It’s the season for eligibility posts, and here are my SFFH offerings for this year! I have poetry to add to the mix this time, which makes me very happy as that’s how I started my career.
I had one novel this year:
A Third Kind of Madness is a contemporary/urban fantasy in which shy and insecure photographer Denny stumbles into a relationship with their muse, and discovers that union also comes with capricious elementals, hungry paintings, and threats from other artists who are unhealthily obsessed with Denny’s muse girlfriend.
Published May 2024.
“You can see that everything that you mortals discard eventually finds its way to me and my kin. It travels through the waters of the city to come to rest in the harbor. They’ve put a device now at the end of this channel to collect debris, but the emotions, secrets, and everyday concerns that travel with the trash escape those sorts of traps. And my kind? We hold it all. Those are our treasures.”
I also had three poems, all included in one anthology:
CAW: Poetry by a Murder of Writers invites you into a world shrouded in gothic allure, where every page whispers with the echoes of melancholy mists and velvet hours. This haunting collection pays homage to the literary greats who have long tantalized us with their dark elegance and brooding beauty.
Edited by Stasha Strange and Hyacinth L. Raven.
Published October 2024.
I have three poems in this collection:
⋆ Perilous
⋆ Wings
⋆ Death: A Song
I find this dazzling path confusing.
Let me crawl back to the undergrowth,
To the dusky spaces with crowded trees,
To the call of black birds from the branches.
As always, thank you for your support and love.
Also if you are a reader and enjoyed my work, A Third Kind of Madness is eligible for several categories at Write Hive’s Indie Ink Awards.
Possible categories include
- Writing the Future We Need: Trans or Nonbinary Representation
- Writing the Future We Need: Mental Health Representation
- Writing the Future We Need: LGBTQ+ Representation
- Writing the Future We Need: Bisexual or Biromantic Representation
Or feel free to choose the ones you feel fit best!
3 Comments
Connie O Byrne
November 16, 2024 at 9:02 amWhere, when and how can we vote?
Christiane Knight
November 16, 2024 at 9:39 pmRight now the only thing open for action is the Indie Ink Awards nominations. Which if you want to participate in, that would help my chances. When there’s a vote open I’ll definitely let you know – and THANK YOU 💜
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