In early 2023, I was incandescently thrilled to learn my short story “Cat/Lady” had been selected for publication in Midnight Sun’s Strangely Enough anthology (ed. Gillian Hagenus).
Thrilled, because, honestly, publishing ANYTHING that other people will read and absorb - that’s always thrilling and a little bit miraculous, honestly.
Incandescently so, because it was actually the first complete short story I’d written since - well, maybe high school? Or my very early 20s, at least… at which point for some reason I decided I’d prefer not to try writing AT ALL than to fail at it (a dumb decision, but a sadly pretty common one to make, I think).
Here’s the book, which is available now. It’s full of the most bizarre and thought provoking stories. I’m not sure how mine fluked into deserving a slot, but am honoured to be alongside so many amazing writers.
(And a side note given the kidlit-focus of this website: as an anthology, it’s definitely for adults, though some of these stories would be suitable for teenagers who have a taste for the surreal or macabre.)
