Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam

  • 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…

  • Acceptance in Lightspeed Queer Issue + Publication in EscapePod

    Two bits of great news to report. First, my post-apocalyptic story “Blight” has appeared in EscapePod, the audio SF magazine. Read it here: http://escapepod.org/2015/03/17/ep486-blight/. Second, my story “Trickier With Each Translation” was accepted for the Lightspeed: Queers Destroy Science Fiction special issue highlighting queer science fiction. I don’t normally announce acceptances here, but I’m really…

  • “Six Ways to Break Her” at SmokeLong Quarterly

    “Six Ways to Break Her” at SmokeLong Quarterly

    Accompanied by my mother’s artwork. Read it here: http://www.smokelong.com/flash/bonniejostufflebeam47.asp