Author: Julie Leo

  • Cheers to 2024!

    Cheers to 2024!

    Happy New Year! Feliz Año Nuevo! It’s a new year with a big TBR stack already… I’m listening to audiobooks more than ever before and reading non-fiction as well as fiction. I love short stories, too, and find so many great anthologies these days. On audio, I’m currently engrossed in Blake Crouch’s parallel universe story…

  • Nominated!

    Nominated!

    Love Letters to Poe, Volume ll: Houses of Usher, edited by Sara Crocoll Smith, is a finalist for a 2023 Visiter Award. The awards will be presented October 7th at an awards ceremony during the International Edgar Allen Poe Festival & Awards at Poe’s house in Baltimore, MD. The anthology includes my Poe-inspired story by…

  • Poe is a gateway drug

    Poe is a gateway drug

    My story (written as Ana Domini) “Play Dead for Me” appears in Love Letters to Poe: Volume 2, Houses of Usher, the second exquisite collection of writings inspired by Edgar Allen Poe, edited by Sara Crocoll Smith. Volume 1 made me weep tears of black lace joy and this one is full of creepy houses…

  • Eat My Dust – Flash Fiction

    Eat My Dust – Flash Fiction

     My rural crime flash fiction “Eat My Dust” is on the Mystery Tribune website. It’s a 5-minute read and you can’t beat the price: free. Read it here.

  • Spell Crazy – paranormal romance

    Spell Crazy – paranormal romance

    Now available… Spell Crazy is a lighthearted take on the romance of magic… Athena Gwyvern botches a love spell, unleashing demons, and must send them back before Viviane, magistra of Avalon Institute, and her demon hunter can pin the fiasco on her. Available now: Spell Crazy Follow me on facebook Follow me on Twitter @persephone2923 Add to goodreads Praise…

  • Use of the Awkward Hand

    Use of the Awkward Hand

    Black Cat Mystery Magazine #4 includes a story from yours truly. I’m in great company in this issue, too, so it’s sure to be a murder of good reads. Digital version: http://bcmystery.com/black-cat-mystery-magazine-4/ Paper version is available here: https://wildsidepress.com/black-cat-mystery-magazine-4-paper/ Or if you want to buy at Amazon, here: https://amzn.to/2FFk9bR If you love mysteries, you’d love a…