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Pages from my dramatic feature script, Living In A Postcard, will receive a staged reading at the Broadwater Theater in Hollywood, CA on April 22, presented by the Breakthrough Reading Series.

The story’s inspired by my 2024 residency at Pine Meadow Ranch and Center for Art & Agriculture, Sisters, OR. Logline: Living In A Postcard; a rancher in Central Oregon confronts threats to her family and way of life posed by climate chaos and predators — both two and four-legged. Think “East Of Wall” meets “Nomadland.”

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Publication of Debut Novel, Rules for Mothers: A Novel; releases on April 14th 2026. In a story about motherhood, gender roles, cultural expectations, and mental health. Set in 1980’s Portland, it features Elly Sparrow, wife and mother of four, who is desperate to regain her sense of personal autonomy. Who is she beyond wife and mother? How can she find herself when she is constantly giving, giving to the needs of others? Elly loves her children deeply and feels guilty for even thinking about herself, a universal truth for many women. Rules for Mothers puts forward themes as relevant today as they were forty years ago.

Book readings: April 29th at Broadway Books and May 22nd at BOLD Books.

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John Dover’s new spaghetti western horror novel, A Fistful of Fangs, is available April 24th. His follow-up to Once Upon A Fang in the West is filled with werewolves, a cultist preacher, and Ruby.

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Who Knew the Ridpath Girl, the second standalone mystery by Stacy Johns, will release on April 14th, 2026.

Welcome to Meander, where truths are best left buried.

Gracen Ridpath has a secret. As the host of a successful YouTube channel for stay-at-home-dads, Gracen is known for his handy tips and trademark self-deprecating humor. But off camera, he struggles with the aftereffects of a tragedy that shaped him and everyone else in his hometown of Meander: the death of his eleven-year-old sister, Douggy.

When Gracen mentions his sister’s long-ago death for the first time on his channel, he taps a vein of interest he hadn’t known existed. Soon enough, he finds himself discussing a theory he’s kept quiet for years: that Douggy chose to die. And he’s finally figured out why . . . and who is to blame.

At first, Gracen is grateful for the jump in views, until his shift in content brings Quinn, Douggy’s childhood best friend, back to Meander looking for answers. And when people start dying around them and detectives start asking questions, Gracen and Quinn find themselves at the center of an investigation that will prove to have consequences deadlier than they ever could’ve imagined.”

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My 10-minute play, Circle Two Blues will have its staged premiere on Saturday, April 18 as part of Fertile Ground’s Epic Shorts: Public Domain program. Circle Two Blues is an updated version of The Inferno of Dante Alighieri and Canto V : the Second Circle of Hell. It re-imagines Paolo and Francesca’s relationship and what might happen if you had 734 years to think about it.

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Experiences With the Energy Body is now available as an E-book. In Bill Johnson’s journal, Bill sets out how he came to understand and explore his energy body. The journal includes maps of Bill’s energy body and suggestions about how others can experience their energy bodies and methods for opening restrictions in energy flow.

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“Preservation” Included in “Amazing Stories Best of 2025 Anthology”

This new anthology celebrates the year’s most imaginative science fiction—featuring a classic cover illustration by legendary artist Kelly Freas.

For over a century, Amazing Stories has stood at the forefront of science fiction, introducing readers to bold ideas, visionary storytelling, and unforgettable journeys beyond the known. Now Amazing Stories: Best of 2025 gathers the magazine’s most exciting stories of the past year into a single dynamic collection.

Edited by Lloyd Penney, Amazing Stories: Best of 2025 showcases a diverse range of authors and perspectives, from emerging voices to established storytellers. These tales explore alien encounters, daring space exploration, unexpected technological breakthroughs, and the complex human stories that unfold when imagination pushes beyond the limits of the present.

From distant star systems to the fragile future of Earth, the stories in this collection capture the wonder, excitement, and thought-provoking speculation that define modern science fiction. Each story offers a different vision of tomorrow—sometimes thrilling, sometimes mysterious, sometimes deeply human—but always driven by the spirit of discovery that has fueled the genre for generations.

The collection is further distinguished by a striking cover illustration by the legendary Kelly Freas, one of the most celebrated artists in the history of science fiction. Freas’ iconic artwork helped define the visual identity of science fiction magazines for decades, and his cover brings a classic sense of cosmic wonder to this new anthology.

Together, the stories and artwork in Amazing Stories: Best of 2025 celebrate both the rich legacy and the vibrant future of science fiction.

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