Today was a bit surreal

I went back to the coffee shop (and will probably have to go back tomorrow because I saw the Dean Martin stuff belatedly and today was NUTS at Leonardo's, literally the line never had less than 6 people in it in the hour I was there) and I had their shaken espresso Basil Mint Julep (was good)

So I'm there working on my gay mafia guy for the mafia horror anthology (check that deadline Dana, check it) and who sits down next to me? A Franciscan Nun. Nothing says let's write gay horror like sitting next to nuns in full habit.

I also wrote my intoabar story and finished it and maybe posted it. (well its on AO3 but not yet accepted into the comm). I wanted to share it here since it's about the only thing I accomplished today (I forgot to call my doctors again. Somehow the days are flying by with me doing nothing)

Title: To Travel is to Live
Author: cornerofmadness
Prompt: Edalyn Clawthorne goes into a bar and meets... Niffty (Hazbin Hotel)!
Fandoms: The Owl House/Hazbin Hotel
Rating: teens and up
Contents: alcohol use, discussion about sex work
Summary Using King’s blood to power the portal Edalyn decides to see if the door will take her to worlds other than Earth.
Author’s note written for into a bar 2024 and for evil_little_dog in comment fic for the prompt, Any, female, I love the night/I love the element of danger/the ecstasy of flight

Find the story here.


What I Just Finished Reading:

FINALLY finished something

the graveyard shift by d m guay. Really fun story sort of Buffy (and a dumb Dean) work at a quickie mart (though there is body shaming)

living memory - A star trek novel set between movie 1 and 2, not my favorite time period for the original crew but it was good

blood justice by Terry J. Benton-Walker It was good but not nearly as good as the first book, especially because of the rage in the main character

the reformatory by Tananarive Due good but depressing AF because the true horror isn't the ghosts but rather the fact it was set in the Dozier schools in Florida which were a nightmare.


What I am Currently Reading:

The X-Files: Perihelion by Claudia Gray so far so depressing

The Witcher: the Last witch

Falcon's Favor a fantasy mystery that's okay


What I Plan to Read Next: Whatever I brought along for Popsugar challenge and a boatload of manga