01 Friday Sep 2023
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I can’t believe I forgot that my short story about a demon exchanging faces and skins to overcome heartache was coming out in this month’s Crow’s Quill, themed Shapeshifters. It’s so gruesome and gross and gothic and free to read here. I’ll also try to remember to put it on my news update next week.
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.
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 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 