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 think you’ll be glad you did. 😉

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/publishing
Hint: what would a senior community for retired fairy tale characters be like? (And what might they do to keep themselves occupied?)

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,” rather than “Staying on Tiptoes,” as I’d written it. The editor has graciously corrected it now. Although the link still says “standing,” when you click on it you will now see the corrected version.
Update: 3/18/24: Unfortunately, the essay was only available for free reading for one week. So to my Stories section to read the full thing.

“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.
My bushy-tailed raconteur Wolfgang has since become one of my most beloved and memorable characters. The story was originally published by Thurston Howl Publications in their anthology, Difursity (Stories of Furries of Color), April 2020, and was later included in chapter 3 of my novel, BLOOD WILL OUT (With the Proper Solvent).
And now the story will air again Wednesday, March 13, 2024 in a new Australian journal, Witcraft: “The home of skillfully written stories that are brief, humorous and engaging, with the emphasis on wit, word play, absurdity and inspired nonsense.” Many thanks to editor, Doug Jacquier, for loving my Wolfie!

https://witcraft.org

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. . . .