Underworld
This story was originally published in Fantastic Stories of the Imagination and reprinted in Love Stories. (Also this graphic is adapted from the original publisher’s art.) Tucking his computer science textbook and his Book of Shadows into his backpack,...
Thoughts on Writing Ghosts
I’m sorry, but you probably know the drill by now. Like the vampire post and the witch post, I’m going to ask you to consider religion… or at the very least, the afterlife. A ghost—at least, the kind I’m talking about—is the spirit of someone who’s died. This implies...
Thoughts on Writing Witches and Wizards
Like the vampire post, I’m going to open by asking you to consider the relationship between magic and religion. Are your witches and wizards members of a pagan (or neopagan) religion? Are they Satanists straight out of the Malleus Maleficarum? (Er, maybe they...
Thoughts On Writing Vampires
Probably the first thing that one should consider in writing vampires is what rule system you intend to follow. This is not a universal, as the Sims 4 Vampires pack knows. (Yes, I’m a Simmer!) Some considerations: What will be their relationship with religion?...
Saving Alan Idle
This story was originally published in Escape Pod on July 5, 2013, and reprinted in Love Stories. There’s also a really good audio version by Kyle Akers! In the beginning, there was darkness. And in the darkness were the words. And the words were, AI...I <3 UK
So, apparently? I am also number 1 in the UK!I’M SCREAMING!!!!!!!!!!
I’m number one in Canada!!!! I love you, Canada! <3 [Edit on 3/21/24] I should have checked Kobo yesterday, but today I’m #3 there! [/edit] (Amazon swears I’ll have a sales rank in the UK tomorrow, but I currently don’t have...
Bookbub Baby!
I have an international-only Bookbub deal TODAY. Are you in the US? That’s okay, my book is on sale for you, too! It’s 0.99 for all the English-speaking markets. You can grab your copy with this smart link: https://books2read.com/kvlovestories Tell your...
In the Water
This story was originally posted in Ficticious Force in 2009 and reprinted in Escape Pod on May 13, 2011, and in Love Stories in 2022. Yvonne looked up from her monitor, the beads in her cornrows clattering as Roger walked into her office. Roger sat in the dark wooden...Subscribe
