Kayleigh Sky’s Story News. Coming up… An Elvis Presley sighting. And story news! What you are reading here is an excerpt from my newsletter. I decided to start posting most of the content here too. I usually provide information about free or discounted books and will occasionally provide free stories, as well. If … Read more
dark stories
A Little Flash Fiction for You
A DREAM AT THE END The river was a fantasy, of course. I tried the tap again, the image of water rushing through my head. This time a thin dribble struggled out. I let it collect in a bowl at the bottom of the sink and gazed out the only window in our apartment, but all … Read more
Pretty Human Cover Reveal!
COMING SOON!! Pretty Human will be available early next year. See the Books page for further details. Here’s an early look at the cover. 🙂
Wanna Look into My Bag of Tricks?
How do you write a good book? I’m sure there’s a trick. There’s certainly no dearth of how-to-write and how-to-get-published books out there. A lot of people buy those books. I buy them. I’m reading Techniques of the Selling Writer by Dwight V. Swain right now, but I’m pretty sure there are no tricks in … Read more
My Post-Apocalyptic Heaven
To me, one of the beauties of dystopian and apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic stories is in the ability to point a finger at a concept or idea rather than at a specific individual or institution. The concept or idea targeted for the story and finger-pointing is usually culturally entrenched and/or imposed on us now, in our … Read more
Evil Is A Bitch
The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness. Joseph Conrad People often ask writers who or what is their muse. What inspires you? I guess they are asking. Something akin to where do you get your ideas. I suspect that the creation of the … Read more
Who Wants To Brave The Dark With Me?
Am I the only lover of dark and terrible stories out there? Okay, I get it. Backbone is not a romp in the park. It discomforts. It disturbs the status quo. That’s because I play in the shadows. I go where the heart and soul don’t want to go but must go to heal the … Read more