Katherine's Book Backyard

Years ago, when I published Dark Valentine Magazine, I wrote a story called "Tired Blood" that featured a vampire so old he'...

My short collection of short stories, Suicide Blonde , is free today. I'm particularly fond of the title story which took me forever t...

Continuing the tradition born back in my Dark Valentine days, I offer my very unofficial and totally personal gift guide for holiday gift gi...

Back when I published a zine called Dark Valentine , I always worried that people would think the title was too "girlie" and that ...

Last year I released Twelve Nights of Christmas , a collection of dark stories themed to the Christmas song "Days of Christmas."...

I am surrounded by talented people who create wonderful book covers and one of my favorites, Joy Sillesen, is offering New Year's discou...

Tanith Lee . Isn't that the best writer's name ever? When Joanne Renaud, Joy Sillesen and I created Dark Valentine Magazine, Tanith...

I am reading Apostle Rising by Richard Godwin. Why aren't you? His book appeared on the cover of Bookseller Magazine today (no April ...

Novelist Stephanie Draven has created a literary contest for young women inspired by her upcoming trilogy of novels about Cleopatra's da...

I'd never heard of "Almond Joy Cake" until I read Shane Mullins' story " Leftovers " in Dark Valentine today. ...

There's a Fall Fiction Frenzy going on over at Dark Valentine . Check out today's story by Shane Mullins with an illustration by L...

I always enjoy photo story prompts, so we've put another one up at Dark Valentine . We're looking for flash (under 1000 words) insp...