From The Black Naught

I wasn’t ready to start my day. I wanted to stay in bed, wrapped up in Peter, and watch the rise and fall of white cotton sheets for a little while longer. Or close my eyes and go back to dreaming. In my sweet sleep, you were sat on the beach, building sandcastles and exhaling

For You, Rowena (an explanation)

In eighteen days, I release my third book, a novella titled, For You, Rowena. I’m honored to announce that Allane Sinclair has yet again created a cover that encompasses a universe I’ve imagined and put to paper. I couldn’t ask for a better collaborator than Allane. As always, I hope my words serve justice to the

For You, Rowena (an excerpt)

  -1- Herald Saw Her Ending   11 June, 2017—Saturday Herald was lounging in the grand bay window that overlooked the flower garden when the end came calling. Curled up on the yellow seat cushions amongst a few magazines, he’d been surveying the backyard through drowsy eyes. He was a keen hunter once, ages ago in

Coming in August: For You, Rowena

  I’ll never forget the sight of you, dead in the garden; I couldn’t look away from your body. The blood, and the bugs crawling all over you. The blackbirds eating you up. My only love, carrion. You were the one person on this earth who knew where I lived and breathed. What am I

Quotes by Magpie Carey

Sometimes I imagine myself not plummeting, but falling slowly, spiraling uncontrolled into the black; the nonentity is dizzying and cold like outer space, unsympathetic.   So Dad opened the door to the dark January night. The sky was black as pitch and cloudless, the stars brilliant, perfect white dots. He picked up his suitcase, and

In Her Element: Lois E. Linkens & Kindra M. Austin

Originally posted on Whisper and the Roar:
(Kindra) Stay the blade lodged in my back— let the tissue heal and seal the covenant.   I am Woman, unrecumbent, and daggers only steel my skin.   (Lois) the waters struck the cliff and there i was, chalked upon its rocky face. sharp heavy things chipped like woodpeckers, struck…

Books by Kindra M. Austin

via Books by Kindra M. Austin Available on Amazon.

Now Available: Constant Muses

Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk You can find my collection of poems and prose in paperback, and for Kindle.

Constant Muses Cover Reveal

Constant Muses is a collection of poems and prose available tomorrow on Amazon. Thank you to my Kindred Spirit for turning my mother’s old photograph into a beautiful tribute.    

Coming in December

a collection of poems and prose