Poetic Justice
A hard-working, hard rock band that toured buckets of blood and strip joints all over the mid-west. Lots of hair. And dragon pants.
Boiled in Lead
The music (World-beat punk, ethno-gothic-sludge-jazz) was great; the players, amazing. But every moment between when we stepped off the stage and stepped back on was terrible. A great example of how mismanagement and personality conflicts can ruin the best of ideas. And yes, I did cut Drew out of the picture. Petty? Probably. But I […]
The Tim Malloys
Of all the bands I’ve been in, The Tim Malloys might be my favorite. Frenetic and fun, this is Irish music without the lilt. Rebel songs are our mainstay, but we also have room for long jams. If I can’t stretch out and improvise with a group, I get bored in a hurry. It helps […]
The Last Tsar’s Dragons
with Jane YolenTachyon 2019 I was initially reticent to turn this short story into a novella. But I am so glad we did. It got deeper and darker and, thanks to the awesome folks at Tachyon, it’s also reaching a lot more people. Buy it from an indie bookstore! “Vivid, gripping and actually riveting as […]
The Ghost of Lady Rei
Lace and Blade 5Marion Zimmer Bradley Literary Works Trust (February, 2019) When Paradox Magazine closed its doors, I despaired of ever selling another Ken’ichi and Master Shichiro story. Where does one even sell Medieval Japanese detective stories? To the lovely people with Lace & Blade it turns out. In this installment, the duo are called […]
Animal Stories
with Jane Yolen,Heidi E.Y. Stemple, and Jason StempleNational Geographic Children’s Books 2014 Writing with my whole family was amazing. And we got a starred review from Booklist! See also: Fly with Me *STARRED REVIEW* “This engaging large-format volume offers 19 surprising, amusing, and endearing stories of real animals doing unusual things…Well suited to reading alone […]
Fly with Me
with Jane Yolen, Heidi E.Y. Stemple, and Jason StempleNational Geographic Children’s Books 2018 The family collaboration started in Animal Stories continues in this big, beautiful book. Starred review in Kirkus! Buy it from an indie bookstore! *STARRED REVIEW* “Yolen and her three children celebrate birds with a lavishly illustrated compendium of facts, photographs, and poetry…As […]
Crow Not Crow
with Jane YolenIllustrated by Elizabeth DulembaCornell Lab Publishing Group (August 27, 2018) My first picture book! A young girl learns to bird using the “Crow not Crow” method. Buy it from an indie bookstore! There’s a little teacher’s guide at Unleashing Readers. (Some lovely reviews as well!) “Descriptions and photos of all the birds illustrated […]
The Seelie King’s War (The Seelie Wars Book 3)
The conclusion to the Seelie Wars trilogy. Buy The Seelie King’s war from an independent bookstore.
B.U.G
Penguin 2013 If you’re a middle-grader who’s made a golem, what do you do with him? Well, if you’re Sammy, you make him the drummer in your klezmer band! Buy B.U.G. from a local indie bookstore. A magical coming-of-age story that addresses the themes of bullying, friendship, good versus evil, first crushes, and making good […]