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Loki (Flame Tree Press), coming June 2025 (UK)/July 2025(US)

Starship Librarians (Tyche Books), coming August 2025

Vampire Hunters: An Incomplete Record of Personal Accounts (Speculation Publications), coming July 2025

Into the Dark (All Worlds Wayfarer), coming 2025

Starship Librarians , edited by Shannon Allen and JR Campbell (Tyche Books, coming August 2025)
Including my story "Through Time and Calamity"

Librarians of the future / queer protagonist

Badgered and beleaguered, the front line of the culture wars, enduring book bans, budget cuts, and ruthless political theatre, it's a tough time to be a Librarian. Yet if there is to be a better tomorrow, it will be built on the art and wisdom of today. Building community, preserving knowledge, sharing art: simple principles demanding resolute determination and sincere empathy from those staffing the desks and stocking the shelves.

And the Librarians of tomorrow? Librarians function above the digital revolution's reach. Have we realized databases, search engines, and other tech tools can never replace human librarians? In the hands of a master, such tools might increase their abilities, but the great cathedrals of knowledge and monuments of literature will never be ruled by the soulless. You can't code empathy, program taste, or script inspiration. It's time we recognize society should never replace empowered Librarians.

A bold Commander, brilliant science officers, resourceful engineers, but no starship crew is complete without a librarian!

Cover Reveal | Retail links coming soon!

Myths, Gods & Immortals: Loki (Flame Tree Publishing, coming June 2025 (UK)/July 2025(US))
Including my story 'A Knot for the Hawk'

Trickery in Asgard / snarky outlook / even gods can be genderfluid

This latest new book in the Myths, Gods & Immortals series offers an opportunity to explore the many facets of Loki – shapeshifting Norse god, at once an ally of and at odds with the other Aesir. From ancient tales to comics, TV and the movies, Loki's tempestuous relationship with the likes of Odin and Thor, his many forms and offspring, and his ambivalent character make him the classic trickster and an inspiration beyond Norse mythology. With a new introduction to the ancient stories, this powerful new title offers fresh perspectives with new stories from open submissions from across the world. A feast of imagination focused in a classic setting, Loki is a joyful celebration of an enduring character.

Introductory essay by Matt Ralphs, foreword by Dr Tom Birkett, and short fiction by Chris A. Bolton, Drew Conners, S. Cameron David, Stephanie Ellis, Corey D. Evans, Ariana Ferrante, Cara Giles, Sara Gonzalez-Rothi, Kay Hanifen, Justin R. Hopper, Michelle Kaseler, Mark Patrick Lynch, Nico Martinez Nocito, Mark Oxbrow, Diego Suárez, Jeffery Allen Tobin, C. Adam Volle, and M.M. Williams.

Flame Tree Press | Simon & Schuster | Barnes and Noble | Amazon | Bookshop.org | Your local indie!

Vampire Hunters: An Incomplete Record of Personal Accounts (Speculation Publications, coming July 2025)
Including my story "Blood Stains True"

Historical fantasy / 1500s Venice / trans protagonist

Vampires stalk us from the shadows. They’ve been feeding on blood, our very life force, since before words were pressed into clay. But we are not unprotected. For as long as vampires have hunted us, there have been those who hunt them. This is a record, fragments of journals, letters and transcripts, collected to chronicle how vampires can be identified, how they are evolving, slaying strategies, and the threat they pose to humanity.

From Agamemnon to Edgar Allan Poe, Cape Canaveral to Kiribati, this Incomplete Record of Personal Accounts explains the appetites, habits and horrors of these creatures of the night. Testimonials have been gathered, organized, and passed on in a single book throughout history.

With stories from Gwendolyne Kiste and A.C. Wise, as well as LCW Allingham, George K. Angelou, Juno Crew, William J. Donahue, River Eno, Henry Herz, Mina Humiston, D.C. Kugtima, Camellia Landman, Carter Lappin, Caolán Mac an Aircinn, Hope Madden, TT Madden, Lee Meeder, A.R.C Mitra, Bill Mulligan, Nico Martinez Nocito, Toni Owen-Blue, Dale Parnell, and Johan Robertsson.

