Making plans to attend my first WorldCon (September 1-5, 2022), and it’s being held in Chicago, Illinois, where I haven’t been since nearly 20 years…
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Hello, all! Hope this finds you all doing as well as possible a little over two years after the start of the COVID-19 Shutdown of…
Yes, I know I’ve been quiet lately, but so much has gone on with my family and me over the past few months. The first…
by Anna Rose Just a heads-up to remind you that I have several stories currently being serialized as they’re being written, to my Patreon page.…
I will be attending the inaugural Fandom Invasion Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention at the California Center for the Arts in Escondido California on October…
by Anna Rose Laurell K Hamilton’s (Anita Blake, Merry Gentry) latest novel, A Terrible Fall of Angels, is a nice departure from her previous two…
I’ve got three serialized stories currently in progress on my Patreon page. One of those is the story of how Luci and Remy met, another…
It’s been a while since last I posted a snippet of the current LUCI novel, so I thought I’d tease you a bit with this…
Yes, like so many others, I have started a Patreon page. It contains both free and paid articles for subscribers. Each month, paid subscribers will…
Luci’s got innumerable sisters. This is Kushiel, yet another of them.
Luci has a sister, but their relationship is anything but a warm one. Meet Zeriel.
by Anna Rose We’re all making plans for the new year, with some intention of sticking to them to one degree or another. It seems…
I’ll be adding to this as I write new weird little pieces of prose: 12-30-2020 Watching FLIPPER on TCM. Sandy’s Dad (Chuck “The Rifleman” Connors)…
Professor Hector Rhoades had a pretty good idea of who it was he was meeting the day he and Luci Inferi first met. As he’d…
Remy is Luci’s oldest “living” friend and her majordomo. Due to certain very terrible things that happened…oh…about eight hundred years ago, Remy is nothing like…
Short and sweet, but hopefully enough to whet your appetite for more. “That sounds like finding out you can fly after you fall out of…
Some scenes can be more fun to write than others. Here, Hector encounters jokes he only thought were old. “We talk lots of things,” Trevor…
Well, it’s mid-November and I’ve been sort of quiet on this site, so I wanted to update you on what I’ve been up to and…
A gift today for those looking for a catharsis. Remember that every time someone reads this, it happens all over again. I hope you enjoy…
A little bit of what I’ve been working on during NaNoWriMo 2020. That’s National Novel Writing Month for those of you who are unfamiliar with…
Once again, a few paragraphs from the first draft of my current work in progress, LUCI: Rhoades to Recovery. Keep in mind that these may…
I wrote this in 2017 and then stepped away from it. I might come back to it at some point, but I thought to share…
Féasta Fola—A Tale from the Sumaire Web. Copyright © 2012 by Anna Rose All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed,…
For your enjoyment, a little something from my current work in progress. I hope you enjoy it. “You know it’s not the best thing that…
Enjoy this bit from my current work in progress, LUCI: Rhoades to Recovery! Hector found himself stifling hysterical laughter at the thought of a demonic…
It wasn’t easy coming up with someone who was the appropriate model for the character of Lilith in my forthcoming book, LUCI: Rhoades to Recovery,…
A little October fun for you to enjoy. “Gramma, you don’t understand—” “He promised me and he never broke a promise! He’ll keep this one!”…
When you’re writing characters, you get to the point that you know what they look like. In your head, anyway. I’ve gotten to the point…
For your enjoyment, something from book two, LUCI: RHOADES TO RECOVERY. Please keep in mind that it is only the first draft, so the passage…
I don’t own any of this. That honor goes to Neil Gaiman, Vertigo, DC Comics, Netflix, Warner Bros., and (Dad-help-us), Fox. Use of and sharing…
Okay, I’m sure you’ve noticed the LUCIFER-related fan fiction on the site, and there’s a good reason for it. I fell in love with the…
The changes to the site have required all sorts of mucking about and trying to find just the right format to use for it all.…
Betwixt and between taking care of family stuff, I’m still working hard on LUCI: Rhoades to Recovery and hoping that the time will soon come…
Got a new Amazon review of “LUCI: Rhoades to Hell” today that has me downright tickled and preening happily! It really feels good when someone…
In a word, No. Now wait, before you get your panties in a twist, please let me explain things to you, okay? You may have…
A couple years ago, a few months before Halloween, I got the wild idea to start my own podcast. I’d been thinking about doing one…
The Sumaire Web is a series about vampires. It came about after I spent a very long time trying to find a vampire novel that…
I’ve been a huge fan of Anne McCaffrey’s DRAGONRIDERS OF PERN series for as long as I can remember. Her human/dragon pairings were wonderful and…
For those of you who have been following it all, I finally got my first physical therapy appointment for my shoulder this last week, thirteen…
I’ve always been an avid reader and watcher of science fiction/fantasy and paranormal stuff. No, not horror. I’ve never been into that jump-scare sort of…
I’m not sure if Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s body was even cold yet before Moscow Mitch McConnell made his vow that a candidate…
“What is it you truly desire,” the tall, dark-haired man asked of the smartly-dressed young man who stood before him, a mangled posey clutched in…
Chloe sat on the serviceable couch, and poured herself some water from the glass pitcher that Dr. Linda always kept on the coffee table. Taking…
Riiiiing… The caller ID showed a familiar name and number, so she picked up the call. Yes, there were things going on that probably needed…
I don’t own any of this. That honor goes to Neil Gaiman, Vertigo, DC Comics, Netflix, Warner Bros., and (Dad-help-us), Fox. Use of and sharing…
Tonight, the Supreme Court of the United States has lost a powerhouse of a Justice. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the eldest liberal Justice on that…
I am currently doing a semi-weekly podcast called the SciFi & Fantasy, Light & Dark: Excursions Into the Unknown. In it, I discuss what I’m…
The new version of the site is slowly coming together. I’ll be posting updates on what I’m doing, stuff about the SciFi & Fantasy, Light…
I know for a fact that I’m not the only person out there who wishes that 2020 could have a rewind and a complete redo.…
I don’t own any of this. That honor goes to Neil Gaiman, Vertigo, DC Comics, Netflix, Warner Bros., and (Dad-help-us), Fox. Use of and sharing by…