July 18: Castle Bridge Media presents Castle of Horror: Thinly Veiled Saturday Mournings Launch Party5:30pm Pacific Tuesday July 18, join us for a LIVE ON RELEASE DAY CHAT with the authors of the brand-new Castle of Horror Anthology: Thinly Veiled Saturday Mournings, which you can order here: https://amzn.to/44pMiem. We’ll be chatting about favorite Saturday morning memories and the horrors that lay within. The popular…
My poem “Sunshine Times” was published today over at New Verse News! (It pairs very well with this parody clip they also shared from The Late Show). ENJOY! Sunshine Times They outlawed history hereAnd scienceNext comes gaslighting the spectrumColor by colorUntil rainbows and unicorns are seen only by us other-mindedThey will deny the very starsOne by oneLeaving children to…
When asked if I was interested in writing “an alternate history about a young Marie Curie getting mixed up in dark fantasy shenanigans”, of course I said YES. (Dead Women in STEM FTW!) And then I proceeded to do the most research I have ever done for a short story. I read a myriad of books and articles on…
Once upon a time in the autumn of 2020, I wrote a fairy tale about true love and a storm chaser. I titled it “On the Edge of All This,” after the song I have words in on The Fireside Sessions. (Remember when we made that album with Gary Lightbody from Snow Patrol?) Finally–FINALLY–after much tribulation and many years,…
Release Date: October 1, 2022 Featuring my darkly humorous original short story “The Ghost Lake Mermaid” – for fellow fans of ghosts, mermaids…and K-dramas! š The Ghost Lake Mermaid and her best friend Jinna welcome a new ghost, whose presence unravels the mysteries of Buckle Springs and the Merry Death Bridge… *As an Affiliate, I may earn on qualifying…
Release date: August 1, 2022 Featuring my original story “Dear Auntie Star” – An orphan girl (Star) rescues a cursed raven princess and a magic ring from an evil wizard in Egypt, then grows up to become a time traveling Agony Aunt/Fairy Godmother whose advice helps everyone but herself. Dear Someone, I have stoppered this message up inside a…
Join the authors of the new Castle of Horror Anthology: Love Gone Wrong in a discussion of this new collection! The Castle of Horror authors are back with a brand-new collection of stories intended to curdle the blood and freeze the heart! This time the theme is love– family love, romantic love, dedicated love, obsessive love, but what they…
I am thrilled to announce my new picture book OODLES OF DOODLES, coming to the world in both hardcover and paperback formats on September 27, 2022! Meet a poodle who can doodle oodles and oodles of noodles in this hilarious Level 1 Ready-to-Read by bestselling and award-winning author Alethea Kontis! Do you doodle?I do doodle!Does your poodle doodle?My poodle…
Nothing goes right for American Wren Wheeler during a…
Iāve had a tough time concentrating on ANYTHING since…
July 18: Castle Bridge Media presents Castle of Horror:…
