Readers will encounter serial killers, alien creatures, and dark angels, as well as more “normal” narratives about the horrors of everyday love. Love and Other Monsters in the Dark features a genre-hopping blend of contemporary fiction, noir humor, speculative fiction, and horror, with an undercurrent of love and the relationships that bind us together in the darkness. Among others, the cast of characters includes a catfish and her victim, creepy dolls in prayer, an arsonist housewife, an elderly bank robber, and a “teacup” pig. Some just can’t take it anymore.
From an award-winning story of a woman who turns into her grandmother overnight, to a narrative about facing relationship complications during a zombie apocalypse, this collection offers laughter and tears, playfully packaged in and out of flash fiction.
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Sometimes telling a story is just another way to stay alive. Swerving to avoid a hitchhiker out in a whiteout storm, Julie’s car ends up wedged in a snow bank. With the inches piling higher on the dark road, she can’t escape a man who makes little sense. Stranded in the freezing cold, the two tell stories to pass the time. From the Midwest to India, Denmark and Canada, they offer visions of lives and loves from young to old, far and wide. But as the hours blur together, and the snow and ice set in, it becomes less clear how their own story will end.
Murder in the Windy City. Love without trust. Reckless justice. These are the themes in “Painting With Fire,” the story of Claudia Wilson, a woman down on her luck living with a stranger, an artist named Tom. After the two of them discover a body on the street corner, buried in a snow bank, Claudia becomes obsessed with the murder and the fact that her roommate is not telling her everything about his past. While police search for the killer in her building, she wonders if she should be searching for a new roommate.
Claudia learns everything she can about the neighbors, as well as Tom. In the end, she makes a startling discovery. When art and violence collide, the results can be explosive.
K.B. Jensen is an award-winning author who has hit the bestseller lists on Amazon, with two novels, Painting With Fire, an artistic murder mystery, and A Storm of Stories, which handles love, craziness and impossibility. Her latest collection of short stories is Love and Other Monsters in the Dark. K.B. lives in Littleton, Colorado, with her family and rescue mutt. She enjoys skiing and writing poetry. A former crime reporter and journalist, K.B. shifted to the publishing world in 2014, and is a self-publishing expert, editor and teen writing camp director. Her work has appeared in Cherry Magazine, Progenitor, New Feathers Anthology, Hypertext Magazine, and more. For info on upcoming workshops, contact K.B. and sign up for her email newsletter.
Calling all young writers who love the craft.
Let’s Dream. Create. Edit. Design and Publish a Book. Emerging Teen Authors Writing and Publishing Camp returns Summer 2025 for teen writers! In this five-session camp, (plus office hours with the editor and book launch party) on Zoom, writers will:
When: Tuesdays, from 1:30 to 3 p.m. MDT, beginning July 1 to July 29, 2025
Where: Via Zoom.
Cost: Early Bird Tuition is $550 for the camp until April 30, which includes one-on-one office hours with the editor, professional book production and contributor copies. After April 30, tuition is $650. Scholarships are available for families in need.
Contact: To register, inquire about scholarship details, how to pay in installments, or other questions, please contact Kirsten.
Why: Let’s make summer 2025 something special for these young writers!
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