Worlds within worlds
While updating the site recently, I appear to have crossed a wire somewhere. Now some of the links go nowhere and a few of the images are failing to load – but at least the links at the top of the page still work, so that’s a win. Fortunately, my books remain available on Kindle, Apple, Nook, Kobo, and Amazon. Thanks for your patience while we sort out these technical difficulties! – Leigh
I had the pleasure this week of being interviewed on Athena Elizabeth‘s “Sunday Brunch” blog, where we talked about my novel, Memoirs of a Synth: Gold Record, the SPSFC competition (where I took fourth place), my thoughts on writing, and a few other things! Check it out: Sunday Brunch Author Interview Series: Leigh Saunders (And don’t you just love my “official author photo” by the wonderful digital artist, parrotdolphin? I saw this image in her Read More …
I’m so excited to announce that out of over 200 entries, my space opera heist novel, “Memoirs of a Synth: Gold Record” took 4th place in the 2024 SPSFC Competition – and from what I’ve heard, the competition was fierce among all six finalists! Tour Guide. Emissary. Diplomat. Thief. On her 317th birthday, Brianna Rei hooks up with smuggler-thief Jerrold McKell to steal the legendary Voyager Gold Record. But their partnership doesn’t go exactly as Read More …
I’m so excited to announce that out of over 200 entries, my space opera heist novel, “Memoirs of a Synth: Gold Record” is one of the six finalists in the 2024 SPSFC Competition! Tour Guide. Emissary. Diplomat. Thief. On her 317th birthday, Brianna Rei hooks up with smuggler-thief Jerrold McKell to steal the legendary Voyager Gold Record. But their partnership doesn’t go exactly as planned… Pursued across the Hundred Worlds by bounty hunters, and hiding Read More …
Bloodline Chronicles: Progenitors: Volume 2 Janek, Grand Vizir of Kushar, has done the unthinkable, kidnapping the last known weather witches – the twin daughters of the Gerlachi king – in an effort to claim the gift of their bloodline magic for the Kushari people. But rumors of weather witches in Kushar are spreading, sending Zoya, spymaster of Tzigane, on a quest to learn if they are, in fact, her queen’s missing sisters. At the same Read More …
I am extremely proud to announce the publication of my short story, Virtual Oracle in Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, Issue #12. There’s a touch of other-worldliness in this one that borders on magic realism/mysticism. I hope you enjoy it! Elizabeth had no idea that crashing the cocktail party would ultimately send her entire world tumbling down around her. Available in both print / ebook from your favorite online retailers: https://books2read.com/u/4AOVMN
Bloodline Chronicles: Progenitors: Volume 1 For centuries, the weather witches have ruled Nizam, protecting the oasis city from the devastating sandstorms that threaten its existence. But the aging queen is dying, and Yolara, the heir to the throne, does not possess the gift of weather magic found only in her family line. Hers is the power over stone, the ability to command the shifting sands – but not the winds that drive them across the Read More …
When you start tossing ideas around, you never really know which ones are going to stick together in ways that make you tilt your head sideways, start to smile, and know you have to see where it takes you. So when the words the words “workaholic” and “ghost” stuck to my whiteboard, I knew I had to play with the idea. I’m glad I did. Because while the ghost of Harold Oglethorpe never got that Read More …
If you missed Burning Bright when it was first printed in Cat Ladies of the Apocalypse, here’s another place where you can find it. Year of the Cat #4 – A Cat of Strange Lands collects nine wonderful stories about cats in all sorts of different times and places. From the book description: Cats roam everywhere on the planet. Everywhere. Their breed names often betray their place of origin—or their strange origin story in some Read More …
In another life, I had dreams of becoming an architect. So it would stand to reason that a trip to Southern California would naturally include a visit to the Winchester Mystery House. And, because it’s just the way I think, the first (and best) idea I had for the theme “Doorways to Enchantment” was of the mansion’s (in)famous “door to nowhere.” From the editor’s introduction to the story: The Winchester Mystery House is a gorgeous, Read More …