Because most young soldiers are hapless idiots...
...that was what really spawned this story. Remembering how the vast majority of us weren't old enough to drink (off base...on base was...
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Teller of Tales
Lisa Short
- Dec 26, 2022
- 1 min
New story out, though not in my usual speculative vein
I recently learned a new phrase (well, new to me)--"generational trauma." It's very rare for me to write a non-speculative piece, and...
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Lisa Short
- Dec 20, 2022
- 1 min
Because I just had to write a pandemic story...
Posted today in diet milk magazine's In the Bleak Midwinter collection, my creepy little flash Resurgam--because catching Covid may not...
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Lisa Short
- Nov 7, 2022
- 1 min
New Story Available November 9!
I don't write too many children's stories, but this is one of the few--a little dark, a little scary, but a happy ending, and my...
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Lisa Short
- Oct 19, 2022
- 1 min
New Story Out!
This is the first of two stories that I have written and sold in the wake of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization that make it...
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Lisa Short
- Oct 10, 2022
- 1 min
New Story Available in the Autumn 2022 issue of Wyldblood!
Wyldblood had a brief surprise open call some months back, for stories that took place in the aftermath of a storm. I happened to have...
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Lisa Short
- Jun 21, 2022
- 1 min
New Story Available Today!
I have a soft spot for military SF (and horror!) and this collection from Shacklebound Books satisfies them both. Includes my short story...
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Lisa Short
- Jun 19, 2022
- 1 min
New story coming out this Tuesday!
This is a really wonderful story collection--I'm loving the trend towards more optimistic stories of the future, and very pleased and...
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Lisa Short
- May 15, 2022
- 1 min
I don't often write, much less submit for publication, CNF (Creative Non-Fiction)...
...but I went ahead with this one. Note: I don't regret my military service, not at all. Though I wish it hadn't taken me nearly two...
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Lisa Short
- Apr 24, 2022
- 2 min
Writing Updates! April 24, 2022
Just a few random, writing-related goings-on in my life: Over the past two years, I submitted three different stories to three different...
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Lisa Short
- Mar 17, 2022
- 1 min
New Story Available! (March 2022)
Hardcopy only, but what a gorgeous magazine cover! The March 2022 issue of Hiraeth Publishing's The Fifth Di... includes my medieval dark...
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Lisa Short
- Feb 14, 2022
- 1 min
New Story Available Now, In Podcast Form!
My slow burn horror story "Lost Ladies" is available as a podcast on Apple, Google Podcasts and Spotify, produced by the amazing and...
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Lisa Short
- Jan 20, 2022
- 1 min
Slowly Recovering From COVID...
...and I realized I posted a picture of my author bookshelf almost exactly a year ago...I thought I'd do it again! A few new books have...
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Lisa Short
- Jan 18, 2022
- 1 min
New story available in February!
My steampunk story "Mech-Mage" is available for pre-order now on Amazon; it'll be released on February 9. Happy reading!
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Lisa Short
- Oct 15, 2021
- 1 min
New Story Available Now! (October 2021)
My science fiction short story "Genesis" is out today in the October 2021 issue of Metaphorosis, complete with podcast.
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Lisa Short
- Sep 1, 2021
- 1 min
New story available in September (starting today!)
My science fiction short story "Revenant" is out today in Luna Station Quarterly's Issue 047.
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Lisa Short
- Jul 10, 2021
- 1 min
New story coming out in August!
My science fiction novelette, "Gloriana," will be appearing in Black Ink's Strange Orbits anthology, available for pre-order now on Amazon.
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Lisa Short
- May 13, 2021
- 1 min
Current Work in Progress: The Glass Wren
Concept art collage is below--characters only, as it's early days, and this is a novel as opposed to my usual short story! I am writing...
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Lisa Short
- Jan 8, 2021
- 1 min
It's been a rough few days in America...
...so I took a picture of my author bookshelf and am trying to console myself with it. It's not working yet but I'm holding out hope!
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Lisa Short
- Dec 19, 2020
- 1 min
Current Work in Progress: "Genesis"
Concept art collage is below--it should be ready for submission by the end of next week!
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