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“Ghostwitch”: two thousand words of terror

Posted on August 7, 2023September 19, 2025 by Therese Arkenberg

This an update I actually should have shared over a month ago, but time got away from me. By which I mean, I misremembered “Ghostwitch’s” publication date in the online Two Thousand Word Terrors anthology as August instead of July, and I also have spent the summer in a fugue of work — editing, of…

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Two Thousand Word Terrors TOC announced!

Posted on February 7, 2023February 7, 2023 by Therese Arkenberg

My story “Ghostwitch” is one of the 45 short jolts of horror that will appear weekly on the Rooster Republic website. It’s scheduled to go live July 3rd, but until then, to whet your appetite… Ghostwitch “Mad with grief, it’s said. But I’m not.” She looks up from the cast-iron stove, strangely modern in this…

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An excerpt: “What’s going to happen after I’m dead?”

Posted on December 26, 2022September 19, 2025 by Therese Arkenberg

“There’s one thing that’s bothered me.” He felt the camera’s gaze and flushed, knowing those at the window would hear. “Maybe I should ask you to excuse me for saying this…” “You will never have to apologize to me for anything.” “What’s going to happen after I’m dead, when John Kosichev keeps giving the Commonwealth…

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New ghost story publication and a Year-End Sale!

Posted on December 19, 2022December 19, 2022 by Therese Arkenberg

I’m excited to announce my short story “Ghostwitch” will be published as a free read on the site of publisher Rooster Republic on a Monday in 2023 – which Monday is yet to be determined, but announcements will be coming out in January and February. And then, you’ll probably want to catch all of the…

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“John Kosichev” in Storyteller magazine

Posted on May 23, 2017September 19, 2025 by Therese Arkenberg

As I said in my last post, it turns out that when you send stories regularly in answer to calls for submissions, you sometimes get stories accepted! I’m very excited to break my long publishing silence with a release in a new magazine, Storyteller, with a story that’s been a particular favorite of mine (even when…

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Short Stories: A Dark and Wonderful History

Posted on April 23, 2017May 24, 2017 by ta_s57a2u

Dark fantasy stories based in the same secondary world, centered around women. “The Gallows Wife,” Semaphore Magazine & 2009 anthology, reprinted in Shadows Within Shadows. Find it at: Amazon  Alibris  Barnes and Noble  Better World Books “The Loving and Keeping of Wolves,” WolfSongs 2  EPPIE Winner Best Anthology of 2011 Find it at: Amazon  Powell’s  Kobo  Barnes and…

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Short Stories: Across the Curse-Strewn World

Posted on April 23, 2017May 16, 2017 by ta_s57a2u

Stories featuring Aniver, a wizard of the city Nurathaipolis-that-was, now lost to rogue time, and Semira, the sailor who joins his quest to save it. “The Storms in Arisbat,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies #110 (available on Kindle) Recommended review from Lois Tilton, Locus Online “For Lost Time,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies #165 (available on Kindle) “The Grace…

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Short Stories: Heart’s Kindred

Posted on April 23, 2017May 31, 2017 by ta_s57a2u

The adventures of Rathin and Anweth, a wandering couple equipped with sword and sorcery. “Every Mother’s Child” in Fantastique Unfettered Issue #2 Find it at: Barnes and Noble  Amazon.com  Alibris “An Honorable Aunt” in Silver Blade #18 “Through the Father Range” in Outposts of Beyond #4  “Eisiden’s Sister” in Fictionvale Episode 4 Other stories in this setting: “Of the Generation” in…

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Short Stories: Xeocin Empire

Posted on April 23, 2017May 16, 2017 by ta_s57a2u

“The Halcyon in Flight,” Crossed Genres “The Twilight People,” originally in Tower of Light magazine “Goddess of Ashes,” originally in Tower of Light magazine, reprinted in the Tough as Nails anthology Find it at: Amazon  Barnes & Noble   Alibris “The Sorceress of Avalo,” originally in Byzarium magazine, reprinted in Sorcerous Signals “In the Mirror,” originally…

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Short Stories: Science Fiction Stories

Posted on April 23, 2017September 19, 2025 by ta_s57a2u

“John Kosichev” in Storyteller Magazine, Vol 1, No 2 “http://amzn.to/2ra5H4mArnheim’s World” in Analog Magazine, May 2015 “Drown or Die” in The Future Fire and TFF-X: Ten Years of The Future Fire “To the Altar” in Warrior Wisewoman 3 Find it at: Amazon  Barnes and Noble  Powell’s  Alibris  Better World Books Reprinted in Andromeda’s Children “Reila’s Machine” in…

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