-DARK FANTASY, YOUNG ADULT, HORROR AUTHOR-
DONNA J. W. MUNRO
Novels
Revelation: Poppet Cycle Book 1 (Omnium Gatherum) YA dystopian novel, 2021.
Revelation: Poppet Cycle Book 1 (Hydra Publishing), 2023.
Runaway: Poppet Cycle Book 2 (Hydra Publishing), 2023.
Revolution: Poppet Cycle Book 3 (Hydra Publishing), 2024.
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Short Stories
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“Frozen Fish.” Crossroads Magazine. June, 1996.
“God’s Recruiter.” Litmag. UMSL, 1999. First Place: Prose.
“Golden Rule.” Modern Magic: Tales of Fantasy and Horror. Editor: William Horner/Fantasist Enterprises, 2005.
“Descent.” Hazard Yet Forward: Kindle Seton Hill WPF Anthology, 2012.
“Ballad of a Mother and Slave.” A Mother’s Love~An Anthology of Murder and Mayhem, 2016.
“Daddy’s Girl.” Fatherly Instincts~An Anthology of Murder and Malice, 2016.
“Killing Cancer: When Dad and I fought a Titan.” Every Day Fiction, Dec. 29, 2016.
“Crone’s Jule.” Family Memories~An Anthology of Murder and Mischief, 2017.
“The Sky Fell.” Enter the Apocalypse. Editor: Thomas Gondolfi/TANSTAAFL Press, 2017.
“Nine Little Rabbits, All in a Row.” Syntax and Salt Issue 3, Summer 2017.
“Why the Doge Marries the Sea Each Year.” Dark Matter Journal, Summer 2017.
“Golden Rule.” Killing it Softly. Editor Suzy Wargo Lockhart. Oct 2017.
“Chuloc’s Curse.” Sacrifice, Thirteen O’Clock Press. Editor Dorothy Davies. Oct 2017.
“Tax Collectors.” Sacrifice, Thirteen O’Clock Press. Editor Dorothy Davies. Oct 2017.
“Catastrophy.” The Haunted Traveler. Dec 2017.
“Bright Eyes and Memory.” Door=Jar: Door Is A Jar Issue 6, Winter 2017.
“Jester’s Law.” Spectators and Spooks Magazine, Issue 2, Fall 2017.
“They Don’t Know.” Astounding Outpost. Jan 2018.
“The Breath of God.” Revenge. 13 O’Clock Press. Editor Dorothy Davies. Jan 2018.
“Deaths’ Day Off.” Beautiful Lies, Painful Truths Vol. 2. Feb 2018.
“My Forever Love.” Beautiful Lies, Painful Truths Vol. 2. Feb 2018.
“I Keep Her Safe.” Buried. 13 O’Clock Press. Editor Dorothy Davies. Feb 2018.
“What the Children Left Behind.” Flash Fiction Magazine. 6 March 2018.
“Nature or Nurture.” Black Petals. Spring 2018.
"Grab My Pearls," Bought and Sold, Thirteen O'Clock Press, May 2018.
“Love and Upgrades.” Night Terrors and Daymares, June 2018.
“Bus Stop Diner.” Night Terrors and Daymares, June 2018.
“Stairs and Fiction.” Night Terrors and Daymares, June 2018.
“Hell is Other People.” Graveyard Girls. Editor Gerri R. Gray. June 2018.
“Organ Trade.” Locked In. 13 O’Clock Press. Editor Dorothy Davies. June 2018.
“Santa’s Little Helpers.” Haunted Holidays. 13 O’Clock Press. Editor Rie Sheridan Rose. Oct 2018.
“The Passage.” Nothing Sacred VI. Jack of No Trades. Oct 2018.
“Women of a Certain Age.” Blood and Ashes. 13 O’Clock Press. Editor Dorothy Davies. Nov 2018.
“Smoke and Reckoning.” Blood and Ashes. 13 O’Clock Press. Editor Dorothy Davies. Nov 2018.
“Bestie.” Blood and Ashes."13 O’Clock Press. Editor Dorothy Davies. Nov 2018.
“Application to Teach Future Patriots.” Terror Politico. Scary Dairy Press. Edited by Cin Ferguson and Bruce Campbell. Jan 2019.
“Last Days.” Shift: MTSU Literary Journal. Feb 2019.
“Emerging from the Dark.” The Sirens Call #43. Feb 2019.
“In Between.” Dark Moon Digest #34. Perpetual Motion Machine Press. Feb 2019.
