Fiction Novel Threading the Labyrinth Navigate to the dedicated page for info including reviews and links to retailers for this thrice-shortlisted debut novel. Short Stories "Mama Leaf", April 24, 2020, read it for FREE at UnsungStories.co.uk "What Cannot Be Described," The Book of Flowering, Egaeus Press, January 2019 Reviewed in The Des Lewis Gestalt Real-Time Reviews "Midwives," Mother's Revenge: A Dark and Bizarre Anthology of Global Proportions, Scary Dairy Press, May 2017, in UK and US "On Tradescant Road," BFS Horizons #4, January 2017 Hill Witch & Litter: A Story Pair, April 2016; available for Kindle in the UK, US, and other territories "Bundle of Joy," January 2015 at Pornokitsch.com (read it for FREE!) "The Final Voyage of the World's Oldest Time Traveler," Athena's Daughters Vol. 2, 2015 (mentioned in a review here) "Fairchild's Folly," Irregularity, Jurassic London, July 2014 Reviews: Tor.com The Eloquent Page Fantasy Faction The Speculative Scotsman A Fantastical Librarian "Bright is the Water, Dark is the Land," Tails of the Pack: A Werewolf Anthology, 2013 "All's Fair," Best Women's Erotica 2012 "If Wishes Were Horses," Strange Horizons 2009 (read it for FREE!) (nominated for the British Fantasy Award, Best Short Story) Reprinted in BFS Horizons #3, August 2016 Reprinted by Wyldblood Press at wyldblood.com May 2022 |
Non-Fiction
Forthcoming from Luna Press in 2023: Spec Fic for Newbies (working title): a guide to writing various SFF/Horror subgenres for students and newer writers, with Val Nolan Interview with Wyldblood Magazine, issue 1, Feb/March 2021 "5 Things Teaching Writing Taught Me About Writing", Melanie Ansley's blog, February 2021 "The Secret Garden: a place of healing during COVID-19", The Conversation, October 2020 "Threading the Labyrinth of Historical Research: How the twists and turns led to a Creative Writing PhD", Women Writers, Women's Books, July 2020 (Part 1 of 2) "Doing a PhD in Creative Writing: Is it for Everyone?", Women Writers, Women's Books, Feb 2019 (Part 1 of 2) "Manchester is another attack on girls," May 26, 2017, Dayton Daily News guest column "Performance in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Workshop", NAWE Writers in Education, Vol. 71, 2017 "Friday 5: Fantastic Gardens," Pornokitsch.com, 2015 (included as part of the site's Hugo Voter Packet sample) "Friday Five: Gateway Smut," Pornokitsch.com, 2013 "My Own Green Madness", honourable mention in the Garden Museum's memoir contest (with partner Granta), 2013 The Schuylers of Albany and 18th-century Hospitality," Patriots of the American Revolution, 2010 "The Battle at Home: Bringing the War to Life for Young Readers," Civil War Historian, 2008 Podcast Interviews The Handmaid's Tale with Dr Tiffani Angus over at Journey Through SciFi, June 2022, in which we discuss the TV series based on the book and how damn scary it is in the current political climate An interview with me as part of Robin Schantz's Invaders from Planet 3 "Voice of the Fans" series recorded at Dublin WorldCon, August 2019 A short interview with me! over at Speculative Spaces Podcast, April 2019, where I talk a bit about Threading the Labyrinth. "Where are the tampons?" over at Breaking the Glass Slipper, March 2018: I talk about my research into the representation of women's bodies and bodily functions in apocalyptic fiction. Gardens and Time with me! with Daniel Bensen over at Kingdoms of Evil, May 2015 Other Online Stuff On author Charlotte Bond's site, I answer questions about princesses. (winter 2018/19) Where I talk about writing Historical Fantasy at Pigeon Park Press, with links to the continuation of the conversation at the bottom of the page (summer 2018) |