Latest Stories
“The Captain and the Quartermaster” is out at Beneath Ceaseless Skies (which also published my pirate story below). It’s a story about the relationship between a military captain and her wife, the army quartermaster, and how their love gives the army hope through a civil war.
“When the Last of the Birds and the Bees Have Gone On” is in the anthology Glitter + Ashes: queer tales of a world that wouldn’t die, edited by dave ring. It’s a set of instructions for living life as one of the Winged, inspired by the short story “Girl” by the phenomenal Jamaica Kincaid.
“You Perfect, Broken Thing” is out at Uncanny Magazine in the Jan/Feb 2020 issue. A personal trainer coaches a band of dying athletes to win the one race that can save their lives. (3700 words – post-apocalyptic/dystopian: tough mudder, obstacle course, found family, muscles)
“Forgive Me, My Love, for the Ice and the Sea” is out in Beneath Ceaseless Skies in January 2020 issue, #296. A pirate’s lover is held hostage by the Courts unless the pirate can come back with the head of the pirate queen.
(5600 words – high fantasy: pirates, queer love, ocean goddess, magic)
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The Unbroken Recap
Last time, on The Magic of the Lost… Okay, first things first, if you came here by accident, there are spoilers for The Unbroken below the art. This includes an extensive list of people who did not survive to be in The Faithless. So you’ve been warned. What follows below is a very broad strokes… Read more
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New Novel Announcement: Warmongers
Enter, WARMONGERS, a “heart-wrenching epic fantasy set in a kingdom in a cycle of eternal war, where two women—once lovers and warriors at arms—are set on a collision course when years after their separation, one is crowned king and the other vows to kill her.”
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Bonus – Spoilers – Magic of the Lost Brunch AU
This post is inspired by this tweet: I typed it out and couldn’t get the idea out of my head and so I had to make that YOUR problem. First off: if you continue reading this little short, you may be spoiled. You will meet new characters you haven’t met and they will have relationships… Read more
C. L. Clark 