# elizabetheveking.com ## Posts - [HAPPY JANUARY](https://elizabetheveking.com/happy-january/): eviekng@gmail.comHappy January HAPPY JANUARY!Warning this news letter contains some feline drug use, and a few cats.I hope you are all keeping well in these scary times. As the world goes crazy and turns off kilter let’s try to be grateful for the beautiful world we still have.I have two publications to mention.One, glad to be in BLACK CAT WEEKLY, with, “The Circle.” A hard science fiction tale about an apocalypse that could save us.​​I just sold a grim little story to a magazine called, Short Beasts, who,”like the humorous twist at the end.” They have a very odd sense of humor.I am […] - [Happy December](https://elizabetheveking.com/happy-december-2/): HAPPY DECEMBER Oh dear, oh dear, you’re going to be getting a newsletter very soon after the last one because I am leaving on the 15th for Greece. We’re going to Corfu to take care of a puppy, and since I have made a pact to write a monthly newsletter I’m going to write you one at the beginning of the month. At first I thought what do I have to say? The world, or rather Broadstone books came to my rescue! I am more than delighted to announce that Broadstone is publishing our second book, Carnivores and Other Lovers. Coming summer, […] - [Happy November](https://elizabetheveking.com/happy-november/): Happy November!!! … so much has happened since early October. It’s hard to know where to start .  I suppose I should start with publications My poetry group, @Addison, Flores, Goyan, Khalil, King & Wong: Lawyers for the criminally poetic, has five poems in Encyclopedia Prismatica We will prosecute your Word crimes. We are ambulance chasers of the soul. No upfront fees  Contingency until we get ahold of your trust – And your trust account. But the law is the word, or verse a visa with @ Addison, Flores, Goyan, Khalil, King & Wong. I’m super delighted to have, “The Possession […] - [Happy October](https://elizabetheveking.com/happy-october/): Happy October! I am super excited that Gods and Monsters is finally available as an audiobook. I am able to offer a limited number of free copies to listening readers, or readers who would like to be listeners. Please email me if you are interested. AND IF YOU LIKE IT, PLEASE LEAVE ME A REVIEW. This audiobook took longer than most because it has so many different characters.The narrator, Missy Davis did an amazing job using different voices for every character. It’s up for an AUDIE Award. The book is on The Nebula award recommended reading list. The SFWA Science Fiction Writer’s Association […] - [Happy September](https://elizabetheveking.com/happy-september/): Happy September I’m back in Barcelona after a wonderful two weeks in England. We were in a small town called Paignton. Ever heard of it? I told you it was small.We were caring for a golden Labrador with “separation anxiety,” and four cats with, “I need food now syndrome.” It’s a very common disease among cats, practically an epidemic! There’s also a picture of an adorable European Toad (Bufo Bufo) sitting in the shade of an artist conk mushroom. You can draw on these white polypores and it looks like a sepia drawing. If removed from the tree it’s permanent, or at […] - [Happy August](https://elizabetheveking.com/happy-august/): As probably everyone knows there’s a bit of a heat wave going on. (It’s almost funny when the news reports, “unexpected” heat waves. The trajectory of climate change has been clear for over twenty years. It both is and isn’t “rocket science.”) I was lucky enough to spend a lovely couple of weeks in Green, Green Ireland. Land of rainbows, druid ruins, kelp filled seas and hedgehogs.​I even saw a pipefish in the shallow kelpy waters of the rocky south coast. It’s always magic to see one. Pipefish look like straight-bodied seahorses with tiny mouths. The name is derived from the peculiar […] - [Happy July](https://elizabetheveking.com/happy-july/): I am so pleased to announce that this month my new story. Hark the Four Tushinski Sing is available for a free reading on Short ​É​dition. I’m sure I’ve talked about Short Édition before. My favorite market! Short Édition has short story dispensaries all over the world. You can see a map here. They are in the most remote places. People in those places can read your stories for free! They give these stories to people all over the world! Instead of paying a dispensary for drugs, or junk, you are getting short stories to enrich your life FOR FREE. Not only do they treat their readers well, they […] - [Happy June](https://elizabetheveking.com/happy-june/): Our poetry book, An Illegal Feast is available to buy! I’m so excited about it! We are @Addison, Flores, Goyan, King & Wong, lawyers for the criminally poetic. We will prosecute your Word crimes. We are ambulance chasers of the soul. No upfront fees Contingency only until we get ahold of your trust – And your trust account. But the law is the word, or verse a visa with @Addison, Flores, Goyan, King & Wong. I did the interior illustrations of carnivorous plants. We have a lot of carnivorous plant poems, because I am giving the prompts and I am obsessed with […] - [Cover preview of “An Illegal Feast”](https://elizabetheveking.com/cover-preview-of-an-illegal-feast-2/): We are Addison, Flores, Goyan, King & Wong lawyers for the criminally poetic. We will prosecute your Word crimes. We are ambulance chasers of the soul. No upfront fees Contingency only until we get ahold of your trust – And your trust account. But the law is the word, or verse a visa with @Addison, Flores, Goyan, King & Wong. - [HAPPY MAY](https://elizabetheveking.com/happy-march-2/): It is a happy month indeed. Just out, my science fiction piece, Th​e great unconformity in Black Cat Weekly. ​ THE GREAT UNCONFORMITYBy E.E. King The great unconformity is a real event .It is the discovery of billions of years of history that were not recorded in the geological time. Newer layers of rock sit on very old layers with no middle sediments in between. Think of an Oreo with no filling! It was first discovered by ​John Newberry​ in ​New Mexico​, in 1857–1858.ut since has been found to appear all over the world. There are various theories, including an […] - [Happy March](https://elizabetheveking.com/happy-march/): Carnival season has ended, and we are deep in Lent, which nobody pays any attention to. I’m working on a new, updated article about coral planting on Bonaire. I was planning a reprint, but there so much to add! Reef Renewal Bonaire has expanded greatly, with a lot of new staff, new projects, and sadly new diseases. But there’s hope too, heat adapting corals and cross breeding. And if you want, you can adopt a coral!  I am beyond thrilled to be the winner of the Ekphrastic Challenge-Art Inspiring Poetry If, like me, you’re unfamiliar with the word, Ekphrasis or ecphrasis (from […] - [This is a sample of my first Newsletter -](https://elizabetheveking.com/this-is-a-sample-of-my-first-newsletter/): If you enjoy, please subscribe, Thank you! Hello! I hope the new years is off to a great start for you all. (I know – fires – politics – the eminent end of the world as we know it… but besides that.) It’s been good here. I already sold a (non-fiction) piece on Monarch butterflies to Solarpunk (issue #20) which comes out March 11.  