I'm trying my best at getting some publishing done before the end of the year--though one 12,000 word story probably won't make it till 2026--and the most recent tale I've put out is "Fairest," which, despite having a pretty banal name, is a fun one. This was written off a prompt sent to me by Marshal "The Bludgeoner" Latham, about an old, ornate hand mirror. In my story, a newly-married young woman is given the mirror by accident, and in looking into it, she discovers she's super duper attractive, as you do.
I've
written a handful of cursed object stories over the years, enough to
fill a truly one-note story collection. This was a fun story to write,
though that may not carry over into reading it. You've probably heard authors say that before.
Something that I have
greatly enjoyed in writing the Lara & The Witch stories is giving
Lara Demming malapropisms and incorrect pop culture references*, and
there are a couple in here where Jolene confuses Spider-man for
Wolverine and Hilary Duff for Hilary Swank and Joe Pesci for Joe
Dimaggio. She also quotes Jane Austen a lot more than any character
I've written, and that makes her just about the polar opposite of me
(whereas her dorky husband is decidedly not).
It's also the only story I've written
(to my knowledge) with an umlaut in it.
Feel free as a bird to check it out HERE.
*I
also greatly enjoy that she hates Taylor Swift, which prompts me to put
a Swift reference into nearly every Lara Demming story.
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