Category Archives: On Writing

Ignore The Puppy

Posted on September 26, 2021 by MishaBurnett

“Because that means it’s the city. That means it’s the landscape: the bricks and the girders, and the faulty wiring and the shot elevator machinery, all conspiring together to make these myths true. And that’s crazy.” Samuel Delany Dhalgren Modern … Continue reading →

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Adventure Stories For Young Readers Deadline Extended

Posted on May 14, 2021 by MishaBurnett

Since there are several people who have said they want to submit, but didn’t have time before the 15th, I have decided to extend the submission window the 25th of May. I am partnering with Cedar Sanderson’s newly formed Sanderley … Continue reading →

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Invitation To A Duet

Posted on March 27, 2021 by MishaBurnett

I currently have seven unfinished stories for which I would like to find co-authors. They cover a wide range of genres, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, all with my signature Weird flavor. To this end I am offering to send interested … Continue reading →

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Adventure Stories For Young Readers

Posted on March 27, 2021 by MishaBurnett

I am partnering with Cedar Sanderson’s newly formed Sanderley Studios to produce a collection of short fiction for young readers. I am looking for exciting adventure stories that showcase (but not preach) virtues, suitable for boys and girls in their … Continue reading →

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Wylding Hall

Posted on March 6, 2021 by MishaBurnett

This, in my opinion, is Weird Fiction done right. First, it works as Fiction, without the Weird. That is to say, it’s a story about a Folk Rock Band who rented a house in the countryside in the early 1970s … Continue reading →

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Tales Of Yog Sothoth

Posted on March 4, 2021 by MishaBurnett

I was sent a review copy of this book by one of the contributors. “Lovecraftian” is one of those overused adjectives that people trot out to mean a lot of different things. The stories in this collection are linked by … Continue reading →

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Adventure Stories For Young Readers

Posted on March 2, 2021 by MishaBurnett

I am partnering with Cedar Sanderson’s newly formed Sanderley Studios to produce a collection of short fiction for young readers. I am looking for exciting adventure stories that showcase (but not preach) virtues, suitable for boys and girls in their … Continue reading →

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Endless Summer Audiobook

Posted on March 1, 2021 by MishaBurnett

I got to listen to the audio files for Endless Summer over the last few days. I was blown away. Seriously, the experience of having the stories read to me, one after the other, was so intense that I had … Continue reading →

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A Truly Steller Achievement

Posted on February 16, 2021 by MishaBurnett

Ninety authors. Nearly two hundred stories. Eleven volumes. Tuscany Bay’s Planetary Anthology Series is now complete. This is really an extraordinary body of work. Originally conceived by Superversive Press and then handed off to Tuscany Bay Books, it has been … Continue reading →

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Asteroids

Posted on February 14, 2021 by MishaBurnett

There’s a new anthology out from Lagrange Books. This one is Hard SF. My own contribution is called “Fragile” and it’s an homage to a type of crime story that I’ve always liked. An innocent man is taken hostage by … Continue reading →

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