It’s about a project I did in South Central Los Angeles that could be easily and cheaply replicated and would bring these, now endangered, lovelies to the inner city- or outer city- basically anywhere you can grow milkweed!In addition, I sold […] - [The Blog as a fungus](https://elizabetheveking.com/the-blog-as-a-fungus/): I’m still trying to figure out my new blog. Hence, it grows like a fungus – underground, making mysterious root connections. Here are some paintings I’ve been playing with The lower images are from my GuerillaUnicorn project @artafishinado where I cut my paintings off of frames and paste them onto old buildings, underpasses and etc. I have help! So now even while I am in Spain, GuerillaUnicorn continues in Los Angeles. I do not think any have burned, though many have been taken. They are often in remote places,mostly visted by deer or bear or coyote. I hope they like […] - [E.E. King Reads- 2nd Season](https://elizabetheveking.com/e-e-king-reads-2nd-season/): SEASON 2 OF MY PODCAST ON SPOTIFY – GODS & MONSTERS IS FINISHED- THIS IS THE FIRST SHORT STORY! SAINT ESTEBAN OF THE CHILDRENby E. E. King, read by E.E. King ( Originally Published 2018 in Cosmic Roots & Eldritch Shores & Flame Tree 2022) This story was written when I lived in a magic town in Mexico, San Miguel de Allende. Magic towns are actually designated by the Mexican government – they are places where customs remain unchanged for hundreds of years. Old places, magic places. Places where ghosts linger in the shadows and memories crouch behind each doorway.  […] - [First New Post on this site](https://elizabetheveking.com/first-new-post-on-this-site/): Hi all. Happy 2025! The year started well for me with a non-fiction publication acceptance from SolarPunk Magazine. It’s an article on how to create Monarch Butterfly byways through cities. I have done it and it’s easy and cheap. Sadly, my butterfly byway was destroyed after I left Los Angeles – but it worked once and can work again! Also, my biggest and best news- my novel GODS & MONSTERS which has been serialized for 10 months on MetaStellar Magazine is coming out this month! You can pre-order here– or on Amazon here the paperback will be available soon. I […] - [Notes from The Cloud Forest, Grumpy Gods, Cat Pix & the Secret to Happiness](https://elizabetheveking.com/notes-from-the-cloud-forest-grumpy-gods-cat-pix-the-secret-to-happiness/):       Near Monteverde, we stayed in a small windy cottage with a garden of tiny orchids, infested with burrowing Motmots. Seriously, they live in holes. Motmots look like someone has artistically brushed the silhouette of a bird in flight, right over their eye. Some birds are teases, crying enticingly from the green jungle, never visible, but not the omnivorous Motmot. The Motmots has an iron digestion. It’s one of the few animals able to eat poisonous dart frogs.     They have long artfully tapered tails. And when they spot a predator, they wag them back and forth, […] - [GRUMPY GODS](https://elizabetheveking.com/grumpy-gods/): GRUMPY OLD GODS 2 is available for preorder   Having lived and traveled in Mexico, where grumpy old Gods abound, I have many tales about Gods in retirement. My tale in this anthology Hotel Quetzalcoatl, tells about Quetzalcoatl’s hotel, logical right? “Quetzalcoatl had lived too long. Now he was human… for a while. He had survived over two thousand years of changing shape, species and place, undergoing all those pesky cycles of death and rebirth that always befall a God who has lost his followers. These days he ran a small hotel in Guanajuato.” Guanajuato is in central Mexico. Its network of narrow […] - [On Spec](https://elizabetheveking.com/on-spec/): I am pleased to announce that “Pan de Muertos” Will be coming out in On SPEC My story, as often happens, takes place in a magic town in Mexico – Usually, the magic town I base my stories in and on is San Miguel de Allende – It is the place I know best filled with beauty, History, mystery, interesting people, and of course,magic. However this story was written after a trip to Oaxaca.. in Oaxaca they decorate the Pan de Muertos -bread of death – with little icing faces That smile sweetly out from folds in the shiny,heavily glazed, brown […] - [Nominations for the 2021 Pushcart Prize](https://elizabetheveking.com/nominations-for-the-2021-pushcart-prize/): Nominations for the 2021 Pushcart Prize June 18, 2021 Longshot Island 0 Comments These authors and stories are nominated this year for the 2021 Pushcart Prize. Congratulations to all!   Eric J. Guignard – Footprints Fading in the Desert E.E. King – Hotel Quetzalcoatl Jason V Brock – Verlassen … Source: Nominations for the 2021 Pushcart Prize - [Nominations for the 2021 Pushcart Prize](https://elizabetheveking.com/nominations-for-the-2021-pushcart-prize-2/): Nominations for the 2021 Pushcart Prize June 18, 2021 Longshot Island 0 Comments These authors and stories are nominated this year for the 2021 Pushcart Prize. Congratulations to all!   Eric J. Guignard – Footprints Fading in the Desert E.E. King – Hotel Quetzalcoatl Jason V Brock – Verlassen … Source: Nominations for the 2021 Pushcart Prize - [Nominations for the 2021 Pushcart Prize](https://elizabetheveking.com/nominations-for-the-2021-pushcart-prize-3/): Fiction that isn’t fit for ‘them’. Not approved by your parents, teachers, or government. Toxic content. (Keep it secret!) Source: Nominations for the 2021 Pushcart Prize - [It's been years](https://elizabetheveking.com/its-been-years/): I have been remiss. A reader noted it’s been 2021 since I blogged. So here I am blogging. I have been writing and painting and planting coral and rescuing birds. I will share a few images below. Forgive my delay. - [Saltwater Sorrows](https://elizabetheveking.com/saltwater-sorrows/): Today is the day! Saltwater Sorrows  hit the shelves today! Yay! I am posting this message from our marvelous editor, Rhonda Parrish “I hope that you are doing something really fun to celebrate our release. It’s so easy to forget that release days aren’t just meant to be marketing and promotion days but actually fun days where we get to celebrate all the work that went into the book and how amazing the final product is.” I AM SHARING BECAUSE it’s so easy to forget to celebrate!!!!! “This weekend we will be doing the physical launch at WWC. I will […] - [Guest Blog - By B. Zelkovich](https://elizabetheveking.com/guest-blog-by-b-zelkovich/): Read her work in the anthology Saltwater Sorrows– edited by Rhonda Parrish (Tyche Books) You won’t make it far in writing circles without hearing the question come up: Do you write with music? Sound? Silence? The answers are as varied as the writers giving them. I can only speak with authority about the process that’s worked for me over the last decade of writing – your mileage may vary. Building a playlist for my project is the first step of my writing process. Once I have a story idea I want to pursue, be it a novel or a short […] - [To Ukraine, With Love](https://elizabetheveking.com/to-ukraine-with-love/): Thrilled and honored to be included in this absolutely gorgeous anthology to benefit the Ukraine, edited by the fabulous Fran Eisemann. All stories, poems, and artwork were donated, and 100% of the profits will go to charities for Ukraine. The stories are just what I have come to expect from Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores, heartfelt, deep, emotionally resonant and ultimately uplifting. Pick up a copy or three- or maybe five – today. It’s richly illustrated and soon to be available in audio! I was lucky enough to read many of these stories for the audio version- and listeners are […] - [MY BOOKS are FREE on @Smashwords on 12/15th - 1/1st](https://elizabetheveking.com/my-books-are-free-on-smashwords-on-12-15th-1-1st/): FREE on @Smashwords on December 15th – January 1st I’m excited to announce my books, Dirk Quigby’s Guide to the Afterlife, The Truth of Fiction, and Pandora’s Card Game will be FREE on @Smashwords on December 15th – January 1st follow me for more updates #SmashwordsEoYSale - [NEW YEAR updates](https://elizabetheveking.com/new-year-updates/): So – New Year’s resolution – I’m writing updates daily. What do I have to write about? 