Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam

  • Announcing Strange Monsters, a collaborative words-music album

    Announcing Strange Monsters, a collaborative words-music album

    My partner Peter and I are collaborating on an album, Strange Monsters. It will feature my stories and poems read by actors and set to music written by Peter and performed by local musicians. On July 1st we’ll publish the Kickstarter and the first track of the album (the rest has yet to be recorded,…

  • “Trickier with Each Translation” in Lightspeed: Queers Destroy Science Fiction!

    “Trickier with Each Translation” in Lightspeed: Queers Destroy Science Fiction!

    Queers Destroy Science Fiction! is a special issue of Lightspeed; all the editors and writers who worked on the issue identify as queer. My superhero story “Trickier with Each Translation” is exclusive to the ebook/print edition, available to purchase at $3.99 ebook, $17.99 paperback. Buy it here!

  • Audio reprint, Clarkesworld Year Seven, and “Doors” illustration

    Audio reprint, Clarkesworld Year Seven, and “Doors” illustration

    I just returned from a week-long camping retreat with fellow writers Julie Day and Michael DeLuca. We viewed the Marfa lights, walked in the Big Bend hot sun, seared vegan marshmallows, and half-slept in a haunted tent. I returned sunburnt, exhausted, but inspired. While away, a few writing bits filled my inbox. My story “An…

  • “Dance Our Shoes to Pieces” in Farrago’s Wainscot

    My retelling of my favorite fairy tale “The Twelve Dancing Princesses” came out in Farrago’s Wainscot today. Read it here: http://www.farragoswainscot.com/2015/14/dance.html First line: “Once, we twelve sisters danced until our shoes wore through.”

  • “The Way of Things” in Crack the Spine

    “The Way of Things” in Crack the Spine

    Out today, “The Way of Things” is my slipstream/magical realist take on the cyborg story. Read it here: http://www.crackthespine.com/2015/04/issue-144.html First line: “I wake to find that my hand has turned to steel.” They tell me that the stories that receive the most feedback have a good shot at being published in the print anthology, so…