As a writer, I enjoy crafting narratives that transport readers to new realms. From my early days of creative writing, where I proudly snagged second place in a 4th-grade county-wide contest, to dabbling in fan-fiction—some of which still lingers on the vast expanse of the Internet—I discovered the transformative magic of storytelling.
Up until the global pandemic, I never took any formal creative writing classes and had doubts about the publishable quality of my original work. In 2023, I completed the DIY MFA program. That’s where I drafted The Vanishing Castle, a cozy mystery starring a centaur safety inspector who just wants everyone to follow the rules and not die in a preventable magical mishap.
Upcoming Novel: The Vanishing Castle
Simarron is not like other centaurs. He left his home in the Wildlands to get a respectable job in the city as a magical safety inspector. However, his new life isn’t quite as he imagined it to be and his fellow housemates at the Slant Row Boarding House are shadier than an enchanted forest. When a castle disappears and an alchemist ends up dead, Simarron must play the part of a detective. He is a safety inspector, after all, and the city isn’t safe with a killer on the loose.
For readers who love:
- Gas lamp fantasy
- Found family
- Gentle heroes with steel in their spines
- Whimsical worlds and mysterious deaths
- Underfunded bureaucracy (with paperwork and peril)
- A dash of existential dread
- The haunting smell of high school chemistry class