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Writing as C.B. Calsing

2023 Releases


"Beneath the Ironwoods," aquatic horror, appearing in Ike Papalua, May 2023. Purchase here.




2022 Releases


"Death Stopped for Florencia," a cautionary tale, appearing in Wishing Well, August 31, 2022. Find links to buy here.
"Haunted by the Absent," a gothic short story appearing The Theme is Revenge, April 28, 2022


"Squid and Girl, Girl and Squid," a dark fantasy short story appearing in Death in the Deep, April 12, 2022. Publisher no longer in operations.


Novels and Novellas
Storm Summer
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A young adult historical adventure

Chosen second-best book of 2016 by Blue Books Reviews

Collections
Ghosts, Monsters, and Men: Tales of the Supernatural
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A collection of horror and paranormal tales.
Short Stories
“A Curl of Scar: A Langston Pierpont Mystery”
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Detective Langston Pierpont is hired to investigate the mysterious death of a young woman, but his solution is out of this world.
“Songbirds: A Langston Pierpont Mystery”
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In this short story, Langston Pierpont finds himself on another...odd...case. This time, a seductress needs him to bring her sister home, and Langston has no power to refuse her. What the sister is up to, though, proves to be as big a shock as who the sisters are.
Anthologies
“The Asylum Musicale”
“Curse of the Son of Fenrir”
Heavy Metal Horror
Out of print
“Gran’s Prophesy”
An Honest Lie Volume One: Encouraging the Delinquency of Your Inner Child
Out of print
“Martina Gets the Last Word”
An Honest Lie Volume Two: Delusions of Insignificance
Out of print
“Seeker”
Things We Are Not
“Tangwen’s Last Heist”
Out of print
“Trouble Arrived”
Hellbore and Rue
Out of print
Journals and Magazines
“Genesis 1.5”
Magazine, Volume One, Issue One
Out of print
“Mars-Side”
Crossed Genres, Issue Seven “Urban”
Out of print
“Schrodinger's Ghosts”
"The Dean's Cat" issue of Thema, June 2010
Out of print
“Turtles”
2009 Ellipsis, University of New Orleans
Out of print
Websites
“Da Hessians”
The Copperfield Review
“Europa”
Finalist in the Crossed Genres' Flash Fiction Contest
“This Neighborhood”
Flashquake
“To Wade Alone”
On the Premises, Second Place “First” Contest
“The Trouble with Chips”

Nonfiction and Articles

“Gamify Your Writing Routine”

Readersfavorite.com

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