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July HOT FLASH

Bounty

I could never get my garden to produce those big tomatoes, those hefty watermelons. So I had myself shrunk.

Best summer ever!
Flashbacks
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2002 Collection
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M a r i a n   A l l e n   writes science fiction, fantasy, mystery, humor, horror, mainstream, and anything else she can wrestle into fixed form.

Allen has had stories in anthologies, on-line and print publications, including Oceans of the Mind and Canada's On Spec, on coffee cans and the wall of an Indian restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky. She writes a daily food history column for Worldwide Recipes.com, The Best Darned Recipezine in the Whole Darned Universe.

Allen is a member of the Short Mystery Fiction Society, the Indiana Writers Connection, Murder Must Advertise, CozyWriters and of the Southern Indiana Writers Group, and is a regular contributor to the SIW's annual anthology. Sometimes she scrapes together enough pennies to treat herself to a membership in the red River Writers, as well.

Click here for a list of Allen's publication credits and awards.




SIGNINGS AND ATTENDANCES

October 24-26, 2008
Magna cum Murder
mystery convention
Muncie, Indiana
Magna cum Murder web site




Special feature this year:
RECIPALS
~Recipes shared with me by friends.~
In 2007, it was
CULINARY CHRONICLES
~reprints of selected entries from MA's World Wide Recipes column~
In 2006, it was
SURREALIST POEMS
In 2005, it was recipes:
ALLIGATOR SANDWICHES

Stories In Print

Mouth Full of Bullets #3

Mouth Full of Bullets ~ Spring 2008 ~ Print Issue #3

Deal or No Deal
Take the money or run.

Mercy Killing
Kindness comes in many forms.

Venom
Too stupid for words....

It's Always Something

IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING
A Southern Indiana Writers Group anthology

Ever have one of those days? One of those years? One of those lives?

Home on the Range
It's hard enough being a vegan in a super-size society without the cows putting in their two cents' worth.

Marian Allen is a regular contributor to these anthologies. To read excerpts from some of the stories, visit the Southern Indiana Writers Group web site by clicking here.

Sword and Sorceress XXII

Marion Zimmer Bradley's
SWORD AND SORCERESS XXII

Child of Ice, Child of Flame
There's always a price to pay for breaking the rules.
Now available at
Barnes and Noble online.

OnSpec

ON SPEC
Spring 2006

Balance of Power
The use of magic as a weapon changes the user as well as the target. Every use must be considered and controlled, because every weapon has a recoil.

PanGaia #33

PANGAIA
#33

Seeking Shadow
Her daughter's cat was missing. Where could she turn for help? An on-line Wiccan friend and a home-made ritual restore the richness of a woman's Christian faith.
Order from BBMedia's web site by clicking this link.
In The Pipeline
Undivided
The Warrior asked herself: Why was she being extorted to take a walk in the country? Who would benefit? Who would suffer?

Undivided will appear in SWORD AND SORCERESS XXIII later this year.
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