared. Which creates a crisis for him, the park, and maybe […]
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Everyone I’m talking to right now vibrates just a little. The stress of the current economy, the political infighting, the hatred coming out of the mouths of some politicians is putting everyone on edge. Not just here, but worldwide. I had a hunch these next few weeks would be difficult back in early 2026 as Jason […]
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This post is a chapter from my book, The Write Attitude, which is now in a second edition. I’m posting it here to entice you to to pick up a copy. You can buy copies in paper and in ebook. Here’s a link to the ebook on my website. The second edition of The Write […]
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Only one or two of the stories in this collection are bite-sized. But all fourteen short stories are short. No novelettes. No novellas. Just fourteen great sf tales. Here’s the marketing copy: The winner of more short fiction awards than any other modern writer in science fiction, Kristine Kathryn Rusch writes across the spectrum of the genre. […]
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My novel Strange Sights was a surprise novel for me. I thought I was writing something short, but apparently, I had a lot to say about winter, darkness, and magic. We’re finishing up a Kickstarter today that will enable you to get Strange Sights almost a year early, along with two collections. You can get the ebooks […]
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This post is a chapter from my book, The Write Attitude, which is now in a second edition. I’m posting it here to entice you to to pick up a copy. Here’s a link to the ebook on my website. The second edition of The Write Attitude is quite different from the first edition, which […]
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I finished my first standalone contemporary fantasy novel in (mumble mumble) years, and I’m very excited about it. The book, Strange Sights, takes place at the winter solstice. We’ll officially release the book in August, but you can get your copy now, by going to the Strange Sights Kickstarter. You will also get two fantasy short […]
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Strong women. Powerful space opera. Robert T. Jeschonek curated a great Storybundle featuring 15 authors, focusing on heroic women and science fiction adventure. This one is so much fun! It includes three of my longer sf pieces, none of which are part of a series. They are: Chosen as one of the best novelettes of […]
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