2020 Adieu
Charlie and George bid farewell to 2020. The photo is from last year because the beasties are too busy murdering small things…
Read moreMonth: December 2020
2021: A Look Ahead
2020: An unusual year
I considered titling this post 2020: The Fuckening. A lot sucked—but it was also a profoundly liberating year for my work.
Read moreHoliday Greetings From Various Beasties
Christmas Eve and flowers are still flowering
Here in Seattle we’ve had sleet and snow and frost and rain—so much rain. But astonishingly the flowers in pots on our decks are still valiantly flowering. An omen for 2021?
Read moreNew interview just up
A new interview just went up on The Fantasy Hive, in which I talk like a machine gun to Jonathan Thornton about my entire fiction career.
Read moreSolstice story
In honour of the Solstice I’ve created an illustrated PDF of a short story. A woman walks into a Seattle bar during a snowstorm and finds just what she’s looking for—or does she? Read by the fire with a glass of Armagnac, and dream of snow…
Read moreSpear—my short fantasy novel
I’ve written a new book: a short fantasy novel (my first!): Spear. It’s like Hild but with magic—the wild magic of the landscape, yes, the magic of love and the human heart, absolutely, but also the sword-swinging, monster-killing magic of myth and demigods…
Read moreLove and isolation: 31 years ago
I moved to the US to be with Kelley exactly 31 years ago. Life then felt weirdly similar to pandemic life today.
Read moreSigned personalised books for the holidays
I’m teaming up again with Phinney Books, on Greenwood Avenue, Seattle, to bring you signed, personalised books for the holidays.
Read moreManatee mind
Pain meds turn my mind grey and floaty, like a manatee. No wonder manatees are not renowned for their writing.
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