Author Archives: Lauren Stoker

If you buy your copies of The Fables Next Door before July, you’ll get the full-color issue. In July, to reduce printing costs, the interiors will switch to black and white (greyscale). So hurry up and order your copies now! Here’s the link again: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?uzHmYMoxxYlB9sg8zxa5irzwQyKcOwZe3wul9aQ1HeF&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR00o6QcvR5hPrimvy2Im8YyB6O6woyBGC6PWQbV71neu2hkD7hzaVRiyu0_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw# And look for my story, “Serving the Public.” I thinkContinue reading “URGENT UPDATE!”

The Fables Next Door is now available for purchase: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?uzHmYMoxxYlB9sg8zxa5irzwQyKcOwZe3wul9aQ1HeF Below, are the final front and back covers. You’re gonna love these stories!

Yesterday, my Grimm-humored story, “Serving the Public,” was accepted by Critical Blast. It will published sometime in May in their cool anthology, The Fables Next Door. Watch their fun trailer on the link and stay tuned! https://www.criticalblast.com/content/publishingHint: what would a senior community for retired fairy tale characters be like? (And what might they do toContinue reading “Another Crazy Story Coming Your Way!”

April 8, 2024, the day of the eclipse, is also the Right to Read Day. Don’t let your right to read be eclipsed. Respond to this link today! https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/right-to-read-day/

The cover of my satirical fantasy, Blood Will Out (With the Proper Solvent), has recently been updated, including some amusing reviews on its back cover.

My essay went live as promised (or threatened) Monday, March 11, 2024 on Twenty-two Twenty-eight‘s e-zine. It’s dedicated to the person who inspired the piece, one of the most awesome women I know: Sandy Cohen. You can read it here: https://www.twentytwotwentyeight.com/single-post/essay-standing-on-tiptoes-by-laurie-hall Please note: my title was inadvertently changed in publication to “Standing on Tiptoes,” ratherContinue reading ““Staying on Tiptoes” is live!”

“No Substitutes Allowed,” has gone live today as a reprint on Witcraft.org, an e-zine in Australia! My thanks go to editor, Doug Jacquier, for republishing it. https://witcraft.org/category/latest-wit/ For those of you who fondly remember my short story, “No Substitutes Allowed,” you’ll be happy to know that Wolfgang is about to reach the shores of Australia.Continue reading “Comin’ around again!”

Twenty-two Twenty-eight, a very cool, digital literary publication for “people who watch the world,” has accepted my essay, “Staying on Tiptoes,” and will publish it on-line Monday, March 11th. https://www.twentytwotwentyeight.com/ Give it a read! I think a lot of you will be able to relate. . . .

And for you Pratchett fans like me out there, this wonderful volume is one you’ll cherish forever. Neil Gaiman does a terrific foreword, too. (Keep some tissues handy. These stories will make you miss Terry even more.)

Now released! Dragon Gems (Summer 2023 Edition), a new, speculative fiction anthology, was released, in print and digitally, on July 28, 2023.  And it includes one my my stories, “Lonesome Leviathan,” the confessions of the real monster in the loch. (Those of Scottish persuasion should especially enjoy it.) So check it out! https://waterdragonpublishing.com/product/dragon-gems-summer-2023/