Speculation Publications | Retail links coming soon!

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2025

Black Cat Tales, edited by Francesca Maria and Mark Causey (Black Cat Publishing, June 13, 2025)
Including my poem 'Bait'

A black cat approaches - do you let it cross your path, or run in the opposite direction? From the superstitious to the unlucky, from a witch's familiar to a soul stealing grave robber, black cats have captured our imagination and remain solidly in the realm of the dark.

Join authors from around the world for never before published horror, dark fantasy and mystery stories and poems around the beloved, feared and mystical black cat.

"There's something for everyone: a vengeful ghost; a cat that dislikes a newly adopted stray; a cat that saves the victim of domestic abuse; a tiny kitten that brings its owners larger and larger dispatched prey; an irritating neighbor and his cat-are they what they seem? 5 out of 5 Crows" - Horror Tree

"Francesca and Mark have assembled a spellbinding anthology of black cats, including scary felines, miraculous kittens, and cats who traverse space and time. A purrfect book to spend an afternoon with!" -S.D. and Heather Vassallo, founders of Brigids Gate Press, LLC.

Myths, Gods & Immortals: Morgana Le Fay (Flame Tree Publishing, April 2025)
Including my story "To Catch a Name"

Trans take on Morgana's mythos / choosing (or finding) your name

Morgana is a mysterious figure of Arthurian legend, found in Gawain and the Green Knight and Le Morte d'Arthur, she is variously described as half-sister of King Arthur, jilted lover of Lancelot, a foil of Merlin. A witch, a healer, she has deep roots in Celtic mythology and offers a fascinating canvas for the many writers in this new book. Created through open submissions and supported by an extensive introduction examining the origins of Morgana le Fay, is a wonderful new book in the best tradition of Flame Tree's collectable hardcover editions.

Introductory essay by Pamela Koehne-Drube, and foreword by Dr Marta Cobb. The modern authors whose stories feature in this book are: K. Blair, Chris A. Bolton, Courtney Danielson, Evan Davies, Caroline Fleischauer, Micah Giddens, Lyndsay E. Gilbert, Liam Hogan, Larry Ivkovich, Alexis Kaegi, Damien Mckeating, Nico Martinez Nocito, John J. O'Hara, M.R. Robinson, C.J. Subko, Lana Voos, and Holly Lyn Walrath.

Flame Tree Press | Simon & Schuster | Barnes and Noble | Amazon | Bookshop.org | Your local indie!

Holly and Broom (Hawthorn and Ash Volume 6), compiled by Stacey Jaine McIntosh (Iron Faerie Publishing, February 2025)
Including my microfiction pieces 'Physics and Fairy Dust', 'You Must Not Dare to Free the Breeze', and 'after the apple'

Holly & Broom is a compilation of fantasy, horror and speculative drabbles and flash fiction from authors worldwide. Within its pages you will find enchanting stories of myth, legends and fairytales woven throughout.

​Dive into the magic and wonder of these 50+ tales in Volume Six. ​

Iron Faerie Publishing | Barnes and Noble | Amazon | Books2Read | Bookshop.org | Your local indie!

2024

Grimm Retold, edited by LCW Allingham and River Eno (Speculation Publications 2024)
Including my poem 'Gretel' - NOMINATED FOR THE 2025 RHYSLING AWARD!

Hansel and Gretel retelling / dark fantasy / the real enemy in fairytales / a healthy dose of feminist fury

The glossy veneer of happily ever after has fooled readers into believing fairy tales are bright and happy stories, but if you scratch the surface of any story collected by the Brothers Grimm, it bleeds. Manipulation and murder. Tension and torture. Grimm Retold cracks open the horror splattered between the pages of the old stories to reveal the thriving darkness within these classic tales.

Twenty stories and poems, from twenty authors, retell classic fairy tales; their teeth on the anxious pulse that has always flickered from the hearts of Grimm’s collections.

Be warned; Grimm stories have never been so dark.

“Perfectly dark and perfectly lovely. This collection reclaims the grimmest bits of Grimm, and makes them the star of each of these tales - told afresh for new audiences, but with a distinctly classical feel.” - A.C. Wise, author of Wendy, Darling