The winner of the Douglas Barbour Award for Speculative Fiction is Tyche Books for WATER Selkies, Sirens, and Sea Monsters edited by Rhonda Parrish. Congratulations! Rebecca has a story in this one "The Witch's Diary: Adventures in Hut-sitting".

I am over-the-moon excited to announce that there is now an audiobook version of The Witch's Diary! Tyche Books organized this amazing unabridged edition which is narrated by Tara Yelle.

Themes of diversity and disability are woven throughout this novel, so it was particularly important to myself and Tyche Books that it be accessible to as many readers as possible. I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did! There's nothing quite like hearing your written words spoken aloud in someone else's voice. Tara Yelle did a fantastic job of bringing the characters to life.

The Witch's Diary has been picked for the Alberta Reads Sept/Oct book club! There's book club questions to answer throughout the month which enter you to win a prize at the end. 🎃🌙🕷🦀 (re the crab...IYKYK) Read, my lovelies, read!

There was an entire scene in The Witch's Diary that had to be removed (for length) where Hester tries her hand at what should be the most relaxing and stress-free of all her temp jobs, hut-sitting. Read all about her unexpected adventure in the Tyche Books Water anthology, edited by Rhonda Parrish.

As you might guess, things don't go exactly to plan!

First fan art for The Witch's Diary! So amazing! I am beyond honored that aroacehufflepuff enjoyed Missera enough to create this beautiful drawing ❤❤❤

We're so excited to see The Witch's Diary head out into the world! We hope it brings some much needed giggles to readers 🌙🕸🕷 The paperback and ebook are available at online retailers.

Stay tuned for details about Tyche Books' awesome launch event in October.

Pirates! Cats! It doesn't get any better than that!

I was immediately psyched by the concept for Swashbuckling Cats and knew I had to contribute a story, but what? Then an idea emerged. A story of suspense, revenge, bloodshed, and daring on the high seas. A pirate with a soft heart and a lost soul in need of healing.

My story turned out far better than I expected (with a little help from Adriaan on the one action sequence - He doesn't even like action movies, but he's got a knack for action scenes) and I'm so glad it was selected to be part of this awesome anthology so you can all read it.

My fantasy novel, The Witch’s Diary, has found a home with Tyche Books and I couldn’t be more excited! It is scheduled for release in 2020. This book was so much fun to write and we know that it is going to get even better in the talented hands of this fantastic publisher.

This book started as a side project, for me to clear my mind when struggling through some chapters of Chaos Bound (the very first book Adriaan and I wrote together). I never expected to finish it, let alone pull it together into the wild and soul-mending journey that Hester goes through, but I'm super glad I was able to invest the time it deserved.

Chaos Bound and Curse Bound (top right) in very good company with a bunch of other Alberta authors & publishers in a very cool store! (Pandora's Boox in Olds, Alberta)