My Writing
My Writing
Prose
Honor Thy Mothers
THEN AGAIN
A photographer in a town with beautiful but deadly sand entertains a visiting tourist.
"Still, we will never stop smiling. The Mothers have taught us well enough for that."
An isolated artist on a bleak planet sees colors no one else can.
"I call it the land of amashta, endless gray, and coat each syllable with just enough hate that even he can understand the meaning."
A pregnant mother on the bayou deals with ghosts of the past.
"It was a month past Junior’s first birthday when the smell of death crept into the air, bitter and heavy with a tang of copper, like vinegar and musk."
Orphan girls adjust to a new arrival in their lives.
"Anyone could tell Hope smelled like cinnamon and honey, same as those babies on the first floor and the second-floor girls with their pigtails and missing-tooth smiles."
Selected for The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 4, The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror 2019, and The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2019
A boy, a wolf, a plan, a decision.
"Wolf just has to go sniffing over by the edge and we give one good push and we’ll be Nicky and Lee, honest-to-God wolf-killers."
Games & Interactive Fiction
Tabletop Roleplaying Games (TTRPGs)
Pathfinder Lost Omens: The Grand Bazaar
What I Wrote:
Khisa, the NG female human historian proprietor of Relics & Remembrance who thinks of herself as a collector of stories and has a tale for every item she stocks.
Empowered Cuisine – Alchemical and magical tapas with an array of effects that include Brewer’s Regret, Impossible Cake, Follypops, and Server’s Stew.
Starfinder Bounty #3:
A Green Place
When an automated power plant in the newly developed but ever-expanding city of Thamal goes offline, casting swaths of the city in darkness, the government deploys repair and scouting drones to investigate. None have returned. Armed with a few aerial images of the power plant, now mysteriously overgrown with local flora, the PCs are dispatched to bring the power plant back online!
Releases in late April 2022.
Pathfinder Lost Omens:
Knights of Lastwall
When the armies of the Whispering Tyrant marched on Lastwall, the keeps and cities may have fallen, but its people and their spirit did not falter! A detailed look at the knights that continue the fight against the undead hordes and evils that roam the world.
Releases in May 2022.
Journeys Through The Radiant Citadel (D&D)
Journeys through the Radiant Citadel is a collection of thirteen short, stand-alone D&D adventures featuring challenges for character levels 1–14. Each adventure has ties to the Radiant Citadel, a magical city with connections to lands rich with excitement and danger, and each can be run by itself or as part of an ongoing campaign. My adventure, “Written in Blood,” for third-level parties, takes place in Godsbreath, a region inspired by the Black experience in the US South. Learn more about it here: Written In Blood.
Releases June 21, 2022.
Hunter: The Reckoning Fifth Edition
Humanity clings to a comfortable illusion that the world belongs to mankind, that they lead lives of free-willed individuality, completely unaware that they occupy a world of grim mysteries inhabited by monsters. Hunters are among those who have seen past the veil of secrecy and know the world for what it is — a bauble in the claws of monsters. Hunters fight back against the threat because they have glimpsed the truth, and have resolved to do something about it.
Releases in Q2 2022.
Pathfinder Lost Omens: Travel Guide
See the scenic Inner Sea with the Lost Omens Travel Guide! This book is your companion to the culture, life, and sights of the Inner Sea. Learn about Inner Sea cuisine and art, experience the thrills of Inner Sea sports, and uncover the secrets of Inner Sea myths and magic. The Travel Guide features dozens of illustrations to show you the fine details of the latest fashion or put you into the center of one of the Inner Sea’s greatest festivals. Enjoy!
Releases in August 2022.
Starfinder Interstellar Species
This new rulebook provides deep dives on 25 playable Starfinder species, each with thematic player options usable by any character, plus new options for 7 Starfinder character classes. There’s also a system for easily creating your own playable species, and a catalog of around 100 thematic nonplayer characters ready to slot into any adventure!
Releases in October 2022.