Would you believe it? Another of my friends (albeit one I haven’t seen in 30 years but found on social media) wrote a Tarot murder mystery! The first Tarot murder mystery was a cut-up I reviewed and blogged about three years ago: A Fool Such as I This one, by Amy Lapisardi, is more serious, …

Hellhound Poo  in  subTerrain Magazine My short story “Hellhound Poo” came out in this literary magazine out of Vancouver. This is their “trash” themed issue, thus the garbage can on the cover. They seem Canada focused (“Strong words for a polite nation”), but my story takes place between Contra Costa County and Hell. It’s my first …

My short-short story “Elaine and Galahad,” based on Arthurian tales and legends, came out today on Corvid Queen: “A journal of feminist fairy tales from Sword & Kettle Press.” This story has the highest density of profanity of any fiction I’ve written. https://corvidqueen.com/stories/elaine-and-galahad-steve-brady

These days many fiction magazines, in addition to seeking and prioritizing submissions from people of color and LGBTQI?+ writers, are also seeking “neurodivergent” voices. That’s me. Should I be optimistic? First a little clarity, if “neurodivergent” is unfamiliar to you, or you haven’t thought about what it means. The term covers attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) …

I’d like to promote the novel of friend and fellow author and activist Luke Hauser, A Fool Such As I: A Tarot Mystery. Here’s my Amazon review: From the blurb, I expected something fun, but a little more dramatic. Instead, I get a relentless stream of one liners, reminiscent of Douglas Adam’s. Also some self-effacing …

I got a short story published. This one after I sent it to like 20 magazines over a decade. The title is because I kept a dream journal for 10 years, and I strung a bunch of sci-fi and fantasy themed dreams together to make this, perhaps my weirdest fiction. I like the art they …

bell hooks passed on today. I was always impressed by how she presented great insight with decency and common sense. Coinkidinkally, I quoted her at length in my article in the current issue of Slingshot:

“I believe the road to hell is paved with adverbs, and I will shout it from the rooftops.” Stephen King I normally don’t post about writing craft, being mostly unpublished myself. However, for critique groups, I often share craft articles I have bookmarked for various aspects of craft, and I haven’t found any about adverbs …

Occult Features of Anarchism: With Attention to the Conspriacy of Kings and the Conspiracy of the Peoples by Erica Lagalisse PM Press I mostly keep this blog and website focused on me speculative fiction. However, I wouldn’t expect to find Occult Features of Anarchism sold at Fogcon, my local progressive genre fiction convention, so maybe …

My long-lost critique partner Liz Colter has published her novel from those dreamy days, and her final project is worth reading. “A sweeping story of love and war, prejudice and acceptance”: The Halfblood War lives up to its tagline. The Halfblood War rotates between many points of view: Tirren the crown prince of Thiery, Chayan …