1) I’m moving to Spain! Kevan, Max and I will leave for Barcelona at the end of January. Having lived in Mexico, Max already speaks Spanish 2) My new book, Gods & Monsters will be serialized in MetaStellar https://www.metastellar.com/author/ee-king/ this coming year. I will be narrating every section. It takes place mostly in San Francisco in the 1980’s during the AIDs crisis. Every world is a collection of lives. They may seem unrelated but when woven together by the Fates who run an […] - [My Books FREE until January 1st](https://elizabetheveking.com/my-books-free-until-january-1st/): this is second day of blogging. Things to do: I have to find good homes for my hundreds of books before my move to Spain. I will try the library. What will I miss about Utah? – My birds- I do bird rescue in the summer. One year we rescued 240. Magpies are my favs. I’m enjoying making images for each of the 44 sections of my novel, Gods & Monsters, which will appear in MetaStellar https://www.metastellar.com/author/ee-king/ in 2024. BUT – Best of all I have Christmas ( or Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa, or Whatever) For you all! My books are […] - [MY XMAS Story - I'm dreaming on a red christmas](https://elizabetheveking.com/my-xmas-story-im-dreaming-on-a-red-christmas/): https://fabulistmagazine.com/im-dreaming-of-a-red-christmas/ This year I got a gig as a Che Guevara Christmas Elf at Happy Family Skating Rink. My friend plays a Chairman Mao elf. We don’t really have to do anything but glide around and look cheerful. It’s a new kind of Christmas, more modern, more edgy. Most of the kids have no idea who we’re supposed to be. They wave and point, as if we were Goofy, or Pluto.  Mao’s got it tougher than I do. Our employer, Margi, scion of Happy Family Skating Rink, is very “into authenticity,” so Mao has to skate around in the classic “Mao […] - [Happy December](https://elizabetheveking.com/happy-december/): I promised to blog daily and have realized that ain’t gonna happen. So now I’m scaling back to once a week. What’s up? I am rolling up paintings to take to spain and for a secret project here in the states. It’s a LOTTA rolls. I placed second in an art contest yesterday and they are giving me a solo show online! I had a xmas story come out – and today I’m thrilled to have a piece on the TERRIFYING NO SLEEP podcast- the podcast is for the paid members only so I can’t share it here. https://fabulistmagazine.com/im-dreaming-of-a-red-christmas/?fbclid=IwAR2FHZy1OiPJH4LKzB6x7kYncWBYeASvS-r1fhLu-VxOMLa6fkZ7sGPgTsc but […] - [Cats - Travel - Writing -Art - and Max-the Cat's 2023 Journal](https://elizabetheveking.com/cats-travel-writing-art-and-max-the-cats-2023-journal/): Hi! Happy holidays to everyone, whatever holidays you celebrate – or even if you don’t celebrate any holidays at -all celebrate life! Great advice from me ! Also, great advice for me. I’m like Alice in wonderland -Alice often gave herself good advice, and seldom took it.  It’s easier to give advice, isn’t it?  Well – I said I would try to blog once a week, so I am . Yay me. Today I’m going to offer you more snippets of wisdom.  First – if you’re trying to take a pet to Europe, it’s hard. You should start planning at […] - [Happy Holidays and Joy to the World and Max eating popcorn and a segment of my upcoming book](https://elizabetheveking.com/happy-holidays-and-joy-to-the-world-and-max-eating-popcorn-and-a-segment-of-my-upcoming-book/): Next year I have a novel, Gods & Monsters, being serialized, illustrated and narrated in segments by me, E.E. King “The Miwok and Ohlone who inhabited California thought that the redwoods housed evil spirits,” a voice in the wind says. “They wouldn’t live beneath the towering giants that kept sun and stars from shining on them. They feared the perpetual twilight of the forest. The dampness crept into their dreams. The wind was trapped in the giant branches, sounding like unseen monstrosities. They preferred the rocky coasts full of sun and seafood, or the open oak lands where they could see approaching […] - [Happy New Years](https://elizabetheveking.com/happy-new-years/): I had a crazy trip to LA which involved losing a tooth (very careless I know.) and two auto accidents. On the way down I was rear ended- and on the way up I spun out on black ice and went wheeling across the freeway. I’m fine though- packing for Spain! We leave on January 31st. Max- helping pack. And I have begin narration for my book, Gods & Monsters which will be serialized and published by MetaStellar this year! here’s a tiny piece to peak your interest: “Lake Merritt is a tidal lagoon east of downtown Oakland. Long before man […] - [SOLO ART SHOW on The Community Art Channel](https://elizabetheveking.com/solo-art-show-on-the-community-art-channel/): I was one of two Winners of the Art Contest: “Expressions of Gender Equity and Feminism”, organized by the Community Art Channel. Because of this they awarded me a solo (online) show, both as a youtube and on google! They did a beautiful job and I’m so grateful to them. I’m so used to people trying to scam artists – or in some way benefit from/off them. ARTISTS- I recommend all of you to check out their events and if you qualify submit! https://sites.google.com/view/communityartchannel/inicio/events Above is a link! And of course, I would always appreciate shares and spreading the love, art, […] - [POEMS](https://elizabetheveking.com/poems/): @Addison, Campbell, Flores, Goyan, King & Wong. I have a poetry group of 5 women- now 6–(we just inducted Tara Campbell into our sect- and a very fine addition she is) I give a prompt and they send me lines which I weave together- and we just sold our first poem! “Black Unicorn” to Star*Line. We are @Addison, Flores, Goyan, King & Wong lawyers for the criminally poetic. We will prosecute your Word crimes. We are ambulance chasers of the soul. No upfront fees Contingency only until we get ahold of your trust – And your trust account. But the […] - [Calling Writers & Publishers WSFA Small Press Award are Open & FUNNY CATS](https://elizabetheveking.com/calling-writers-publishers-wsfa-small-press-award-are-open-funny-cats/): HEAR YE, HEAR YE Submissions to the 2024 Washington DC Science Fiction Association (WSFA) Small Press Award are now open! They’ll close on March 31, 2024 at 11:59pm. The award showcases the best original short fiction published by small presses in the previous year (2023).  A small press is defined as a hard copy print or web publication house releasing no more than 45 titles a year, or periodicals with a circulation of fewer than 10,000. Small Press’ can nominate three stories, writers can submit one. All identifying information must be removed. The winner is chosen by the members of […] - [BARCELONA, Gods & Monsters and Lucid Dreams](https://elizabetheveking.com/barcelona-gods-monsters-and-lucid-dreams/): This is around the corner from my new apartment. I LOVE IT, even though we have no furniture or lights. I am seriously Jet lagged but happy -AND – I LUCID DREAMED last night- or rather today -it’s 11:00 pm here now-   I had to go to the police station to get fingerprinted ( just part of immigration:)at 10:00- got home around 2 and slept till 8.WHICH is when I lucid dreamed and am so excited! I have been trying to for years. What do dreams and AI art  have in common- (And why did the chicken cross the road?)   One way […] - [Gods & Monsters is out!!!](https://elizabetheveking.com/gods-monsters-is-out/): Today began the serialization of my novel Gods & Monsters. The Absolutely amazing Maria Korolov who spearheads MetaStellar Magazine made it happen, with masterful editing from Sophie Gorjance Each week for almost a year we will release a section and also an audio of me reading that section. The book is available for preorder and- WOW! Here is the Link to master book page: Link to video:  and Editor Sophie  Gorjance talking with me about this book: Hope you don’t mind my sharing! It’s so exciting! xox  Hope you are well and happy! E Attachments area Preview YouTube video A Vampire […] - [Welcome](https://elizabetheveking.com/welcome/) - [GODS & MONSTERS PRE-ORDER](https://elizabetheveking.com/gods-monsters-pre-order/): It Takes A Village The Book will officially be available for pre-order on December 21ST! The book was firmly, gently, and brilliantly edited by Sophie Gorjance. With her guidance and recommendations, the book grew and improved. Mitchelle Lumumba is also owed many thanks for her keen eye and attention to detail as the book went through its final edits. Maria Korolov designed the book, Adriana Acevedo designed the beautiful interior and Emma Foster helped with the YOUTUBE. Thank you all! This monster is grateful! - [Music, Bugs, Books, Travel and Cat Pix](https://elizabetheveking.com/music-bugs-books-travel-and-cat-pix/): I am writing this In a Costa Rican jungle where monkeys, scarlet macaws, and toucans are more plentiful than Internet signals.   