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Every month, I will be publishing at least one brand new story (or significant chunk of a novella) that falls outside of the boundaries of the speculative/spooky fiction for which I am best known. A lot of this work may be loosely termed “literary” fiction, but as with so much of what I do, it often will fall between or mix or just ignore genre delineations. This is just work I am proud of that I want to get to interested readers, and it provides an ideal opportunity to try out this model.

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Shirley Jackson and International Horror Guild Award-winning author, professor, teacher, writing program designer, manuscript coach, haven builder.