Category: Short story
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Life Imitating Art
I’ve written a bit recently about my new series, Austen Echoes, and I’m thrilled that the first book, All the Wrong Notes, has been released and is getting some terrific reviews. If you like contemporary Austen and music, these are definitely books you’ll want to take a look at. This series of three retellings is…
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Trick or Treat: A Halloween Diversion
Trick or Treat! Happy Halloween! The kids coming around door-to-door all call out Trick or Treat, but I only have treats, and no tricks at all. Treat Number One: A Short Story Halloween has a long and spooky history. I won’t go into details, but it is a bit of an amalgam of the Celtic…
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The Family Lantern Illuminates Seasonal Stories:
An Author’s Confessional I am building a collection of seasonal stories for the first time in my writing career. About seven months ago, my good friend Cristy Huelsz approached the Austenesque writing community for willing volunteers to contribute to her annual Christmas collection, Antologia Celebraciones de Navidad. Having finished The Sailor’s Rest and needing a…
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Miss Darcy Receives a Caller
by A.K. Madison Summary: Georgiana Darcy spends an exceptionally uncomfortable afternoon with her cousin, Anne. Author’s Notes: It seems entirely possible to me that Georgiana Darcy and her companion were in residence in London during Lady Catherine’s outraged visit. The story takes place in London immediately following Lady Catherine de Bourgh’s hasty visit to Elizabeth…
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Kitchen Trouble, Regency-Style
Life does not always go the way we plan it. I did not, for example, plan to lose four major appliances over the course of a weekend. The oven and stove had been dodgy for a while, and then half of the heating elements just stopped heating one day. All the coaxing in the world…