📍 The Navigator
I’ve written and sent over 1,000 emails! They cover so much of my writing journey for the past 3 years and beyond, where I share my love of storytelling and teaching others (who are curious to know) how I go about doing what I do. But with this many emails sent, I feel it’s important to help you dissect them all, find what you may be interested in reading, and guide you so you don’t get lost or overwhelmed.
I’m going to start by sharing my FICTION but if you’re more interested in my NON-FICTION work, click below to jump to the section you’re looking for:
SECTIONS NAVIGATION
FICTION [100 Word Stories / Short Stories / Fiction Universe / Fiction Writing Month]
NON-FICTION [News and Updates / Notes from a Writer / Killer Series / Murder Pen Society / Stardate / Notes from a Gamer / Community Writing]
OTHER PROJECTS [The Serial Hour Podcast / MicroZine / Top in Fiction]
Here is how I organize my Substack using Sections and Tags and which you’ll be interested in clicking through, and why.
FICTION
Let me make one thing absolutely clear; I write horror. That is my favorite genre and choice and I can guarantee that whether I’m writing mystery or fantasy (two other genres I like to write as well) they will always have the horror genre attached to them as well. So, if you’re looking for happy endings, I’m afraid my stories are not for you.
100 Word Stories
From day one on May 1, 2023 I decided I would write a 100 word story. I can’t tell you why but what I can tell you is that I’m still, to this day, keeping up with this dare I made to myself. And with 500+ consecutive days under by belt I am The Queen of 100 Word Stories. You can buy my books on Amazon or become a Paid Subscriber to gain access to the Archive.
The First 100 / The Second 100 / The Third 100 / The Fourth 100 / The Fifth 100 / The Sixth 100
Short Stories
Writing short stories is a favorite pastime of mine. It affords me the ability to tell a story without committing to a larger novel. Not every idea I have requires a novel length to tell it and my short stories are my outlet whenever I want to write more than micro fiction but not spend too much time with these complex characters.
OWNB // The time? The pandemic. My imagination? Reeling. With no place to go I had to improvise. That meant thinking up some rather twisted stories and committing them to paper. It was, after all, the only outlet I had to pass the time. This collection brings together 16 short stories written over the course of about three years. It’s my first self-published horror collection.
Happy Last Day
The Secret Keeper
Murder Factory
The Mermaid and the Pirate
Bone War
The Hanging Tree
What Big Teeth
The Potion
Hanover Massacre
Empty Casket
Two Little Orphans
Happy Eater
The Eternal View
MIRA
The Isle of Shadows
A Wizard of Oz Twisted Tale (title tba)
Anatomy of Typewriters // My fascination with typewriters led me down a rabbit hole. My idea was to incorporate a typewriter into every story. But having a character using a typewriter in a scene would be far too easy and uninteresting. No, I needed to go just a few steps further! Why not come up with as many different ways as possible to do harm to another with a typewriter? Perhaps bash someone’s head in? A typewriter possessed? A final confession? The ideas just came to me and I had an amazing time writing the demise in each and every one…
THE KILLER KEYS
NIGHT SHIFT
BIRTHRIGHT
THE FLAT
THE NOSEY NEIGHBOR
THE ACTRESS WHO DIED THRICE
Dead Paper // The phrase “dead paper” comes from a classic horror short story, The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. In it, the narrator secretly confesses her thoughts to dead paper in a journal. A personal diary that, in theory, no one would see, as she slowly goes mad seeing patters on the walls of her bedroom. Still very much in its infancy, the idea behind this collection of short stories is a discovered diary that contains confessions from previous people who came across it over time. Each story more sinister and evil and, dare I say, mad, than the next.
COMING 2025
Fiction Universe
I’m constantly creating worlds that require far more than just a short story or even one novel to tell. Here is a record of each universe that I’m sharing here as serials throughout the year.
Fiction Writing Month
Selecting one month and writing a pre-determined amount of words each day during that month. Similar to NaNoWriMo, but it can happen whenever I choose.
NON-FICTION
News and Updates // On the 1st of every month I send a brief update on what I’ve been working on and what I’ve got coming up soon.
Notes from a Writer // My thoughts on writing fiction. This isn’t on a set schedule and comes up whenever I have something to say.
Killer Series // A series of posts specifically about using various fiction writing tools. This can involve creating a newsletter, using Scrivener, or mastering Substack.
Murder Pen Society // A secret society for lovers of horror and mystery fiction both short and novel length. Every now and then I’ll read a classic story and turn it into a book club read for us to read and discuss together.
Stardate // I am a Trekkie through and through! I am on a slow journey to watch every single episode from the canon of shows, including the movies and then reviewing each and every one. This is where I’m keeping my log of reviews.
Notes from a Gamer // Being born in the 80s means I was lucky enough to be around to play Nintendo and I’m still playing those games to this day. Every now and then I may feel compelled to review a game or one of their Directs.
Community Writer // A discontinued part of my newsletter. If you’re looking for writing prompts to participate in, might I direct you to Micro Mondays that you’ll find over on MicroZine.
