• My poem “Kites” in in the Summer is Dead issue of Goblin Fruit

    Read it for free here: http://www.goblinfruit.net/2014/summer/poems/?poem=kites

  • I’m eligible for the Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction or Fantasy

    This is my second and last year of Campbell Award eligibility. Since my eligibility period, I’ve sold a total of 35 stories and five poems (woo hoo!). Here are some highlights: “He Came From a Place of Openness and Truth” in Lightspeed! (January 2015) “Everything Beneath You” in Beneath Ceaseless Skies (January 2015) “The Wanderers” in…

  • “They Come With the Carnival”

    “They Come With the Carnival”

    On Monday, my short short story “They Come With the Carnival” came out on Daily Science Fiction. Read it online for free here: http://dailysciencefiction.com/hither-and-yon/magic-realism/bonnie-jo-stufflebeam/they-come-with-the-carnival. Just in time for Halloween, this creepy, apocalyptic story was inspired by art from my Art & Words Show. I never participate formally in the show, but every year I’m so…

  • Art & Words Show Success

    Art & Words Show Success

    The third annual Art & Words Show Reception, which I created and now coordinate, took place on Saturday, September 27, 2014, with the written and visual work from 13 writers and 13 artists. Each artist created a painting or sculpture in response to a story or poem. Each writer created a new story or poem…

  • “The Stink of Horses” — Hobart (September 2014)

    “The Stink of Horses” — Hobart (September 2014)

    My short story “The Stink of Horses” appeared on Hobart on June 27, 2014. First line: “I don’t understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses.” — Anton Chekhov Inspiration: I read the above Chekhov quote in a magazine, maybe The New Yorker, and couldn’t…