18 Tuesday Apr 2023
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My cheeky good-for-her (in more ways than one) story “Show Me” is included in this trans/non-binary body horror anthology, and I’m really proud to be part of it. The title is inspired by the song of the same name from My Fair Lady.
03 Monday Apr 2023
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crow's quill, fairy ring, fairy tale, gothic horror, quill and crow, short story, wicked fae, Writing
My short story “Blackberry Wine,” about an old woman revisiting her childhood fairy friend in a blackberry patch, is in this month’s Wicked Fae Crow’s Quill. (free to read)
02 Thursday Mar 2023
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blood mother, body horror, endometriosis, fertility cult, horror, pregnancy, pregnant teens, short story
It’s release day for THE SACRAMENT, which includes one of my favorite body horror short stories “Blood Mother,” about two pregnant teens in a fertility cult. Available here: https://linktr.ee/darklitpress
The e-book is only 99c through the 10th.
01 Wednesday Feb 2023
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chronic disease, crow's quill, death, gothic, morbid, personification of death, quill & crow, romance, short story, sick
My melodramatic, gothic short story “Courtship” about a sick woman’s flirtation with death is part of The Crow’s Quill Feb 2023 issue: Tragic Fates.
17 Tuesday Jan 2023
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bleak midwinter, dark fairy tale, gothic horror, little red riding hood, quill & crow, solstice light, survival horror, winter, wolf
My winter gothic tale “The Warmth of Many Skins,” LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD x HUSH, is loose upon the world in the second volume of BLEAK MIDWINTER, SOLSTICE LIGHT, from Quill & Crow. It appears to be doing well in some early reviews. I’m blushing.
01 Tuesday Nov 2022
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I’ve got my little grue-sad doll story “Ragged” in this month’s Toy Box Crow’s Quill – a great thematic bridge between Halloween and Christmas.
02 Sunday Oct 2022
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cemetery, crow's quill, cryptkeepers, halloween, horror, lullaby, lyrics, quill and crow, short story, slice of life
My slice-of-horror-life short story “Lullaby,” about a cemetery groundskeeper who tends the returning dead, is in this month’s Cryptkeeper issue of THE CROW’S QUILL. For a quiet Halloween read, go here.
01 Wednesday Jun 2022
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Not only do I have two poems coming out in Crow Calls Vol. 4, a short, melodramatic little story can be found in the June 2022 Melancholia issue of the gothic lit zine The Crow’s Quill.
Amanda M. Blake 