Writes
What Do You Want to Read? I’ve been sitting on fragments lately. Little scenes that won’t leave me alone, that feel too alive to stay locked in my drafts folder but aren’t quite stories yet—not full arcs, not complete narratives, just these moments that grabbed me and wouldn’t let go until I wrote them down. One of them is a… Continue reading The Almost-Stories
A woman, a bar, and a significant failure of situational awareness Hi. I’ve missed this. I’ve been deep in The Static for weeks, which is going well in the way serious work goes well — meaning it’s consuming and I love it and it has been eating my entire brain. Which means it was time to come up for air… Continue reading The Better View
I’m Back. Please Clap. Here’s what I’ve been up to, in the order I remembered it while staring at a blank document for forty-five minutes. Let me set the scene: it is Tuesday. My cat, Jolene, has once again claimed the recliner with the territorial confidence of a small, indifferent god. I am on the couch. This is her house.… Continue reading Substack Catch-Up Letter
The Poison and the Attack Part 1: The Poison and the Attack In the current story, Falcon is a careful, protective Guardian who values consent above all else. This post takes us back to 2017, showing the trauma that cemented her principles: a letter from her maker, Arabella, that compromised her control, leading her to nearly kill an innocent man… Continue reading The Charleston Tale: E7
A New Philosophy Falcon won Charleston, but the territory is fraught with dangers far greater than Edmund Ashford. This post explores the immediate aftermath of her victory, the founding of her progressive philosophy for the city, and the chilling warning she receives from the ancient vampire Court and her estranged maker, Arabella. Edmund had cleared out his personal effects with… Continue reading The Charleston Tale: E6 P2
The Wager In the present, Falcon faces a threat from her maker, Arabella. To understand how Falcon became powerful enough to challenge Arabella, we must return to 1852, when she challenged the ruling vampire of Charleston, Edmund Ashford, in a high-stakes card game that determined the city’s fate. Charleston, 1852. The card game had been going for eleven hours in… Continue reading The Charleston Tale: E6 P1
The Forgotten Ones The past is not yet over. In the last episode, we saw how Falcon’s maker, Arabella, lost her control and departed Charleston in a fury two centuries ago. Now, in the present day, Falcon’s choices have made her vulnerable, and Arabella has returned to prove a deadly point. Meanwhile, Manon encounters a different, older kind of danger… Continue reading The Charleston Tale: E5
I waited by the window with my nose pressed to the glass, I watched the mail truck rumble down our street and then roll past. I checked the doorstep seven times before my breakfast plate, And paced around the living room and whispered, “Will it wait?” My very first real novel, printed, bound, and mine to hold— Not pixels on… Continue reading The Day My Book Arrived
New Orleans and the Long Betrayal In the last installment, Charlotte Falcon rejected her maker, Arabella, choosing independence over ownership. But for an immortal, a break-up is not an ending. This post explores Arabella’s long, bitter exile, her decades-long surveillance of Falcon, and the dangerous opportunity she sees in Manon Laurent in the present day. Arabella left Charleston the next… Continue reading The Charleston Tale: E4 P2
