there's a magic eye looking back at you

It pleases me (for some reason) to know that Walt Whitman used to ghost-write rave reviews for his "Leaves of Grass"

A new very short story is now up on SciFi Journal. It's about a short-circuit in the Rapture. If you didn't ascend a few days ago, this may be why. www.sciphijournal.org/index.php/20...

If you missed Story Hour live, you can catch the replay here! @karenheuler.bsky.social's "The Stray Curse" is an incredible dark fairy tale, and I read my corvid story "One for Sorrow" from Blanket Gravity #1. ▶ youtu.be/CutdQgqel20 ◀

Episode 262 of Eating the Fantastic is now live! Join award-winning writer @karenheuler.bsky.social for lunch and learn the way in which she considers her short stories to be kittens, the “dud” novels she had to write before she got to the good ones — and more. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

One of my favorite covers is this reissue of a story collection with a starred PW review saying, "readers will find these stories remarkably inventive and brimming with ideas not found anywhere else in contemporary fantasy fiction." Reissued by Arc Manor/Phoenix Picks. www.amazon.com/dp/B0FGQGL3N4

When you get a chance, read my story "Frankenstein's Book Launch" in the Sept/Oct Asimov's before he comes after you!

These times require satire! Read The Splendid City, about a witch who changes a bully into a cat and both get sent to Liberty--which used to be Texas before it seceded. There are daily parades, animatronic heads on the streets to hear what people are saying--but wait--a man changed into a cat?

Of all the stories you've written, who is your favorite character and why?

My Readercon Reading: 6:30pm today at Envision/Enliven. "Here and There," one of my favorite stories, about a girl who can imagine and build impossible bridges

Break that Bad Writing Habit At Readercon tomorrow (Saturday)! Come hear one of my all-time favorite short stories at 6:30pm in “Envision” on Saturday. (How is that breaking a bad writing habit, you may ask. Develop commitment. Community. Sharing.)

I have a new flash fiction up at The Razor. Creepy? Not creepy? You be the judge. therazormag.com/articles/the...

Come to my reading at Boskone! Sunday 11am Independence I'll be reading from a forthcoming re-issue of Glorious Plague, from Arc Manor. That title says it's glorious, folks!

My Boskone Schedule Sat 4pm Harbor II Where Does Magical Realism Stop and Fantasy Begin? Sat. 7pm Harbor III Why Are Dystopias So Popular? Sat 10pm Marina IV Late Night Magic and Mischievous Magicians

New story in Phano--give this new mag a look! www.phano.co/issues/issue-2

"The axolotl has the ability to regenerate its brain: "Axolotls, the aquatic salamanders famous for their ability to regrow limbs, can also regenerate parts of their brains, including the telencephalon — the front portion of the brain."

When I was in my late teens, I decided that I had to make my name by the time I was 25 or it was all over. That was it. Nothing after 25 had integrity.

This was reported in October, and I'm still thinking about it: hackers took control of robot vacuums, which then started chasing pets and also spewing racial slurs.

I love how Boo Radley's toy mouse is standing at attention.

Arc Manor is reissuing 3 of my books: Glorious Plague: People climb and sing till they die as myths walk around NYC The Clockworm: Alien cats invade us, time goes crazy, and a girl builds impossible bridges The Other Door: Jesus returns as a woman, an apartment expands, magic tricks become magic

His arm hanging out of the side of his convertible, the debonair cat asks, "Yes?"

Do you feel that your own life has a narrative arc? If you don't know what that means, it's the rising set of actions or experiences that form the backbone of a story or novel, that propels it along a kind of track to its resolution. Do you recognize the kind of story you're in?

City scenery from the back window

I'm going through my bookshelves, weeding out books I never expect to read again. That sill leaves a lot of books, and I'm reflecting on books one by one that have made an impact on me. Here's one. www.instagram.com/reel/DD-1qpn...

I have a new story up at Arkansas International, about a woman who accidentally discovers her vocation as a bank robber after someone leaves a baby on her doorstep. www.arkint.org/magazine/kar...

Here's a long interview with many twists and turns as both the interviewer and I followed our own paths, sometimes converging, sometimes not. But it wouldn't have been fun if it had been strait-laced and straightforward. lanceschaubert.substack.com/p/karen-heul...