by Katherine Villyard | Jan 14, 2016 | short fiction
Did I really not post here about my latest story? My story “Minotaur” is available in the Alien Abduction anthology. Only $5 for the Kindle version, and my aliens are pretty alien. If you heard me read at the Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading at...
by Katherine Villyard | Jan 7, 2015 | short fiction
My story “Underworld” is now available at Fantastic Stories of the Imagination. Check it out! There’s a great illustration of young Dion the wizard, Semele, and Thanatos! I love it!
by Katherine Villyard | Apr 27, 2014 | short fiction
I expect that I’m about to frustrate a lot of people, but that’s the way it is. Back in 2007, I started a “Hurricane Katrina” story. I wandered around in my post-apocalyptic Probably New Orleans, got lost, deleted 5,000 words, rewrote it a...
by Katherine Villyard | Dec 11, 2013 | short fiction
Thing the first: My story “Ondine’s Curse” is available in the latest (last, alas) issue of Electric Velocipede. Thing the second: I have two more flash pieces in circulation and forgot to post snippets! “Lady of the House”: Aiele’s...
by Katherine Villyard | Jul 5, 2013 | short fiction
WOOHOO! My story “Saving Alan Idle” is now available as both HTML and a podcast. I’m so excited! Escape Pod 403: Saving Alan Idle Thanks to everyone who helped me critique it, including, but not limited to: Gary David Henderson, Beth Dawkins,...
by Katherine Villyard | Oct 30, 2012 | short fiction
It’s got me and a lot of other awesome women in it, and it’s FREE. Check out Broad Spectrum: The 2012 Broad Universe Fiction Sampler. My story starts: Last time this happened, I was Orpheus. Ethan was lost, pale, gone in a haze of Zoloft and Lithium and...
by Katherine Villyard | Sep 14, 2012 | haiku
It has come to my attention that WordPress has replaced my quotes with smart quotes, which causes EPIC SCRIPT FAIL. Therefore, I’ve uploaded downloadable versions of the scripts. Smart quotes inserted, Script fails upon copy-paste. “Smart quotes”...
by Katherine Villyard | May 7, 2012 | short fiction
I just used the desktop version of Write or Die to get my daily words in. It was a birthday present from my sister, and it was painless. The nicest part was when I started to sit around and ponder a name for a walk-on. I could stare at the screen and try to come up...
by Katherine Villyard | Mar 18, 2012 | short fiction
Have an excerpt: Rumor had it that the Mirosians worshipped some kind of monster as a God, and that he was to be a human sacrifice. Ted lowered his eyes to avoid glaring at the bald green glare of his captor’s head, and found himself staring at his wings...
by Katherine Villyard | Mar 14, 2012 | short fiction
I’m hoping this is close to the last draft of my bug story. It’s about 4800 words of insecty goodness! Um. Yeah. Trust me on this. Heh. In other news, I have a huge pile of stories that need to go back out because of commute hell. Maybe I should go do...