This post will be a mix of travel blog and book news. I will tell you about one fabulous anthology that’s coming out and a prize-winning novel as well as a bit about bugs, bats and bromeliads. I end with some travel tips and the secret to happiness. As always, click for links- books here Costa Rica is a tropical wet dream. Last night the scarlet macaws were having a party. They flew across the sky in twos, […] - [Cats READ - the best Anthologies of 2018](https://elizabetheveking.com/cats-read-the-best-anthologies-of-2018/): Oh, it’s been too long! Too long since I wrote about all the fabulous anthologies and onlines I’ve been fortunate enough to have been in! One of the best parts of being a writer is receiving and reading all these great anthologies- I want to write about each tale and every author – but better you should read these stories yourself. If I write about every story I’ll never finish my new book. I’m going to put a list with links and a bit about each publication – I hope you check them out because the writing is amazing! You’ll […] - [The Hamthology](https://elizabetheveking.com/the-hamthology/):   My story The Ham & Cheddar Coast is in The Hamthology! The Hamthology is a  Hamcentric anthology –  I’m a vegetarian, and I originally wrote the tale as The Cheddar Coast for Sally Short’s fabulous New Short Fiction series all about summer and sand. My piece.  The Cheddar Coast was about how a sandwich can take over your kitchen and change your life. When I saw the notice for the Hamthology I thought,  what a fun idea. It made me smile. It made me laugh. I told my friends and they laughed too,  anything that does that is a good thing. […] - [Alternative Theologies, Wars on Christmas, A Reading in Oakland & Cats](https://elizabetheveking.com/alternative-theologies-wars-on-christmas-a-reading-in-oakland-cats/): I am so thrilled to be in this fabulous anthology with, among others, Mike Resnick ( the man’s been nominated for 37 Hugo Awards—a record for writers—and won five times!)  and one of my heroines, Jane Yolen. I’ve been a fan ever since reading Briar Rose. Maybe I’ll meet them- and all the other wonderful authors, amazing editors, and everyone who had a part of  this anthology Cube B Press, the publisher is,” A small press dedicated to raising the words of truth, unbound by ideology. Here’s their Facebook page. This is Bob, he is the founder, you can tell he’s […] - [News on Books, Birds, Audio & Resistance](https://elizabetheveking.com/news-on-books-birds-audio-resistance/): Big news! Pandora’s Card Game will soon be available on audio. It’s read by the fabulous voice artist and actress Genevieve Sibayan Blood Prism, read by the inestimable Emily Emerson already is. So is Electric Detective, read by the very noir Christopher Graybill. And The Truth of Fiction by me,  E. E. King narrated by the wonderous Miranda Reading-Spring. In fact, you can find all my audiobooks here ! or check below: As for resistance, I’m very pleased to announce that my piece: I’m Dreaming of a Red Xmas–  is part of  The War on Christmas  Anthology and The Faithless Angel– Alternative Theologies– this is part of the […] - [Blood Prism Audio](https://elizabetheveking.com/blood-prism-audio/): He feels protected in the redwoods’ shadow. They are love without argument, relationship without compromise. They climb up toward heaven reaching the stars, straight and unafraid. Under their boughs, he is part of the earth. He likes the constant evening, feeling most comfortable at the vespertine hour when dawn kisses night. - [The Hollywood Portal - winner of Whodunit 2018 Mystery Award](https://elizabetheveking.com/the-hollywood-portal-winner-of-whodunit-2018-mystery-award/): The 2018 Mystery Writers Whodunit Award is to be presented at the 5th Annual Mystery Fest Key West, a gathering of world-class mystery writers and fans set for June 22-24 in Key West, Florida. “Why just the first three pages? A book either captures a reader in the first three pages, or it doesn’t.” “KEY WEST, FLA. (PRWEB) MARCH 15, 2018 Mystery Fest Key West Whodunit Mystery Writing Competition. The winner will claim a book-publishing contract with Absolutely Amazing eBooks, free Mystery Fest Key West 2018 registration, airfare, hotel accommodations for two nights, meals and a Whodunit Award trophy to be […] - [UPDATE on Financial Warnings Kindra Sailers of best interest financial gives you the WORST interest & Security Benefit is Neither](https://elizabetheveking.com/update-on-financial-warnings-kindra-sailers-of-best-interest-financial-gives-you-the-worst-interest-security-benefit-is-neither/): I invested with Kindra after my mother died. She set me up in an annuity that lost me a lot of money. It gave me a tiny monthly income but would lose me the money that the annuity cost. I would have to live well into my 90’s to get out what I had put in. Also, she took non-taxable income and made it taxable. I pulled out and lost almost 20k – but it was worth it. I invested with a great firm – Douglas Herdt CFP & John A. Brinkerhoff. Last year my investment earned roughly a small […] - [Blood Prism and cats](https://elizabetheveking.com/blood-prism-and-cats/): Blood Prism  Is coming out soon on audible- I love the reading by Emily Emerson. It’s so nice to fall in love with a book I wrote  – Thank you, Emily!!!   Someone reading blood prism   From Blood Prism: “Let’s get something straight… I’m not. And I come from the kind of family that’s a whole lot happier seeing their son cradling a gun than another man, funny how you’re a paragon if you kill a man, but a pariah if you love one. I never told them I was gay… I met Mark and fell in love. People seem to […] - [Truth of Fiction Audiobook & Animal Pics](https://elizabetheveking.com/truth-of-fiction-audiobook-animal-pics/): The Truth of Fiction Now available in audio. Narrated by the marvelous Miranda Reading-Spring Do us all a favor and get a copy! This is Heckel,  not Miranda Reading-Spring,   She has a MUCH BETTER voice. This Miranda. This is Dexter, too tired to keep editing.   From The Truth of Fiction: The Road Less Traveled I didn’t mean to kill her – not really – not at the moment of impact. But it’s hardly an excuse, especially because I’d been hired to do exactly that. I can still see the moment of death. I probably always will. It was less gruesome and more final than I’d expected… […] - [#JEFFBEZSO #EMAIL ADDRESS TO REACH SOMONE](https://elizabetheveking.com/jeffbezso-email-address-to-reach-somone/): Because I have been seeing more and more posts from people caught in an Amazon Algorithm loop I have decided to share this: - [On #Amazon, being nominated for a #Rhysling Award, Monsanto is the Antichrist & #CUTE CAT PIX](https://elizabetheveking.com/on-amazon-being-nominated-for-a-rhysling-award-monsanto-is-the-antichrist-cute-cat-pix/): Yes readers, all two of you,  Today I received this: “We reviewed your account and the information you provided, and we have decided that you may publish on Amazon.com again. Your future submissions may be subject to additional review prior to being published. This may result in a delay in publishing. If any of your submissions fail to comply with our Content Guidelines, your KDP account, and any CreateSpace account may be terminated. You may also lose access to optional KDP or CreateSpace services.” OH YEAH? I had to email every person who reviewed more than one of my books and […] - [Another #HateLetter to #Amazon](https://elizabetheveking.com/another-hateletter-to-amazon/): MY PLAN: 1) I have contacted every one of my legitimate fans who have posted more than one positive review of my work and asked them to delete all their reviews.  