Katherine's Book Backyard

  I am a huge fan of Heath Lowrance's short stories. I've read a number of the ones in this collection and I look forward to re-read...

Editing Death in the Drowned Lands reawakened my love for writing short stories. Even though I'm trying to concentrate on my longer w...

I'm always interested in the villains. YYou HAVE to have great villains to have a great tale. My short story "The Ugly One,"...

My story, "Looking Good America," is part of this new anthology, We've Been Trumped, timed to hit the bookstores a month be...

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

I am a fan of short stories. I'm a fan of time travel stories. So this collection of short stories (edited by Ann VanderMeer and Jeff ...

My name is Katherine Tomlinson and I'm a short story writer. There, I've said it. Yes, I write longer stuff. Yes, I still write...

There are times when I can't buy a creative idea and there are times when I honestly can't turn it off. (Mostly when I'm on de...

Sometimes you've just got to write a zombie story. Or two.  Or in this case--five. I decided to bundle up my zombie children and put t...

If you haven't already, you must head over to Brian Lindenmuth's short story challenge . I guarantee you'll find something new t...

I came across this great quote by Isaac Asimove, "If knowledge creates problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them....