Introduction: On the Holiday Hallmark Movie Two disclaimers: I received this novella as an ARC, requested specifically because I like Suzy, we’re in anthologies together, and I wanted to provide her with a review. Second disclaimer being that I don’t like holiday Hallmark movies. I know. You’re shocked. What, the girl who writes merc stories, radioactive murders on space cruises, and long weird romances in cyborg loony bins hates Hallmark romances?! Le shock. I can’t write a

The cover for Star Groomsman, created by me by layering and altering assets in the stock library on Canva, and the Starship Valkyrie logo. Release day is here! Mercs and Mayhem with my story "Power Play" released last week, and hit No. 1 in SFF anthologies on Amazon. You can get it here for some real merc action: Amazon.com : Mercs and Mayhem (Raconteur Press Anthologies Book 64) eBook : Nethery, Nick, Burke, Spearman, Stone, Dean, Malory, Lizzi, Ken, Hathaway, Ross, Gibson,

Introduction Seldom has my life been so different between one year and the next. A few standouts come to mind: the stark difference between October of my seventeenth year and October of my eighteenth were particularly different, given the total upheaval to my life and family in that time. 2019 and 2020 were so very different for so many of us that it barely bears repeating. In September of 2022 I was pregnant and a PhD candidate; by September of 2023, I had my PhD and my firs