These fans have requested that you, Amazon Customer review contact them because they are upset that their honest reviews have to be deleted.  I have published three novels, one children’s book, four short story collections, one stand-alone short and have been included in over twenty anthologies, so it is logical that fans of my work would have read and reviewed more than one of my works. But, I have been tagged, erroneously by one […] - [#Amazon and Funny Cats](https://elizabetheveking.com/amazon-and-funny-cats/): Another of the exact same form from Amazon and my reply I don’t know why I’m bothering replying since you aren’t reading my replies, but since I love fruitless effort, here goes: My Plan is this: 1) I have been contacting everyone who has written more than one favorable review of my work, otherwise known as FANS ( as opposed to relatives, employees or close friends) though to be honest some of my friends are fans of my work, and asking them to remove their reviews. So far this isn’t working, therefore.    2) I am sending a letter to Jeffrey P. […] - [#Amazon Customer Disservice Part I With #Funny Cat Pix](https://elizabetheveking.com/amazon-customer-disservice-part-i-with-funny-cat-pix/): I have decided two things. One I will eventually get some good stories out of my Amazon Nightmare. Two I will blog, post and share my experience in order to help others and to vent:) Before I start bitching I want to say that one of my Audio Books, The Truth of Fiction, narrated by the fabulous Miranda Reading- Spring is almost available for purchase. I will probably be giving away a few copies as well- so stay tuned! If you want to buy the book, please do so on Smashwords, as Amazon is banning me from selling. They are selling my […] - [#Amazon #Wars Save me Jeff Bezos!](https://elizabetheveking.com/amazon-wars-save-me-jeff-bezos/):  This is the beginning of a journal  of my Amazon Fucks me Journal Day who -the- fuck- knows- any -more To Barabara DR- Is this the phone call RJ, one of the “customer leads” from KDP said I’d receive? Because it doesn’t seem like a phone call, but I could be mistaken. He said someone from the mysterious, phoneless Community Review department would contact me and explain to me what I have done to incur the Communities rath and cause them to revoke my publishing privileges. You say,” I have already contacted the team to request an insight on your situation.” Please forgive any impertance […] - [BOOKS, Birds, Cats & Crows](https://elizabetheveking.com/books-birds-cats-crows/): I’ve just had a couple of linked short story collections come out (these are stories linked by a connecting tale- a la The Illustrated Man.) In fact, when I told Ray Bradbury, my mentor, “Ray, I’m stealing your idea. He said, “Great! Go out and steal some more!” The first of these is, “Pandora’s Card Game,” A game between Chance, Luck Destiny, and Chance where every card tells a tale. I’m thrilled to say it’s already gotten GREAT reviews! Thanks, Mom & Dad! The second is, “The Truth of Fiction,” three friends go on a quest for THE TRUTH in […] - [Electric Cats & Lighting Tuna](https://elizabetheveking.com/electric-cats-lighting-tuna/):   Looking for some great books? Electric Detective will light you up! It’s Humphrey Bogart meets The Man in the High Castle. Raymond Chandler meets Philip K. Dick Eddie Evers was at the top of his game, working for the FBI, tracking missing children, and the scum who took them. But when his wife and child are killed in a car crash, he leaves the force and becomes a hard-drinking PI. While in pursuit of a phantom criminal, he’s hit by lightning. The bolt super-charges the biophotons in his brain, enabling him to see into other dimensions and experience electricity in a […] - [On Podcats Reading Cats, Book Giveaways and Kindlepreneur  ](https://elizabetheveking.com/on-podcats-reading-cats-book-giveaways-and-kindlepreneur/): So – great news on a number of fronts- I had a wonderful interview this morning with Charles Christian, barrister, writer, and publisher of the fabulous #grievousangel, on Dirk Quigby’s Guide to the Afterlife #BOOKS, #Dayofthedead, #RayBradbury, Albino Pineapples, and other fun subjects. Thank you, Charles !!!- Grievous Angel accepted one of my day of the dead stories:)  – Marigolds & Monarchs. I found out the marvelously talented Emily Emerson is going to narrate my new release BloodPrism. It’s a cross between PennyDreadful and AmericanGods a blend of history, fantasy, and mythology, through the Catskill Mountains and down the River […] - [CATS READ](https://elizabetheveking.com/cats/): This is , Milo, a young egret  I raised with William, the kitten. Milo flew off to freedom and Willie is living happily with his friends,  Ratamcque  (Ratty for short)   and THE BEAST – pictured here as a unicat and indulging in catnip.   The Beast is receiving counseling from Rabbi Catz for his habit   Soon we hope he’ll be munching Matzos and spending more time in literary pursuits like his buddy Max, who is a regular Twitcher   What is a twitcher ???- Rabbi Catz says – “Look it up youngsters. What are paws for?   (Rabbi Catz […] - [Giveaway Madness](https://elizabetheveking.com/giveaway-madness/): With the release of FIVE new books, it’s giveaway madness time-  Believe it or not, it costs money – and more all the time  -for publishers and writers to give away their books in hopes of spreading the word about how fabulous they are… So please, SPREAD THE WORD! Congratulations to David, Jason T. and Robert D. who won Free copies of Pandora’s Card Game in an  Amazon Giveaway Congratulations  to Owen Phillips who won a free copy of The Truth of Fiction by E.E. King (Goodreads Author) Release date: Dec 20, 2017 The Truth of Fiction Meryl, Josh, and Jessie go for a picnic in the […] - [#GOODREADS #Giveaway BLOOD PRISM](https://elizabetheveking.com/goodreads-giveaway-blood-prism/):                                             Enter to win one of 100 copies of Blood Prism.  Blood Prism is a cross between Penny Dreadful and American Gods. A literary, romantic, fantasy, horror, thriller. Blood Prism creates an alternate San Francisco, inhabited by Greek gods, ghosts, vampires and gold rush madams. Spanning time and place, the story deals with AIDS, Native American tribes, robber barons, and the unsavory mating habits of orchids. Ray Bradbury, whom I was fortunate enough to have as my mentor, said: “King is marvelously inventive, […] - [In Which The ALBINO PINEAPPLES sell some poems -](https://elizabetheveking.com/in-which-the-albino-pineapples-sell-some-poems/): My father, who was a writer started a writer’s group that counted, among others, Ray Bradbury in its members. So,  having gotten a taste for that sort of gathering, I thought I would try to start my own. It is not quite what I desire because I wanted to have it in my house, as daddy did, but alas, it wasn’t to be. One of our illustrious members, Charles Christian – Ex-barrister , best-selling non-fiction author, publisher at UrbanFantasist.com, Urban Fantasist Radio and occasional carnivorous gardener. Lives in England. Charle’s house   Devorah Cutler-Rubenstein – President at The Script Broker – a division […] - [Books, Audio and more, OH MY!](https://elizabetheveking.com/books-audio-and-more-oh-my-2/): via Books, Audio and more, OH MY! - [Books, Audio and more, OH MY!](https://elizabetheveking.com/books-audio-and-more-oh-my/): I am very pleased to announce the audio productions of both Pandora‘s Card Game And The The Truth of Fiction are in progress. Feb. release! - [Emily Finfeather returns](https://elizabetheveking.com/emily-finfeather-returns/): I’m really pleased to announce – Three different fabulous versions Of The Adventures of Emily Finfeather – book I the feathernail and other gifts   A fabulous audible version narrated by SimSimon Prebble, a man who could make a laundry list sound eloquent – Click on his name to listen. A print version with footnotes illustrated by Richard Weaver and A kindle version- no footnotes but with illustrations by Richard Weaver – The color paintings on the cover and inside are mine – the black and white his.   