I just heard from Russ López, editor of LatineLit, that he’s selected my story “The Galapagos Widows” as one of his nominees this year for the Pushcart Prize, as well as the O. Henry Award!  I’m honored and so grateful he gave my story a home, especially among so many other works focusing on this traditionally underrepresented part of the world.  (My story centers on Ecuador, which sadly is experiencing a lot of turmoil these days.)  Please go peruse the other works on LatineLit, too. 

If you’re in the mood for more dark fiction, I hope you’ll check out the recording of the reading that Steve Toase and I did this month with the awesome folks over at Story Hour.  Seriously, Steve’s writing is lovely and haunting, so go give it a listen.  You can stick around and see how terrible the lighting is in my office at night, ha!  I read “Until It Has Your Reflection” from Nightmare Magazine and “Tree Eyes” from Frost Zone Zine. 

If that still isn’t enough horror for you, and you’ll be in the Portland area for the Portland Book Festival, mark your calendars for Haunted Tales and Eerie Melodies.  I’ll be reading along with four other authors, each of us accompanied by the live stylings of some fantastic local musicians.  For my portion, I’ll have the multitalented Katie Bennett accompanying me on piano!  This free event will be hosted by the Oregon Chapter of the Horror Writers Association.