Author Archives: Lauren Stoker

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/

The second edition of my third book, The Potatoes of Defiance, is now available in hardcover. And there are three bonus stories! I call it my “Indictment Issue.” (Thank you, Stormy Daniels.) The sturdier cover will lend itself better to perusing while on the throne. 😉 Also available on Kindle. For now, I’m keeping theContinue reading “Behold! A Second Edition Hath Been Released.”

My latest book, The Potatoes of Defiance (dedicated to the late Sir Terry Pratchett, OBE), has gone live as an ebook. And you can see the artwork in color!

. . . to help stop the holes, holes, holes in it. Knowing how spread thin so many people are this season, I had a serious talk with Santa and we decided, in the interests of good will, to lower the prices for the holiday period on both my book of Christmas carol parodies, AContinue reading “More Ho, Ho, Ho for Your Wallet”

A brand new book is launched in time for Thanksgiving, and it’s not a turkey! Fresh off the platter is a delectable selection of satire and parodies. The Potatoes of Defiance is loaded with all the fun-poking and snark you’ve come to love, along with some damned serious stuff. So load up on a bigContinue reading “Gobble! Gobble!”

Had a very nice book signing Sunday, Oct. 11th at Borgin’s Books. It was a beautiful, warm day and quite a number of people stopped in, some old friends and (hopefully) some new. Sold quite a few books and generally had a great time. Thanks so much to Katherine Crowley-Marsh, the owner of one ofContinue reading “And a very nice book signing it was indeed.”

Sunday, October 16th, 2022 from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. at Borgin’s Books in Plymouth, MA. Borgin’s Books is the cutest little bookstore. It even has a witch’s broom hung on the wall! (My kind of place.) And there’s a lovely peek out back into the garden. I’ll have a few copies of my little ChristmasContinue reading “Coming Soon – New Book Signing!”

I had my first book signing last night at Books & Sundry, one of our beautiful new bookstores in Plymouth, and no sooner did I set up than the skies opened up with a monsoon that flooded the street in front of the store! Then came some thunder and lightning. (Granny Lovenanger may have hadContinue reading “Après moi, le déluge!”

My sister just moved to Reno, NV, and today, on my nephew’s birthday, a writer friend (also a Reno resident) sent me this photo of the corner on which her post office stands. A good omen perhaps?