Everyone I’m talking to right now vibrates just a little. The stress of the current economy, the political infighting, the hatred coming out of the mouths of some politicians is putting everyone on edge. Not just here, but worldwide. I had a hunch these next few weeks would be difficult back in early 2026 as Jason […]
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I finished my first standalone contemporary fantasy novel in (mumble mumble) years, and I’m very excited about it. The book, Strange Sights, takes place at the winter solstice. We’ll officially release the book in August, but you can get your copy now, by going to the Strange Sights Kickstarter. You will also get two fantasy short […]
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Maybe the title of this fantasy collection, one of four collections available in the Seavy County Kickstarter, describes Seavy County the best. Seavy County is an imaginary part of the Oregon Coast. It’s full of magic and horror and crime and romance and yes, music. The Kickstarter ends at 7 p.m. Pacific Time tonight, so […]
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There is a place called The Devil’s Churn on a part of the Oregon Coast we can all drive to. Is it the entrance into Seavy County, the imaginary magical part of the Oregon Coast? Maybe…. The Devil’s Churn novel features the actual Devil’s Churn and some great mysterious doings. It’s available as part of […]
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Now that you’ve had a chance to read “The Women of Whale Rock,” you have officially entered the world of FantasyLife. You haven’t read the story? Go back to the home page and scroll down. You can read the story for free. Some of the characters in “The Women of Whale Rock” appear in the novel FantasyLife. […]
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Strange things happen in Whale Rock. Lately, swarming gulls appear on the beach, too many of them, followed by a dead body pecked beyond recognition. Sheriff Dan Retsler knows the county coroner’s report—death by drowning—hides something. But what? Surely, not the magic the locals at the False Colors claim. Retsler doesn’t believe in magic…not yet, […]
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The last week of the Seavy County Kickstarter began today. For the past seven days, we’ve focused on the overall things you could get from stories to novels to workshops. The stories and novels are all set in Seavy County, an imaginary part of the Oregon Coast where strange things occur. As I compiled this, […]
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Sometimes I have no idea where stories come from. They just evolve. Annie Reed and Dave Hendrickson asked me to participate in their Romance For All Seasons anthology subtitled Festive Fall. They asked for something that would suggest fall and told me that it was okay to include magic in the story. Well, my brain […]
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Many of you have read my Seavy County stories over the years. You might even have noticed they were set in a fictional part of the Oregon Coast. Or maybe you just thought I wrote a lot of Oregon Coast stories. (I do.) I put them in a made-up part of the coast because I […]
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I just curated a Storybundle called The Fantasy Bundle of Bundles. You see, Storybundle is a bundle of ebooks by different writers on a theme. The concept behind this Storybundle is that each writer contribute a bundle of books. My main contribution is the entire Faerie Justice series in a compilation that you will never find […]
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