“The Deep End of the Pool.” Page and Spine Fiction Showcase. 22 Feb 2019.
“Brunch Not Brains” Pif Magazine Issue 262, Mar 2019.
“Bubblehead Road.” Ghostlight Magazine, Spring 2019.
“The Hermes VII.” Apparation Lit Issue 6, Apr 2019.
“Dog Days.” Page and Spine Showcase, May 2019.
“Cyclopean Light on the Scales of God.” Nothing’s Sacred V. Jack of No Trades. May 2019.
“Find the World’s Center with Feelers.” Trembling with Fear. 9 June 2019.
“Parade of the Loyal.” Immortal Works Episode 77. 21 June 2019.
“Windmills on Mars.” Aurora Wolf Vol. 10 Issue 7. 1 July 2019.
“Tracks.” Lonesome Train. Thirteen O’Clock Press. Editor Rie Sheridan Rose. July 2019.
“After Saving Hansel, Gretel Found Herself.” Corvid Queen. 19 July 2019.
“A Rosie by Any Other Name.” Imps and Minions, TDotSpec Publisher. Aug 2019.
“Shawnee Bend Witch.” Songs for the Elephant Man. Mantle Lane Press. Editor Matthew Pegg. August, 2019.
“Funeral for King Giggles.” Deadman Humour: Thirteen Fears of a Clown. Editor Dave Higgons, Abstruse Press: Sept 2019.
“Grown in the Globes.” Colp: Solitude. Gypsum Sound Tales. Sept 2019.
“Welcome Home Dear Ones.” Enchanted Conversation. Oct 2019.
“Welcome Home.” Monstrous Feminine. Scary Dary Press. Editor Cin Ferguson. Oct 2019.
“Phobic Beneath the Skin.” Hello Horror. Nov 2019.
“Feeling Sorry for Assholes.” Blood and Blasphemy. Editor Gerri R. Gray. Dec 2019.
“Buying a Star for Mama,” Super/Natural, Dec 2019.
“Flock Mentality.” Super/Natural. Dec 2019.
“Vegan Vamp.” Burning Love and Bleeding Hearts. Feb 2020.
“Puppet Master.” Theme Contest. Crystal Lake Publishing. Mar 2020.
“Haunted Castle on the Midway.” Mithila Review Issue 13. Mar 2020.
“Flow in the Dark.” Trembling with Fear. 31 March 2020.
“Three Graces in Autumn.” The Gray Sisters Issue 1 20 June 2020.
“Three Graces in Autumn.” Audio version by Gray Sisters. 27 Sept 2020.
“Mining the Fearscape.” A Monster Told Me Bedtime Stories Vol 7. Soteira Press. July 2020.
“Curiosities and Notions.” Colp: Treasure. Aug 2020.
“Divorce.” Oz is Burning. B-Cubed Press. Editor Phyllis Irene Radford. 2020.
“Wandering Witches of Triven Glen.” Night Frights. Oct 2020.
“The Littlest Witch.” Tales from the Moonlit Path. Oct 2020.
“Hall of Windows, Hall of Lights.” The Grey Sisters Vol 2. Dec 2020.
“Right Hand Man.” The Pulp Horror Book of Phobias Vol II. Dec 2020.
“Behind the Bookshelf in the Slim Pool of Light.” Twilight Tales. Editor Jaleta Clegg, Jan 2021.
“From Above.” Women Destroy [Retro] Sci-Fi. Were-Traveler. Feb 2021.
"They Wore the Skin of Their Enemies." Incendiary. Editor Weasel. Mar 2021.
"It Rises From Between My Bones." Pseudopod 752. 9 April 2021.
"Charon's Loss is Our Gain." The Other Stories 64.2. 2 May 2021.
"Grandma Needs a Visit." International Tales of Brilliant Flash Fiction: Branching Out. May 2021.
"Sisters." The Periodical: Forlorn. Aug 2021.
"Danny." Tales from the Moonlit Path. Aug 2021.
"Finding a Familiar." Night Frights 2. Oct 2021.
"Behind Elsie's Eyes." Omens: An Anthology. Editor Linda Seeber. 2021.
"Turkey Suit." Back to Ghoul. Editor Clark Roberts. Oct 2021.
"Heed the Warnings." Creepypod. 28 Oct 2021.
"The Four Horsemen of the Happy Hour." Penumbric. Dec 2021.
"Made of Crows." 365 Tomorrows. 27 Jan 2022.
