My science fiction short story "Stormrider" appears in the anthology Fierce Family from Crossed Genres, out this month. From the website:
Strong, united families are rarely portrayed in speculative fiction. They’re often dysfunctional, combative, self-destructive, or miserable, when they’re portrayed at all. This is especially true for non-nuclear ( Read more... )

I have a fantasy novella in Big Damn Heroines, a small-press SF/fantasy erotic anthology released today from Storm Moon Press celebrating "plus-sized women kicking ass". It's under my romance/erotica alias, Layla M. Wier, which I clearly suck at keeping separate from my Layla Lawlor author identity, i.e. my real name. (Probably I should just give ( Read more... )

I'm thrilled to announce that my short story "Netcasters" will appear in Sword and Sorceress 27 this November. The complete anthology lineup is here.This is my first "pro" short story sale -- as determined by pay rate -- and I'm totally jazzed about it. :) (Naturally this is the first year in awhile that I haven't included "pro short story sale" in ( Read more... )

My short story The Dragon of Gettysburg appears in this month's dragon-themed issue of EMG-zine. (Due to violent/gory content, you'll need to register on the 'zine's website and then set "View Questionable Content" to "true" in order to read it.) "The Dragon of Gettysburg" is about 1000 words and, as well as being a stand-alone story, is also ( Read more... )

First, a teeny plug: my SF(ish) short story Hetsie's Wonders appears in this month's issue of Crossed Genres. It's about 8000 words ( Read more... )