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Medusa

I recently had the opportunity to participate in a short fiction contest sponsored by Cast of Wonders. Although I did not win, it was a lot of fun, and I learned a lot, both about the publisher, and the market for YA speculative short fiction.

Posted bykeechballardJanuary 22, 2023Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Medusa

Bone Structure

There are 206 bones in the human body. Keech Ballard rides again, this time as a flashy purveyor of incipient horror inspired by a moral sense of outraged sensibilities. There are 238 pages in Step into the Light, a new anthology of daylight horror from Bag of Bones Press, available in paperback or Kindle formatContinue reading “Bone Structure”

Posted bykeechballardDecember 6, 2022Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Bone Structure

DRABBUN

Where the drabble meets the haiku. A new anthology from independent publisher Hiraeth, composed of 60 entries, two of which were composed by yours truly. 58. Mermaid Central 59. Unicorn Station Check it out here:

Posted bykeechballardJuly 27, 2022November 1, 2022Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on DRABBUN

Vernon Lee

Writer Violet Paget, raised by unconventional British parents in the south of France, was an engaged feminist who always dressed à la garçonne. She was also an extreme pacifist, held in suspense in England for the duration of the Great European Civil War to stifle her dangerous creativity and muzzle her outspoken voice. Her booksContinue reading “Vernon Lee”

Posted bykeechballardFebruary 7, 2022February 7, 2022Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Vernon Lee

Gaston Leroux

Leroux was the author of such great classics of French literature as The Mystery of the Yellow Room and The Phantom of the Opera. He died tragically of an acute urinary infection before he could enjoy the full fruits of his enormous and lasting success as the creator (or rather popularizer) of the Opera Ghost.Continue reading “Gaston Leroux”

Posted bykeechballardJanuary 31, 2022January 31, 2022Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Gaston Leroux

John Buchan

Novelist, historian, and politician John Buchan spent the last five years of his long and productive life as the fifteenth Governor General of the Dominion of Canada. He was also a colonialist, a racist, and an antisemite. His racism and antisemitism were quite casual in nature, the inevitable product of his class, his position, andContinue reading “John Buchan”

Posted bykeechballardJanuary 23, 2022Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on John Buchan

Mrs. Oliphant

Or Margaret, as we are intending to call her these days. Oliphant was one of the most popular, long-lived, and successful lady novelists of the Victorian age, publishing almost one hundred novels across the timely wingspan of six decades. This was quite a (pocket) change from the (nominally) more tragic authors of Jane Eyre andContinue reading “Mrs. Oliphant”

Posted bykeechballardJanuary 10, 2022January 18, 2022Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Mrs. Oliphant

Oh, Henry!

William Sydney Porter never was a shorter Tip he did, and so splendid They said he was a sport. Er… Was it murder, suicide, or unnatural causes? How many short stories did he actually write while he was in New York?

Posted bykeechballardDecember 7, 2021Posted inUncategorized1 Comment on Oh, Henry!

Somerset Maugham

Somerset Maugham, he missed the promHe had a confrontationWith spirit, soul, and Heinrich BöllIn silent conflagration The true origin of Ian Fleming’s James Bond is none other than Somerset Maugham’s Ashenden! Little known fact #62

Posted bykeechballardNovember 23, 2021November 24, 2021Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Somerset Maugham

George Gissing

George Gissing was always missingSomething in his makeupHe dreamt his dreams of all that seemsBut then could never wake up He loved Dickens. But did Dickens love him back?

Posted bykeechballardNovember 16, 2021Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on George Gissing

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