Katherine's Book Backyard

Cover design by Joanne Renaud I will be releasing a new collection of stories in the next few weeks, a group of Christmas stories loosely...

I know what you're thinking. You're thinking, Kat, seriously, what's with the chocolate? Do you want to turn us all into diabeti...

Photo by Vivan of Vivian's Blog-o-rama Cupcakes shaped like sushi. And like burritos. And like pop culture icons like Firefly (with ...

A slightly different version of this story ran last year as part of the Do Some Damage Christmas Noir Challenge. I pulled it out to get myse...

Science Fiction writer Octavia E. Butler is not mentioned in the Wikipedia entry on women in speculative fiction but Samuel R. Delaney is a...

I hate the phrase "food insecurity." It's a weaselly way to avoid saying "hunger."  If you say, "More Americans...

Crime writer Benoit Lelievre is hosting a 2012 reading challenge on his blog, Dead End Follies . Dubbed "Smooth Criminals," the ch...