I'm pretty low-key when it comes to pimping out my work. I'll post links if a preorder goes up, or if a friend of mine has a book I think you'll like, but 90 percent of my FB content is interesting stuff. Or things I'm interested in that I think you might be interested in too. But I'm currently trying to get a book deal and one of the metrics the editors are interesed in are HOW MANY FOLLOWERS you have. Which makes it sound like they're only interested in signing cult leaders. But I'd love it if you followed my Kat Parrish page here. Or while you're at it, follow my Kat Parrish Amazon page.
Saturday, June 24, 2023
Friday, June 23, 2023
Coming soon--Chimera in Vella
My story is a future, space opera-ish take on Robert Louis Stevenson's Island of Dr. Moreau. I've been playing with the idea for years!
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
CHOSEN ...Fight Like a Girl now on pre-order
Stories of bad-ass women (some of them with swords) available on preorder now. I have two stories in this collection. One by my pen name Kat Parrish, one by Katia Kozar. The stories will fit into my Twelve Realms world and be short works of epic fantasy.
Find it here.
Speaking of epic fantasy, I watched Dungeons and Dragons today, which I enjoyed very much. I never played the game, but I know all the tropes and it was to see how the writers handled them Loved the fat dragon. It looked like Hugh Grant was having a great time. Ditto Chris Pines. Not a rod of lordly might in sight and nobody paid for their drinks with coppers!
Seasons of Silver Birch out today and FREE on Kindle
I had a lot of fun writing the stories. I hope you will enjoy reading them.
Find it here.
Thursday, May 25, 2023
Magic Discovered...now on preorder.
This new anthology was a lot of fun. My story, "Dragon Moon," is about what happens when the employees of a bookstore in Toronto are stuck inside at closing time when Dragons suddenly start appearing. It's got all my favorite tropes--enemies to friends, the outsider becoming a hero, working class kids and intellectual dreamers, and lots and lots of books. I think you might enjoy the story, and all the other ones you'll find inside. You can preorder it here.
Monday, May 22, 2023
A new series...coming soon
Sunday, April 30, 2023
Blue Hearts
I'm starting to see Blue Heart gifs everywhere. i think this is my favorite: https://tenor.com/view/heartonfire-blueheart-gif-11948513
I think symbolism is important. I don't wear t-shirts with slogans. I don't wear buttons or caps with initials on them. But my politics are pretty simple and pretty straightforward. I'm for kindness. I'm for inclusivity. i read banned books. I watch more than one news station.
But wearing our (blue) hearts on our sleeve isn't enough. There is so such going wrong--everything, everywhere, and all at once--that it's really easy to be overwhelmed. And it's not like you can hit pause on your life and devote yourself full time to solving problems. But there are things you can do.
Check out the suggestions from the ALA's Office of Intellectual Freedom.Check out these tips on how to get nvolved. And read these books. Buy copies ad leave them in Little Libraries. Give them as gifts.
BE AN ALLY
Support LGBTQ rights.
Support social justice for all Americans. Southern Poverty Law Center.
Advocate for gun sense.
The Brady Foundation (Take Acton, Not Sides)
One Aim (Illinois)
There's a lot going on right now.
Pay attention.
Read everything you can.
And vote.