Emily was written in ancient times when books were written on paper- In […] - [Goodread Giveaway Pandora's Card Game](https://elizabetheveking.com/goodread-giveaway-pandoras-card-game-2/): via Goodread Giveaway Pandora’s Card Game - [Goodread Giveaway Pandora's Card Game](https://elizabetheveking.com/goodread-giveaway-pandoras-card-game/): Goodreads Book Giveaway Pandora’s Card Game by E.E. King Being released December 08 2018 This giveaway has not started. Starts in 6 days.giveaway details » Enter Giveaway   WOWEEE enter to win a free copy of Pandora’s Card Game – signed, sealed and delivered. Fate, Destiny Chance and Luck play cards beneath a new October moon. A wind destroys their game and the cards begin to move. Each card tells a tale. - [The Truth of Fiction and Pandora's Card Game](https://elizabetheveking.com/the-truth-of-fiction-and-pandoras-card-game/): Pandora’s Card Game     The Truth of Fiction     Two new books out! Both were inspired by Ray Bradbury’s “Illustrated Man,” or rather by the idea of linking stories  – like connecting organs and body parts around a skeleton. I’m trying a new way of writing/selling – which is just to get my stuff out there instead of waiting for the perfect offer. I’ll let you know if it works – I have the first in a children’s book series coming out next. The Adventures of Emily Finfeather    I did the cover painting. The print and Kindle […] - [A Descriptive Dinner ](https://elizabetheveking.com/a-descriptive-dinner/):   At mama’s table, we were served mostly adjectives. We were a  family of five girls. I was the youngest. Of course, my sisters got first pick. They were gorgeous, intelligent, clever and interesting. But we lived in a graphic neighborhood. There were only so many words to go around. By the time I got the plate, I usually ended up being stupid or ugly. My sisters grabbed up phrases about how they could eat whatever they wanted and never gain a pound,. I was left with the gravy-fat sauce and raw nouns, so hard they broke my teeth. I saved any words […] - [Pandora's Card Game](https://elizabetheveking.com/https-www-amazon-com-pandoras-card-game-king-ebook-dp-b077kprtwc-refla_b002s58nzy_1_20sbooksieutf8qid1512759877sr1-20refinementsp_82%3ab002s58nzy-card-game/): My newest book is finally out and it’s received some very good reviews. It’s odd and interesting to read reviews, to see another perspective not only on your writing but on you. Reviews always make me sound brave instead of unconscious. They make it seem as though I intentionally comment, instead of blundering into delicate subjects and knock them off the ledges of my shaky cerebral cortex. I wonder how many writers are that deliberate – besides Machiavelli that is. I’m tempted to quote all the reviews- basking in the warm glow of praise on this cold winter day, but instead, I’ll make […] - [Secret Diaries](https://elizabetheveking.com/secret-diaries-2/): Source: Secret Diaries - [Secret Diaries](https://elizabetheveking.com/secret-diaries/):         The Secret Diaries of the White Gold House Redecorator   Day 1: Just got a job as the White House Redecorator and Holiday Planner, because ya know, the place needs a lot more gold… also more stuffed lions. Fact is, I’m thinking of lining the entire front walkway with stuffed lions and maybe a couple of elephants as a shout out to Eric. The Orange Dude loves it- WORD! Day 2: Why not make it the Gold House? That would be sooo much more impressive than the White House. I mean, lots of people have white houses, […] - [Daily Fiction from E.E. King](https://elizabetheveking.com/daily-fiction-from-e-e-king/): Subscribe and follow and get a story a day from author/painter E.E. King – Hooray!   Ways the World Might End – The Reiki Master   Sara had been born with cancer which had disfigured her face and distorted her vision. She needed glasses and bought ones that were rose colored. She tried to focus on heart and soul which could not be twisted by bad genes or evil luck. She loved horses, their beauty and their strength. On their backs she skimmed above the earth, one with the wind. They did not care about her appearance or her status, […] - [The Weird West](https://elizabetheveking.com/the-weird-west-2/): Source: The Weird West - [The Weird West](https://elizabetheveking.com/the-weird-west/): Ponderosa Principia Third Flatiron’s Spring anthology, “Principia Ponderosa,” is now available on Amazon and free to Kindle Unlimited members. Flatiron’s anthologies are always packed with wonderful stories, stories that open corridors in your cerebral cortex revealing unimagined colors, scents and occasionally a fart- well it IS the Ponderosa. So if you’re looking for some quick tales of the Weird West – a place  with witches, monsters, gunmen, dragons, six-shooters and whiskey  you’ve found it. It’s a place and time that never was, yet somehow we’re all nostalgic for it . A place and a time where Carmel -eating spiders roamed the Gobi, men […] - [ONE HUNDRED VOICES II](https://elizabetheveking.com/one-hundred-voices-ii/): Paperback copies of One Hundred Voices Volume Two can now be pre-ordered – click on the link. Use my author discount code – it helps me and saves you 10%  Here it is:    100V2V70 My tale in there- The Cheddar Coast – is tale of love and toast – just what you need on cold winter nights. It was first performed on January 8th, 2012 at the Federal Bar and Grill in NO HO (North Hollywood – we’re so cool) By Sally Shore’s “The New Short Fiction Series”, L.A.’s longest running spoken word series- showcasing the West Coast’s best new short fiction performed […] - [New Editions Available](https://elizabetheveking.com/new-editions-available/): New editions of Dirk Quigby’s Guide to the Afterlife And The short story Collection, Another Happy Ending !​https://www.amazon.com/Another-Happy-Ending-E-King/dp/1537686178/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1476407932&sr=1-2&keywords=E.+E.+King+another+happy Available now- on sale on Kindle also – for Halloween and Dia de Los Muertos Ain’t Superstitious (Third Flatiron Anthologies) (Volume 13) - [Kindra Sailers of Best Financial threatens legal action if I continue to write about my financial experiences or the continuing adventures of bad reviews](https://elizabetheveking.com/kindra-sailers-of-best-financial-threatens-legal-action-if-i-continue-to-write-about-my-financial-experiences-or-the-continuing-adventures-of-bad-reviews/): Years ago I hired a lawyer, Jerry Hill to represent me in an auto accident- He wanted me to hold out for more money than I thought was honest. He wanted me to pretend to be more injured than I was. There was a very ugly scene in the mediation when I disregarded his directions and settled. I then wrote a bad review of him on yelp. He threatened legal action. Since I was living in Mexico at the time, I said, “go ahead – Make mi dia– get an extradition treaty.” Obviously he didn’t, but he did complain to […] - [Gratitude](https://elizabetheveking.com/gratitude/): Be the change you want to see in the world – how many times have we heard that? But do I do that… well sometimes, but not enough – So, here is a list of things in no particular order I’d like to share with you – It’s not a complete list – not even a partially complete list… but these are stories, websites and etc. I will add to and share with you because they have enriched my life and maybe, just maybe they will enrich yours.. Here goes… Lady Bird Johnson Bet you didn’t expect that! Most people […] - [Financial Warnings! Kindra Sailers of best interest