Deanna Hoak

Hi, all. I am happy to announce today that my first story to a professional market is now in print!
“The Robidermist’s Steed” appears in The Anthology of Dark Wisdom: The Best of Dark Fiction:

“The Robidermist’s Steed” grew out of a challenge to write, of all things, a zombie unicorn story that could sell. I added [...]

The weather is finally cooling a bit here, and the wildlife around us is beautiful. I took so many pretty pictures while out on my unicycle today that I can’t even count myself as having exercised. :) That said, here are a few images I captured, all within a few minutes of my house. I [...]

World Fantasy was a blast, and my panel went well. In it, we talked a bit about anachronisms in speech and dialogue: How you want to try to avoid terms or slang that hadn’t come into use at the time of your novel as well as words that have a strong association with a culture [...]