2024 Awards Eligible Works
This year, I spent most of my time working on the sequel to The Bone Key. But I did have a couple of new pieces come out, works I hope you’ll consider for various awards.
An Unspeakable Burden
A young woman woman desperate to be the most powerful conjurer in her family sacrifices her body and embraces a fate of arcane power.
Published in Welcome To Your Body: Lessons in Evisceration from Salt Heart Press, May 2024
The Mournful Influence of Unperceived Shadow
A poem written in ‘blackout poetry’ style, inspired by The Tell-Tale Heart.
Published in Love Letters To Poe Vol. III: Tales Torn From The Heart, October 2024.
The Bone Key
Valeria Salcedo is a member of the Aquelarre Buho, a coven that shares the magical ability to transform into owls. When a ruthless faction of hunters known as Los Cazadores close in on the witches with the intention of stealing their magic, Valeria must master the powers of both light and dark to defend her coven’s gifts against those who have pursued them for generations.
Published by Quill & Crow Publishing House, October 2024.
If you would like a review copy of any of these works, please reach out to myself or the publishers of the individual works. Thanks!
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