financial gives you the WORST interest & Security Benefit is Neither](https://elizabetheveking.com/financial-warnings-kindra-sailers-of-best-interest-financial-gives-you-the-worst-interest-security-benefit-is-neither/): I am writing this Blog to help others to avoid my financial mistakes. Specifically I’m strongly advising you to avoid -titled “financial advisor” Kindra Sailers, Founder and CEO of Best Interest Financial & Insurance Solutions Inc. http://bestinterestfinancial.com and Security Benefit Annuities https://www.securitybenefit.com. The years between 2013- 2015 were very difficult for me. My job of sixteen years was over, my marriage was over, my friends had moved, I had no place to live and my mother was dying. I cared for my mother, but when she died the family broke apart. It’s sad, but not uncommon. My sister introduced Ms. […] - [Interview with R. J. Davies Mornix](https://elizabetheveking.com/interview-with-r-j-davies-mornix/): R. J. Davies Mornix is a writer with as much moxie as her character Dice Maddox.Smart and directed. Maybe it’s because their last names both begin with M. I mean really… consider all the Marvelous, Moxiful, M words … Maybe I should change my name to Ming? Her marketing smarts and preparedness make me gasp (and masp) in admiration. She’s pursing the art of writing like it’s a business, with identifiable goals, tasks and targets. Wait … could it be  that it is… Today we’re discussing her MADDOX FILES SERIES Maddox Files: Back To Business           […] - [I am Psychic - Predictions from Dirk Quigby’s Guide to the Afterlife (all you need to know to choose the right heaven)](https://elizabetheveking.com/i-am-psychic-predictions-from-dirk-quigbys-guide-to-the-afterlife-all-you-need-to-know-to-choose-the-right-heaven/): From : Dirk Quigby’s Guide to the Afterlife (all you need to know to choose the right heaven) http://www.amazon.com/dp/1517372860/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_dp_8uW-vb02EQJ1R “Due to the abnormally high rate of blackouts, static, electrical problems, and computer crashes, as well as the normally high rate of wars, plagues, pestilence, natural and unnatural disasters, rage and hatred, leaders of various denominations began predicting the End of Days with rising frequency. However, due to the normally frequent occurrence of such predictions, only the followers of each faith paid any attention. and from today’s news Mormon church issues call for calm as ‘blood moon’ sparks apocalypse fears http://gu.com/p/4cmjh?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Email […] - [In Defense of Literature or How Jason V Brock Became a Murderer](https://elizabetheveking.com/in-defense-of-literature-or-how-jason-v-brock-became-a-murderer/): He had had never meant to become a killer. It started, as so many things do, as an accident, a chance encounter in the Library of Masterworks. There were only heavy books in that library, tomes of literature. Most were old, bound in leather, engraved titles burnished with gold plate. The man had dirty fingers. He’d smuggled a sugar-frosted, glazed donut into the library, even though food was strictly forbidden. His fingers were slick with greasy. Crumbs dropped onto the pages and squashed between the fine parchment obscuring important passages, obliterating words and images. The librarian acted without thought or […] - [The Life and Times of E.E. King - ( Ray Bradbury, Buck Rogers, egrets, monarchs and squirrels.)](https://elizabetheveking.com/the-life-and-times-of-e-e-king-ray-bradbury-buck-rogers-egrets-monarchs-and-squirrels-2/): The Life and Times of E.E. King – ( Ray Bradbury, Buck Rogers, egrets, monarchs and squirrels.). - [The Life and Times of E.E. King - ( Ray Bradbury, Buck Rogers, egrets, monarchs and squirrels.)](https://elizabetheveking.com/the-life-and-times-of-e-e-king-ray-bradbury-buck-rogers-egrets-monarchs-and-squirrels/): . The Life and Times of E.E. King Or What I was doing while I wrote Emily Finfeather. (In which the author discusses inspiration, Ray Bradbury, Buck Rogers, egrets, monarchs and how to know when it’s safe to release baby squirrels.) The Feathernail and Other Gifts (The Adventures of Emily Finfeather I) was the first book I ever wrote. When I was finished it, I read it to Ray Bradbury, my mentor. It was perhaps his favorite of my works because, like most artists, he’d been an outcast as a child.     Ray had never liked school, an emotion I […] - [A DARKE PHANTASTIQUE: ENCOUNTERS WITH THE UNCANNY AND OTHER MAGICAL THINGS](https://elizabetheveking.com/a-darke-phantastique-encounters-with-the-uncanny-and-other-magical-things/): It’s always a heady experience entering the Mystery and Imagination Bookstore, inhaling the rich aroma of ideas, breathing in molecules of Bradbury, Poe, and the almost, but not quite, infinite of notions floating in the air heady as pure oxygen. (There have to be some notions unthought, or we’d have nothing to write about.) The stairs to the reading room wall is inscribed with signatures of writers, colorful as dream but more tangible. I was at the M & I for the opening reading of Jason V Brock’s . The Book itself is magical, heavy, and weighty in all the […] - [DARKE PHANTASTIQUE Opening](https://elizabetheveking.com/darke-phantastique-opening/):   When green leaves turn to red and gold. When night winds blow secrets down deserted streets and the scent of burning fills the air – even in the city – you know that it’s the Bradbury time of year. Dia De Los Muertos, All Hallows Eve… the time that spirits wander and visit their favorite haunts. October and November are the months that Ray’s genial ghost I’m sure will be visiting his favorite bookstore, The Mystery and Imagination on 238 N. Brand Blvd. in Glendale. It will probably be yours too if you live in Los Angeles. Everyone’s seen […] - [Letter from Harlan Ellison -](https://elizabetheveking.com/letter-from-harlan-ellison/): HARLAN ELLISON Evie–as I gather from your site, those who do not incur your displeasure are permitted to call you–it was a sheer JacksonPollockLike panorama of delight to meet you at the Bradbury Library Press-Gang auto-da-fe last Monday. You omitted the comma before the word “bitch.” I dropped a small gardyloo in a post on my own website (harlanellison.com) about having met the charming E.E. King of Utah, and that she was doing a reading of her new book. As for the Dirk Quigley, I’ve been going at it in chunks and fangfuls, finding it more than acceptable. It was […] - [I'm Harlan Ellison - Bitch!](https://elizabetheveking.com/im-harlan-ellison-bitch/): I drove down to LA for the dedication of the Palms — Rancho Park Branch Library in honor of Ray Bradbury Harlan Ellison was there looking natty  in black suit and bright orange tie, shoes  and a very cool  watch black with multi colored  spokes.   You can’t see his watch – but trust me it’s cool. George Clayton Johnson was there too, charming as always  and ( as always) looking like Gandalf’s disreputable cousin.     They discussed Ray and awe (I was never in awe of Ray having grown up with him….and I tend not to be easily awe-struck […] - [Speaking at](https://elizabetheveking.com/speaking-at/): I will be speaking at Loscon 40 around Thanksgiving! On the Ardent Atheist podcast tomorrow On kryptonite radio (sometime:) and I’ll be in LA for a reading and launch party for my new Collection of Short Fiction “Another Happy Ending,” @ Ray Bradbury’s favorite Bookstore Mystery and Imagination Bookstore October 20th @ 2:00 -3:00pm 238 N. Brand Blvd. Glendale, CA 91203 818-545-0206 also I’m performing bits from my first novel, “Dirk Quigby’s Guide to the Afterlife, all you need to know to choose the right heaven.” (in costume) October 30th @ 7:30-8:30 @Echo Park in “Stories Book and Café.” 1716 […] - [harlan ellison and me upsidedown](https://elizabetheveking.com/harlan-ellison-and-me-upsidedown/): I accost Harlan Ellison at The Rancho Palmas He- in an effort to promote healthy exersice curses my photos so that are forever upside down to encourge head stands - [BOOK LAUNCH OCTOBER 20th 2:00pm Mystery and Imagination](https://elizabetheveking.com/book-launch-october-20th-200pm-mystery-and-imagination/): When green leaves turn to red and gold,   when night winds blow secrets down deserted streets and the scent of burning fills the air – even in the city – you know that it’s the Bradbury time of year.    