Dig up your strange nostalgia for the seaside, because Dark Matter's The Off-Season: An Anthology of Coastal New Weird is out now! As soon as I saw the call for this anthology, I knew I wanted to concoct something very local for it. I hadn't been to the seaside in a while, I was already… Continue reading Story time! “Somewhere between Tomis and Callatis” out now in The Off-Season Anthology!
Writing has been low and sporadic the past year and a half, but I am so happy I can finally share this piece with you! "And the Daisies Were to Blame" is a liminal, melancholic love story told on a train ride to the seaside. This is one of the few pieces I wrote in… Continue reading Story time! “And the Daisies Were to Blame” out now in Kaleidotrope!
It's been a quiet few months, but I'm excited to say you can now read this equally quiet story in the first issue of Hearth Stories! "Sea cures for the previously cursed" is, as the title suggests, a story about an unlikely group of people recovering from their various curses at a seaside resort. It's… Continue reading Story time! “Sea cures for the previously cursed” out now in Hearth Stories!
I'm so excited to announce you can now find my story, "A Cosmonaut's Guide to Talking to Your Parents", narrated (and performed, if I may say so myself!) by Bryce Dahle, in Escape Pod! Read it or listen to it at your own leisure! This story was a long time in the making and I'm… Continue reading Story time! “A Cosmonaut’s Guide to Talking to Your Parents” out now in Escape Pod!
You can now read my 100-word drabble about hauntings on alien planets in the Martian Magazine! I have not attempted microfiction since, oh, my highschool years, I think, and I'm happy to say I had a blast with this one! Additionally, do consider taking a longer look around the Martian, because there are so many… Continue reading Story time! “Hallowed Halls” out now in The Martian Magazine!
[Romanian version below] Well, we got through this year too! It was a pretty eventful one from a writerly point of view, with so many surprises and more stories out in the world than I had expected. I'll list those down below, along with some submission stats for who's into that kinda thing! Done in… Continue reading Yearly Round-up – 2022
The wait is over! As of now, Unthinkable: A Queer Gothic Anthology is out in the world! In it, you'll find my spooky snowed-in romance, featuring: a non-binary witch with wooden bones, a mysterious woodsman with a secret, and an unsettling forest caught in an endless snow storm. Also, don't miss the online launch TODAY… Continue reading Story time! “It Passed by Morning” out now in Unthinkable!
Happy to announce that a reprint of my story, "Seams of Iron", is now available to read online in The Future Fire! Originally part of Common Bonds: An Aromantic Speculative Anthology, "Seams of Iron" is a partial retelling of H. C. Andersen's "The Wild Swans", which has to be one of my favourite fairy-tales growing… Continue reading Story time! “Seams of Iron” out now in The Future Fire!
It's finally spooky season! Unthinkable: A Queer Gothic Anthology will be released on Thursday, the 27th of October, just in time for Halloween! On the same day, we're gonna have an online book launch at The Portobello Bookshop (7-8pm BST), which will also include yours truly. Frankly, this is only the second book launch I'm… Continue reading Unthinkable Book Launch – Online at The Portobello Bookshop 🎃
I'm pleased to announce that you can now read my recipe-shaped flash fiction, "Easy Garden Flowers Broth Recipe", in Deathcap and Hemlock! 💐 They're a fairly new publication that publishes tiny, creepy morsels (hah!) in the form of uncanny recipes, and I eagerly urge you to check them out, because their whole vibe makes me… Continue reading Story time! “Easy Garden Flowers Broth” out now in Deathcap and Hemlock!
Adriana C. Grigore 