October full moon in the Grand Canyon

Delayed posting:  this was from October 16, 2024 at Mohave Point on the south rim of the Grand Canyon.  The (almost) full moon rose in the east just before the sun set in the west, so whichever direction you looked, it was gorgeous.

Full moon:

Sunset:

My story, "The Lighthouse Keeper," appeared today in Diabolical Plots

This is a rather dark, atmospheric story that I really enjoyed writing.  Read it for free here:

https://www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-117b-the-lighthouse-keeper-by-melinda-brasher/

My story, "The Trouble with Vegan Spiders" appears in On the Premises

 I won second place in On the Premises' "Expertise" theme.  You can read the story free here:

"The Trouble with Vegan Spiders," by Melinda Brasher

If you're interested in other stories set in the same tiny space settlement, check these out.

Free to read online:

"Stalked," also in On the Premises: https://onthepremises.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/On-The-Premises-Issue-22.pdf

"Foreign Bodies" in Intergalactic Medicine Show: http://www.intergalacticmedicineshow.com/cgi-bin/mag.cgi?do=issue&vol=i39&article=_001

"Passcodes" in The Future Fire: https://futurefire.net/2014.30/fiction/passcodes.html

In anthologies:

"Stashed Away" in The Martian Wave: https://www.amazon.com/Martian-Wave-September-2020/dp/1087902622

"Radish Hunting" in Animal Uprising: https://www.amazon.com/Animal-Uprising-Michelle-Mellon/dp/173354822X

"Salvage Operations" in Leading Edge: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1791953603

"The Twenty Percent Club" in Double Feature Magazine: https://www.amazon.com/Double-Feature-Magazine-Science-Fiction/dp/1540684997

"Sand and Fire" in Spark: A Creative Anthology: https://www.amazon.com/Spark-Creative-Anthology-Volume-IV/dp/0988807297