Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam

  • Best Short Fiction of 2014

    Best Short Fiction of 2014

    Brand new magazine Mothership Zeta aims to publish fun stories, and they released their Issue 0 today, which includes my article on my favorite short fiction from 2014. Fairy tales, magic staircases, uncomfortable airplane conversations, and geometric shapes are all represented, and most you can read online for free. Check out my recommendations here.

  • A whole anthology about monsters…from Knopf Doubleday’s Everyman’s Library imprint!

    A whole anthology about monsters…from Knopf Doubleday’s Everyman’s Library imprint!

    Anyone who knows me knows I love Halloween, so I’m psyched that the monster poetry anthology Monster Verse: Poems Human and Inhuman is out now, just in time!, from Everyman’s Library. It includes my poem “The Werewolf.” The volume includes monster poetry from writers such as Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Elizabeth Bishop, Edgar Allen Poe…

  • Strange Monsters on Kickstarter

    Peter and I are collaborating on an album of music and words titled Strange Monsters, up on Kickstarter for the month of July. The album will feature my stories read by actors and accompanied by Peter’s compositions, which will be played by musicians in our home studio. The first track is available to listen to…

  • Short Story Publication: “No Eyes” in Psychopomp

    Short Story Publication: “No Eyes” in Psychopomp

    My story “No Eyes” is up on Psychopomp today! This one’s about a woman who is interrupted one evening by a skeleton at her door searching for a woman from a faded photograph. She does what any logical person would do: asks the skeleton in for tea. It was inspired by words in a Cat…

  • “The Girl with Golden Hair” in Beneath Ceaseless Skies

    I have a new story in Beneath Ceaseless Skies today, “The Girl with Golden Hair.” I’m excited about this story for three main reasons: 1. I wrote a story about a friendship between a girl and a centaur. I love stories about friendship. I don’t generally have a preformed like or dislike for stories about…