Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam

  • Kaiju Rising is now on Goodreads!

    Kaiju Rising: Age of Monsters is now on Goodreads, for those of you who would like to mark it “to read”; my story “The Flight of the Red Monsters” will be in the anthology once it appears. Speaking of which, I guess I haven’t mentioned that I’m on Goodreads. And Amazon. But I am.

  • Favorite Writers

    Because I think it necessary at this time, after so much self-promotion, to promote some people who aren’t me, I’d like to take this opportunity to lead you toward some (just some — listing them all would take an incredibly long time) of my favorite writers. Some of these are my friends, and others I…

  • “An Exodus of Wings” — Daily Science Fiction (May 2013)

    “An Exodus of Wings” — Daily Science Fiction (May 2013)

    My story “An Exodus of Wings” appeared on Daily Science Fiction in May of 2013. First line: “Before Heidi came along, Michael did everything he could to keep the damn faeries out of his apartment.” Inspiration: When I moved back to Denton, Texas, from Eugene, Oregon — where I lived for two years — I…

  • “The Siren” — Strange Horizons (April 2013)

    “The Siren” — Strange Horizons (April 2013)

    My short story “The Siren” appeared on Strange Horizons on April 15, 2013. First line: “When Jen came home from school, she found a woman in the pool in her backyard.” Inspiration: Inspired by the Bat for Lashes song, “Siren Song” (and *very* loosely on my own experience discovering my bisexuality as a teenager —…

  • “The Wanderers” — Clarkesworld (February 2013)

    “The Wanderers” — Clarkesworld (February 2013)

    My short story “The Wanderers” appeared in the February 2013 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine. First line: “We came to your planet because we knew that you, the peoples of Kill Bill and Saw and Vietnam and Columbine Massacre would understand us.” Inspiration: Every year I put together an Art & Words Show. Although I don’t…