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As if to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of my first novel hitting the shelves, I have three publications and a roundtable today! “All Under Heaven,” “Gorgoneia,” “In the salt-drowned lands,”, and “Closer to the Heart: A Poetry Roundtable” are all out now!
It’s raining poems! “Core Sample” is out today in DreamForge Anvil.
Another new poem today: “The Virtues of the Throne”, which you can read or listen to at that link!
From the Journal
New Worlds: The Language of Flowers
Up front, I should say that “the language of flowers” is mostly bogus. That’s not to say there is no symbolism in flowers and other kinds of plants! There absolutely is; in fact, there must be, so long as human culture has a tendency to trot out particular species or colors in particular contexts, and […]
New Worlds: Public Transit
It’s possible, even in surprisingly ancient times, to have hugely sprawling cities — but they’re not quite the same type of sprawl we see today. The reason is simple: how are you going to get around? A city that is a mile or so across can be traversed on foot in half an hour, give […]
Books read, April 2026
Painted Devils, Margaret Owen. Second of the Little Thieves trilogy, which I started last month and promptly fell in love with. Most trilogies, having clearly established a romantic relationship in the first book, would immediately start the second book by finding some way to break up the pair or otherwise put them on the outs […]
