by Katherine Villyard | Mar 9, 2023 | drabble, vampires
We sat together in the dark, musty office, nervous. The woman across the desk had a wrinkle between her forehead as she frowned at her computer, then back at the papers. “So, what made you want to adopt a baby?” Her voice was bored, toneless. The keyboard clattered....
by Katherine Villyard | Mar 8, 2023 | drabble
She closed the conference room doors and knelt on the meeting table. A packet of salt provided a circle around her. She called upon the forces of plenty, of power, of clever, strategic war, and lit a green candle in the center of the table. Outside, visible through...
by Katherine Villyard | Mar 7, 2023 | drabble
The moon glowed, but it was the streetlights that illuminated the streets. He trotted through trash-strewn, dark, reeking alleys, avoiding honking automobiles, and slipped into the park. Everything glowed in a red haze. He caught and ate a squirrel, chased dogs, cats,...
by Katherine Villyard | Mar 1, 2023 | giveaways, short fiction
Want a free copy of my book Love Stories? You can get one through this Goodreads Giveaway! Entry is open from March 1 to March 15. Winners announced on March 15. And hey, while you’re there? Maybe follow me on...
by Katherine Villyard | Feb 28, 2023 | novels
So, based on feedback, it’s basically not possible to withhold information from my first person main character narrator and tell the reader. I mean, I feel like it should be! but no matter how sledgehammery I think I’m being, people just don’t get...
by Katherine Villyard | Feb 13, 2023 | press, short fiction
I hear I’m in Publisher’s Weekly today! 😀 I… haven’t seen it, though. Coincidentally, the ebook of the title in question is 99 cents right now most places ebooks are sold. So if you’d like to read it, now is the time to buy it, while...
by Katherine Villyard | Feb 1, 2023 | geekiness
So, when talking about the Librem 5, I mentioned that I had a really old Librem 13 that I wasn’t using as much as I would like. Since then, the laptop that I was running Qubes on seized up and died, so… I’m once again running Qubes on my beautiful...
by Katherine Villyard | Jan 18, 2023 | press, short fiction
“An imaginative collection that puts a modern spin on beloved fairy tales and myths.” — Kirkus Reviews You can see more of the review here.
by Katherine Villyard | Jan 14, 2023 | free fiction, giveaways, short fiction, vampires
Do you like vampires? Do you like 18th and 19th century Prussian vampires with a crush? Do you like music, religion, betrayal, sweet first love, and terrible mistakes made? Do you like 18th century philosophy, and boys having crushes on boys? If so, I might have...
by Katherine Villyard | Jan 13, 2023 | press, short fiction
I’m listed in the Best Reviewed Books for December and, because they gave me 4+ stars, they interviewed me for their site. An excerpt: What inspired you to write the book? A particular person? An event? Oh, it’s hard to answer this question because it’s a short...