My fiction returns to the pages of Bards and Sages Quarterly! The January 2023 issue features my 7000-word co[s]mic horror story “The Audition
.” As noted in my post about “Hully,” below, Bards and Sages is available in various formats (print, PDF, pub, and Kindle). You may order this issue from Books2Read.

In “The Audition,” Gloria Chen, a young actress, goes to audition for a new play, with her only anxiety being the fear that if she isn’t cast then her acting career will be effectively over. But she soon finds that there are far worse things to be afraid of, namely the possibility that she might not live out the night, as it seems that the play’s producers are less interested in artistic expression than they are in sacrificing a handful of actors to summon… something nasty. If Gloria is to save herself, not to mention the rest of humanity, she’ll have to fight back using the greatest weapon she has: her acting talent.

Once again, my thanks to Julia Ann Dawson and the Bards and Sages crew for presenting “The Audition.”