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The same reviewer who disliked Solstice for its scary ending has now added to that review, and has also disliked how the ending of The Night Festival connected to Solstice. I would suggest only one interesting angle that this reader may not have considered. The ending of Night Festival is entirely consistent with the alternativeContinue reading “Solstice and The Night Festival”

And you can never be sure that there won’t be a sequel to Solstice, either. There’s more story to tell there, I think. I know there definitely needs to be a sequel to Devil’s Due, my other Twilight Zone style T-Tale, so why not a sequel to Solstice, while I’m at it?

Sigh. Well, you can’t please everyone. And I guess I didn’t—not with Solstice, at any rate. I was shooting for a Twilight Zone style T-Tale but maybe the change of pace was just too much for some readers. Here’s the thing, though. I was shooting for a sci-fi horror story, and these reviews seem toContinue reading “Another Perplexed ‘Solstice’ Review”

Of me on a Sunday

Of me on a Sunday

For Amazon sales, today. Top selling book, by a wide margin, was Short Stuff: A Transgender Tale. And not just today—it’s the best selling book of mine for November, also by a wide margin. Of course, my newest book, The Night Festival, has only been available the last week or so, so we shall seeContinue reading “A Record Day”

https://tkosocietyeditors.medium.com/transgender-people-in-survival-mode-as-violence-rises-anti-trans-bills-become-law-6da822750271

On Vella, the Amazon space for serialized storytelling. More to come, obviously.

To all my wonderful readers and friends. I hope every one of you has more reasons to give thanks than ever before.