All Hallows Eve… the time that spirits wander and visit their favorite haunts.   This is the month that Ray’s genial ghost I’m sure will be visiting his favorite bookstore, The Mystery and Imagination on 238 N. Brand Blvd. in Glendale. All the best bookstores are haunted – haunted by characters that live on long after pages flutter shut.  Haunted […] - [October Readings](https://elizabetheveking.com/october-readings/): I’ll be back in LA for a reading and  launch party for my new Collection of Short Fiction “Another Happy Ending,” @ Ray Bradbury’s favorite Bookstore   October 20th @  3:330 -4:00pm   also I’m performing bits from my first novel,  “Dirk Quigby’s Guide to the Afterlife, all you need to know to choose the right heaven.”  (in costume)  October 30th @  7:30-8:30 @Echo Park in “Stories Book and Café.”  1716 West Sunset Blvd • Los Angeles • CA [213] 413-3733  Hope to see you there!        E. E. King,  Dirk Quigby’s  Guide to the Afterlife     “Impish and delightful, a […] - [BOOK LAUNCH](https://elizabetheveking.com/book-launch/): I’m reading and having a launch party for my new Collection of Short Fiction “Another Happy Ending,” @ Ray Bradbury’s (and my) favorite Bookstore The “Mystery and Imagination” (238 N. Brand Blvd. in Glendale.) (818) 545-0206 October 20th, Sunday, 2013 at 3:00 pm - [Sand and Shore and Summer Dreams](https://elizabetheveking.com/sand-and-shore-and-summer-dreams/): Oh what a Lovely reading of sand and shore pieces at the Annenberg beach house… dinner with the marvelous Connie Martinson talks books… and grilled cheese with Sally Shore of the short fiction series… I’m happy and fortunate! - [Sand and Shore](https://elizabetheveking.com/sand-and-shore/): Annenberg’s Beach=Culture July 30, 2013 event. Again, the ticketing portal is http://www.eventbrite.com/event/7092890025/eorg# . - [Sand Shore and Sandwich](https://elizabetheveking.com/sand-shore-and-sandwich/): i wrote a short piece for: The New Short Fiction Series       It will be an evening of short fiction through the spoken word, exploring how our dreams of life in summertime play out by the sea and sand. Tales by some of L.A.’s hottest fiction writers cross styles from reportage to magic realism, with characters that journey through love, work and adolescence against the backdrop of the Southland shore.The Annenberg Community Beach House’s Beach=Culture Series in Santa Monica on Tuesday, July 30, 2013.   This show’s theme is Sand and Shore      It’s free to the public but has been sold […] - [Performance and Reading at Stories Book and Café in Echo Park](https://elizabetheveking.com/performance-and-reading-at-stories-book-and-cafe-in-echo-park/): How lucky am I? A Book Launch at Mystery and Imagination and a performance and reading at Stories Book and Café   My new Collection of short fiction “Another Happy Ending,” is being released on October 15th. And on October 20th, Sunday, 2013 at 3:00 pm I will have a launch party reading at Ray Bradbury’s and my favorite Bookstore the “Mystery and Imagination (238 N. Brand Blvd. in Glendale.)   The Book includes the novella, “The Card Game,” in which Fate, Destiny, Chance and Luck play a game of cards under a crescent moon. Each card revels a tale.  […] - [Another Happy Reading at the Mystery and Imagination October 20th, Sunday, 2013 at 3:00 pm](https://elizabetheveking.com/another-happy-reading-at-the-mystery-and-imagination-2/): I’m going to be having a reading of my new collection of short fiction (and a novella) “Another Happy Ending,” at Ray Bradbury’s and my favorite Bookstore the “Mystery and Imagination (238 N. Brand Blvd. in Glendale.) October 20th, Sunday, 2013 at 3:00 pm   It will probably be yours too if you live in Los Angeles. Everyone’s seen a book store like the M & I, at least in their imaginings. Narrow aisles packed with books so thick characters rub elbows with you. Fat patrons get wedged between the shelves and have to survive on a diet of short […] ## Pages - [An Illegal Feast](https://elizabetheveking.com/books/an-illegal-feast/): “We are ambulance chasers of the soul.” So begins the poetic manifesto, An Illegal Feast, collectively penned by Addison, Flores, Goyan, King, and Wong. This powerful, energetic, thrill-ride of words has a musical beat that will keep you moving. “Wildly human” and daring, these poets plead, “I exist. / Paint me.” Classical, astrological, historical, and traditional references weave unique stories united by lyrical flare. Each poem pulses, making it easy to imagine an emotional stage performance, arresting and honest. Rarely does a collection make you nod your head line by line in solidarity. 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King, an award-winning painter, performer, writer, and naturalist. I’ll do anything that won’t pay the bills, especially if it involves animals. Ray Bradbury, my mentor, called my stories, “marvelously inventive, wildly funny, and deeply thought-provoking.” I’ve been published in over 100 magazines and anthologies, including Clarkesworld, Daily Science Fiction, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Short Edition, and Flametree.   My novels include, Dirk Quigby’s Guide to the Afterlife, Real Conversations with Imaginary Friends, Another Happy Ending, The Truth of Fiction, Pandora’s Card Game, and Gods & Monsters. I performed comedy and improv in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Mexico and taught at the S.F. School […] - [Another Happy Editing](https://elizabetheveking.com/books/another-happy-editing/): BUY HERE LISTEN HERE “These tales are marvelously inventive, wildly funny and deeply thought-provoking. I cannot recommend them highly enough.” – Ray Bradbury “‘Another Happy Ending”’ is a collection of thoughtful short fiction from E. E. King as she offers humor and thought about life’s dreams and what we hold so dear to us all… ‘Another Happy Ending’ is an excellent short fiction collection, very much recommended.”– Michale Carson, MidWest Book Review “James Joyce Would’ve Loved This ‘Another Happy Ending’ is deliciously funny and heart-wrenching.” –Heidi Dvorak, LA Weekly - [Dirk QuiGby's Guide to the Afterlife](https://elizabetheveking.com/books/dirk-quibys-guide-to-the-afterlife/): BUY HERE BUY EBOOK HERE LISTEN HERE LONG LISTEN HERE SHORT Comprar aquí en español “Impish and delightful, a hilarious Zagat’s guide to heaven!” -RAY Bradbury “A fantastical, profound, hilarious and rollicking good ride through the heavens and hells of the Afterlife! A wonderful book.” —MARGARET CHO “I’ve been going at it in chunks and fangfuls, finding it more than acceptable. Anyone who takes on Scientologists is okay by me, kid.” — HARLAN ELLISON “A mock Zagat guide to the lord’s domain, Dirk Quigby’s Guide to the Afterlife is a sly and satirical glimpse into what would happen if a […] - [Gods and Monsters](https://elizabetheveking.com/books/gods-and-monsters/): metastellar serialization Interviews with author E.E. King MetaStellar editor Sophie Gorjance sat down for a chat with author E.E. King about her new novel “Gods and Monsters,” which we are serializing online. King penned much of this supernatural tale while living in a tiny Mexican town practically overflowing with magic and signs from the universe. Part history lesson, part fantasy, part mythology – King loves to drop in real locations and historical figures for added flavor. The fusion of literary fiction and magical realism explores destiny and the human psyche. Does fate control our future? Do our beliefs shape reality? 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