by Katherine Villyard | Sep 1, 2022 | short fiction
I have a book cover, which will be revealed soon. I mean, I haven’t officially paid yet, but I’ve approved it, so I don’t know if They™ want me to show it to you yet, but…
by Katherine Villyard | Aug 17, 2022 | novels, short fiction
I have a slew of stories that I haven’t been sending out. Seriously, one is from 2006 and I sent it various places for over a decade and got a lot of “I like this but it’s not for us” rejections. So I’m gathering up my sold stories and my...
by Katherine Villyard | Jan 30, 2022 | art, haiku
“If you really want to hurt your parents, and you don’t have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts.”–Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (A Man Without a Country) [Note: I found this in my drafts folder and decided to publish it.] One of...
by Katherine Villyard | Jan 14, 2016 | short fiction
Did I really not post here about my latest story? My story “Minotaur” is available in the Alien Abduction anthology. Only $5 for the Kindle version, and my aliens are pretty alien. If you heard me read at the Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading at...
by Katherine Villyard | Jan 7, 2015 | short fiction
My story “Underworld” is now available at Fantastic Stories of the Imagination. Check it out! There’s a great illustration of young Dion the wizard, Semele, and Thanatos! I love it!
by Katherine Villyard | Apr 27, 2014 | short fiction
I expect that I’m about to frustrate a lot of people, but that’s the way it is. Back in 2007, I started a “Hurricane Katrina” story. I wandered around in my post-apocalyptic Probably New Orleans, got lost, deleted 5,000 words, rewrote it a...
by Katherine Villyard | Dec 11, 2013 | short fiction
Thing the first: My story “Ondine’s Curse” is available in the latest (last, alas) issue of Electric Velocipede. Thing the second: I have two more flash pieces in circulation and forgot to post snippets! “Lady of the House”: Aiele’s...
by Katherine Villyard | Jul 5, 2013 | short fiction
WOOHOO! My story “Saving Alan Idle” is now available as both HTML and a podcast. I’m so excited! Escape Pod 403: Saving Alan Idle Thanks to everyone who helped me critique it, including, but not limited to: Gary David Henderson, Beth Dawkins,...
by Katherine Villyard | Oct 30, 2012 | short fiction
It’s got me and a lot of other awesome women in it, and it’s FREE. Check out Broad Spectrum: The 2012 Broad Universe Fiction Sampler. My story starts: Last time this happened, I was Orpheus. Ethan was lost, pale, gone in a haze of Zoloft and Lithium and...
by Katherine Villyard | Sep 14, 2012 | haiku
It has come to my attention that WordPress has replaced my quotes with smart quotes, which causes EPIC SCRIPT FAIL. Therefore, I’ve uploaded downloadable versions of the scripts. Smart quotes inserted, Script fails upon copy-paste. “Smart quotes”...