"No Avoidance Behavior from the Thumbs." 99 Tiny Terrors. Editor Jennifer Brozek. Jan 2022.
"In the Dark for One More Day." Trembling With Fear, 20 Feb 2022.
"Sassy's Birthday." Shelter of Daylight Winter 2022. Editor Tyree Campbell. Feb 2022.
"What Happened to Heather McNamara After JD Blew Up," Creepy Pod Patreon feed, 02Feb2022.
"Melting." Toilet Zone: Royal Flush. Editor Gerri R. Gray. Mar 2022.
"Lady Monstrosity," Dark Descending, Pixie Forest Publishing. Mar. 2002.
"Sargasso's Weed," Thuggish Itch: By the Seaside, Gypsum Sound Tales, Mar 2022.
"Turkey Suit," Holiday Horrors, Editor Clark Roberts, 9/2022.
"Basket Wraith," Bloodless, Editor Ben Walker, Oct 2022.
"Soul of a Tree," Trees Anthology, Editor Dena Leacock, Nov. 2022.
"Her Teeth are Long and Full of Venom, " Electric Spec Magazine, Nov. 2022.
"Welcome Home, Dear Ones," FairyTale Magazine, 12/2022.
"Avenging Angels," No Sleep Podcast Season 18 Season Pass Bonus, 2022.
"I Enjoy Being a Girl," In Trouble Anthology, Editors EF Schraeder and Elaine Schlieffer, Jan 2023.
"Found Magic," Creepy Pod Patreon Feed, 9 Feb 2023.
"Floods and Melancholy," Monstorm, Madness Heart Press, 27 Feb 2023.
"I Speak for the Trees." The Sirens Call, Spring Issue 61, 2023.
"Sink," Water/Elemental Series, Eerie Publishing, May 2023.
"Soul Parade," Trembling with Fear/Horror Tree, 7 May 2023.
"Her Pieces and Parts," From the Yonder 4, Ed. Joshua P Sorenson, 1 June 2023.
"Nothing Like the Sun: Rosaline's Revenge," Shakespeare Unleashed, Editor James Aquilone, 19 July 2023.
"In the Bright, Green Woods," Tales from the Moonlit Path, 16 June 2023.
"Cookie Lore," Colp Desert/Dessert, Gypsum Sound Tales, 12 Aug 2023.
"Put Your Toys Away," Thuggish Itch/After Midnight Tales, 19 Sept 2023.
"Gentle Dentistry," Horror Writer Association Newsletter, 30 Sept 2023.
"Dark Delicacy," Horror Writer Association Newsletter, 30 Sept 2023.
"Birthday Wishes from my Brothers in Arms," Tales from the Moonlit Path, 31 Oct 2023.
"Cosmic Tryptic," HWA Poetry Showcase X, Yuriko Press, Ed Angela Yuriko Smith, 8 Nov 2023.
"Act of Creation," ParABnormal Magazine, Hireath Books, Ed David Blalock, Dec 2023.
"Lorna's Ears and Baba's Lips," 99 Fleeting Fantasies, ed Jennifer Brozek, 15 Feb 2024.
"Her Teeth are Long and Full of Venom," The Other Stories Pod Cast, 7 April 2023.
"Goodbye Mother," Space and Time #146, Ed Angela Yuriko Smith, 24 April 2024.
"The Dragon's Throat," Holy/Moonflake Press #7, 20 June 2024.
"Messages Sent," Sierens Call Magazine, 26 July 2024.
"Hill and Lake and Love," Hootenanny Horrorshow, Ed RJ Roles, 9 Aug 2024.
"Mary Sue Rising," Penumbric Magazine, Oct 2024.
"A House Remembers," Home Sweet Horror, Ed Helen Richards, 10 Oct 2024.
"My Clay Head," Halloweenthology: Jack-o-lantern, Ed Parth Sarathi Chakraborty, 14 Oct 2024.
"Matilda's Mourning," Dastardly Damsels, Ed Suzie Lockhart, 31 Oct 2024.
"My Sweet Winged Babies," Moonlit Path, 31 Oct 2024.
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Non-fiction
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"Riding the Roller Coaster." Horror Writer's Workshop V2. Editor Michael Knost. Nov 2021.
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Coming Soon!​
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Forever House/Black Ink Fiction
Lady of the Wood, Lady of the Moon/Pixie Forest
Anansi's Bitch Daughter/Last Girls
The Good People/Unique Monsters Gene Johnson
Calico Sue's Lament
The Dark Reflections Series Book 1
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