Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam

  • Year in Review

    2019 isn’t over yetBut I have had such a great year thus far, and as I know many people begin their awards reading this time of year, I’m going in early The work I’m highlighting for your awards consideration The work that has been closest to my hear this year is the short story “Every…

  • Awards Eligibility 2018

    It’s awards season, y’all, and that means the annual eligibility posts are out and about. I’m thrilled to look back on this last year of my professional life; I taught my first classes for adults, heard LeVar Burton read my short story to a packed live audience, hosted another successful Art & Words Show, and…

  • “Angry Kings”

    I’ve got a novelette up at Beneath Ceaseless Skies today. This one is called “Angry Kings” and was inspired by all the fairy tale stories of kings and their daughters and how terribly those daughters are often treated. I wanted to explore the psyches of such kings without offering forgiveness for their terrible behavior; the…

  • Exploring Grief in Fairy Tales

    A few years ago, after the death of my beloved uncle, my family and I traveled to be with my aunt and her daughter. Since my uncle’s death, my aunt and her daughter had taken to spending every day and night together. Their renewed connection through shared grief struck me as one of the most…

  • Syfy’s The Magicians Short

    Syfy’s The Magicians Short

    When I first read Lev Grossman’s The Magicians, I was psyched; it had all the charm of the Harry Potter novels but with an adult realism and a nuanced exploration of mental illness. Plus, the meta-fictive Fillorian element. It was the wizard book I’d always wanted. When the show came out, I watched the whole…