My story “Reasons This Is Not a Horror Story” is included in the latest episode of The NoSleep Podcast, and I’m really thrilled with how it turned out! Hearing my story requires a subscription to the premium content—worth the cost if you like horror and short stories.
Thrilled to have my story “The In-Between Places of Terminal C” published at Gavagai today! For those who ever thought if might be fun to follow a raccoon through a maintenance hatch at the airport.
Publication news! The anthology Mysterion 3: Stories from the Plague Years 2020-21 is now out, and it includes two of my stories originally published in Mysterion: “This Is the Way the Prayer Ends” and “Ceiling Snakes and Slithering Saints”
Thrilled to have my horror tale “Self Storage,” which originally appeared in the Tenebrous Press anthology In Somnio, getting the podcast treatment at Tales to Terrify! Listen here: https://talestoterrify.com/episodes/647-barbara-a-barnett/
Pleased to announce the publication of The Cosmic Muse: Best of NewMyths Anthology Volume IV, which includes a reprint of my story “The Perfect Instrument,” as well as lots of other fine folks, including some of my fellow Odyssey Writing Workshop graduates.
My story “Reasons This Is Not a Horror Story” is now out in issue 2 of The Maul. This is a new magazine aimed at people who think they might want to check out this horror thing but aren’t quite sure where to start. So if that’s you, please do give it a read!
Thing the first: A panel! On March 25, I’ll be participating in Storycrafting Sessions: Drafting, a free one-day virtual conference hosted by Weeknight Writers. I’ll be on the 5:30 p.m. EST panel, “Nailing the Ending: How To Write a Satisfying Story Conclusion.” There are some other great panels lined up as well, and did I mention registration is free?
Thing the second: A publication! Issue 6 of Weird Horror Magazine is out this month, and it includes my flash story “Dead Maiden Chic,” as well as some badass cover art, which Super Great insisted on showing off with the help of some friends:
Thing the third: A sale! My short story “The Girl Who Welcomed Death to Svalgearyen,” which was originally published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, will be appearing again in audio format thanks to the lovely folks at Cast of Wonders. Release date TBD. This story is close to my heart and, of all the stories I’ve written over the years, still one of my absolute favorites, so I’m happy to see it get more love.
Thing the fourth: All the novels! A few weeks ago I finished revisions on a fantasy novel that has now been tossed out to first readers so I can figure out what else needs tweaking. Tentatively titled Barren Water, it’s a bit of A Handmaid’s Tale blended with magic and an Old West-ish fantasy world. And now I’m outlining a horror/supernatural romance novel where an opera singer recovering from an onstage nervous breakdown takes a job housesitting an isolated beach home during the off season only to become entangled with a ghost and a cursed piano. This will be my first stab at a novel-length work set in the contemporary world rather than a secondary fantasy world, so all new challenges!
Two quick bits of fun news!
First, this Wednesday, December 7, I’ll be returning to The Story Hour, a weekly livestream of speculative fiction short story readings where I’ll be reading alongside author Rebecca Gomez Farrell. You can watch live via Zoom or Facebook (7pm Pacific Time, 10 pm for my fellow East Coasters), so hope to see you there! The reading will also be available to watch on Facebook afterwards.
Second, I’m thrilled to say that my horror story “Unraveling” is now out in Vastarien, vol. 5, issue 2! You can buy a copy of in print or electronic format from Grimscribe Press.
It’s been a hot minute (or year) since I’ve updated this thing.
(blows off the dust)
(coughs)
This is getting to be an unfortunate habit.
So what’s new?
On the fantasy end of the writer ‘verse, I’m very pleased to say that my story “A Conspiracy of Cartographers” is now up at GigaNotoSaurus! Opera composers! Magical maps! A title stolen from some Tom Stoppard dialogue!
And on the horror end of things, on October 8 I’ll be participating in Storycrafting Sessions: Horror, a free one-day virtual conference hosted by Weeknight Writers. I’ll be on the 2:30 p.m. EST panel, “Crossroad Blues: Exploring the Boundary Between Life and Death.”
Hopefully I will have more news and ramblings to come in the near future instead of disappearing again.
In the meantime, I should probably be writing.
First, my story “Ceiling Snakes and Slithering Saints” is now up at Mysterion! Inspired in large part by these two images—a rattlesnake named Buzz and some trusses pulling away from a church ceiling:
Second, the Kickstarter for In Somnio: A Collection of Modern Gothic Horror is now live. Please consider supporting this awesome project and the awesome writers and artists involved in it! Oh, yeah, I might have a story in there too.
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