01 Tuesday Aug 2023
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My drabble “Birth,” is free to read at Hungry Shadow Press for Deadly Drabble Tuesday.
“In today’s trippy tale from Amanda M. Blake, some birthdays are not a cause for celebration at all.”
30 Friday Jun 2023
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anthology, crystal lake publishing, dark rainbow rising, don't ask don't tell, lesbian, personal is political, queer horror, unspeakable horror, vince liaguno
I submitted to UH2 (and possibly the first UH) way back when and wasn’t ready, so it’s really exciting for me to be in UH3 now.
My story in this answers the question ‘what’ and ‘who crawls, twisted and broken, at the foot of your bed at night?’
To close out Pride Month, check out this wonderfully curated queer horror anthology, Unspeakable Horror 3: Dark Rainbow Rising.
02 Friday Jun 2023
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crow's quill, demon possession, eat his heart, gothic horror, much ado about nothing, quill and crow, shakespeare
I honestly wasn’t sure what I could do for the Shakespearean-themed Tragicomedies issue, because I enjoy Shakespeare, but the only play I know (and mostly understand) backward and forward is the comedy Much Ado About Nothing, and how do you make that horror?
So I considered my favorite line over and over again and thought about how easily Much Ado could have been a tragedy. Throw in my favorite kind of supernatural, and while I’m sure some scholars of the play might turn in their graves, I love the way “Eat His Heart” eventually emerged. Also, I got to do all the wordplay my giddy heart could wish.
You can read it for free at the Crow’s Quill site.
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.
Amanda M. Blake 