Welcome to Honing the Blade!

Welcome to C’s Newsletter by me, C. L. Clark (aka, Cherae). I’m a queer, black writer with short fiction in FIYAH, Uncanny, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and PodCastle. Nonfiction at Tor.com, Fantasy Magazine, and Uncanny.

My debut novel, The Unbroken is the first in the Magic of the Lost trilogy, and the sequel, The Faithless is out March 2023. After the trilogy will come the standalone novel Warmongers. And that, between that, who knows? ;)

I’m also a retired PodCastle editor. Narrator. Writing teacher. Personal trainer. Traveler. Sword fighter in training. A lot of hats, a lot of fun.

At the moment, I’ll keep these posts pretty scarce so you’re not spammed with glory. I will send updates about story pubs and story origins, the latest books I’ve read worth reading, and maybe some editorial insights.

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