2025 is almost over, and I managed to get a lot done. Not as much as I would have liked, but there's been some downs this year, so that's to be expected. At the start of the year I set myself a few goals, so now it's time to see how I went. These were …
Category: My Stories
World of Green and Black Featured Creature – Canopy Crawler
Name: Canopy CrawlerWorld: BlackMaterial: Mold/Flesh HybridThought Type: UntetheredSpecies Type: FareiHabitat: Tropical Drid Rainforests All creatures made of the mold/flesh hybrid material fascinate Human naturalists, since there is nothing like them in the Green World. Their body composition is as alien to Humankind as milk and live, fully formed births are to Dridkind. Of this massive …
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The Strongest in the Forest Digital Downloads
Exciting news everyone; my World of Green and Black novella The Strongest in the Forest is now available to download in PDF, EPUB and MOBI formats. These files won't have the illustrations of the online version of the story, but they can be read a lot more easily. They also won't be split in three …
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Madam, Don’t Forget Your Sword is OUT NOW
Just giving a quick update post to say that the anthology containing my short story Lucky Charm is out now. It's called Madam, Don't Forget Your Sword, by Dead Fish Books and you can find out more here: DEAD FISH BOOKS I have to admit, I don't have a lot of new things to say …
Madam, Don’t Forget Your Sword – Kickstarter
Okay, I think I can talk about this now. I have a short story appearing in an upcoming anthology. The story is called Lucky Charm, and it'll be in Madam, Don't Forget Your Sword, an anthology of short stories about minions, sidekicks and companions by Dead Fish Books. The anthology will be out on June …
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The Feeding and Breeding Habits of Southern Treasure Mimics
So big news, I have had another short story published in a fiction magazine. Check out The Feeding and Breeding Habits of Southern Treasure Mimics over at Dirty Magick Magazine. Also, I drew a little mimic sketch to celebrate. I'm really happy to see this little story picked up at Dirty Magick, since it was …
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The Strongest in the Forest pt2
Hello everyone, just wanted to make a quick post to let all my blog followers know that the second part of The Strongest in the Forest is now live. You can check out Part 2; First Contact, Once Again HERE! I am so excited to finally be sharing this story. The Drids started out as …
The Strongest in the Forest pt 1
Time for some exciting news everyone; I'm posting another World of Green and Black novella. And no, this isn't an April Fools joke. This story is set roughly 200 years before the previous novella, Neighbour, and follows the titular young Drid's mentor, the Strongest Strategist of the Forest, as she makes first contact with Humans. …
New Story: A Short Guide to Lost Literary Works. Also I have Bluesky now.
So got some big news about a little story. And some little news about a big social media network. I'll start with the former, since that is a lot more exciting. I have managed to get a new story published in someone else's publication. 'A Short Guide to Lost Literary Works' is a flash fiction …
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2023 Wrap Up
Hello everyone. With 2023 coming to an end, now seems like a good time to wrap up my year in reading and writing. This is a bit of a hard thing to do, because I feel that the last three years have been one massive blur. It was surprise to me to starting writing about …
Jayde Holmes 