I’d like to announce that I’ll be signing up to be a weekly aJOARA writer and continuing the April 2020 first place story, Gambling on Common Sense! This will be a continuation of Common Sense Officer Ash Payne’s quest to keep her spacefaring crewmates alive despite their best efforts. Let the absurdity commence!
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Porcelain Reads: Now Available in Paperback!
Hello There! I’d like to announce that the fantasy and science fiction short story book, Porcelain Reads: Small Stories for Small Bladders is now available in paperback on amazon.
Spotlight: Bill-morethan-alwrite
Recently, I went about the curious process of self-publishing. As part of this process I asked my friend Bill Olson to do some structural editing and I’m pretty impressed with the results! Below is a sample of the before and after of the Fruit of the Lute short story from Porcelain Reads: Small Stories forContinue reading “Spotlight: Bill-morethan-alwrite”
Credit: Kat Swenski Badass Artist Extraordinaire
Thanks so much for creating the inside cover of Porcelain Reads 🙂
Dr. Shortlove: How I learned to stop worrying and love the short story.
The year was 2019 and everyone thought it was the worst, which was a bit shortsighted all things considered. Sure things weren’t perfect, trade wars, failed nuclear deals, escalating middle east tensions, but you could at least go to the bar and get a drink with some friends to complain about it. That was alsoContinue reading “Dr. Shortlove: How I learned to stop worrying and love the short story.”
Hello from Laughing Briar
Author Background
Budding author, L. Briar, is a sentient rosebush just like any other photosynthesizing organic out there. The only real difference between it and the rest of the flowering populous is a love of the written word. Briar grew up in the USofA, in the great corn based state of Ohio and has since been transplantedContinue reading “Author Background”