“The Golden Vanity,” The Atlas of Deep Ones (Obsidian Butterfly Press, upcoming). An old sailor tells of a voyage with an eldritch cabin boy. (Short story based on this ballad.)
“Tall Philip’s House,” Harvest the Night: An Anthology of Folk Horror (Ed. C.M. Muller, October 2025). Pleasantly horrible things live deep in the woods. (Short story)
“One in the Bed,” Tiny Terrors: Spring 2025 (Graveside Press, May 2025). Alone in bed… but not alone… (Short story)
“The Bubble Child,” Baubles from Bones issue 5 (May 2025). A sweet, light, f/f fantasy romance story about two witches finding a magical baby. (Short story)
“Prague” (originally titled “Coven”), Winter in the City (Ruadán Books, December 2024). An altered version of a contemporary fantasy story about a woman finding magic in her lonely city life. (Short story)
“The Feast of the Changes,” Baubles from Bones issue 1 (June 2024). A gentle fantasy story inspired by Where the Wild Things Are. (Short story)
“Followbehind,” Creepy Podcast Patreon edition (January 2024). She’s always behind you… (Flash fiction)
“Come Away Sweetly,” Tales to Terrify, episode 623 (January 2024). A woman meets an old flame in the woods. (Short story)
“The Angel,” Literally Dead: Tales of Holiday Hauntings (Alienhead Press, October 2023). Decorating for the holidays, a modern witch clashes with the ghost of her angry grandmother. (Short story)
“Sea People,” Fish Gather to Listen (Horns & Rattles Press, September 2023). New people are coming to live in a flooded coastal town. Some of the older residents aren’t too happy. (Short story)
“The Wind Chimes,” Slightly Sweetly, Slightly Creepy (collaborative anthology edited by Sonya Lano, April 2023). The ghost of a murdered woman meets a dryad in the woods where she was buried. Dark fantasy; f/f. (Novelette)
“In the Nevergo,” Dangerous Waters: Deadly Women of the Sea (Brigid’s Gate Press, January 2023). We are right to fear mermaids, but what do mermaids fear? (Short story)
“Serpents,” Once Upon a Wicked Heart: A Fiction-Atlas Press Villains Anthology (Fiction-Atlas Anthologies, November 2022). A retelling of the fairy tale “Diamonds and Pearls” from the wicked sister’s point of view. (Novelette)
“Spirits in the Dark,” JMS Books (October 2020). Two ghost hunters mistake each other for lost souls; not-so-doomed romance ensues. (Novelette)
“Summerweek,” JMS Books (July 2020). A disgraced lady-in-waiting has a second chance to win over the queen she loves. (Novelette)
“Heaven’s Eye,” Mythic #11 (Summer 2019). A sculptor finds a wounded angel on the beach. (Short story. Read for free here.)
“Anna’s Hour,” Gods & Services (Critical Blast Publishing, December 2018). A woman gains the gift of gab with a bit of divine inspiration. (Short story)
Works in Progress:
✵THE VOID AND THE RAVEN. Epic fantasy doorstopper (f/f; Renaissance-inspired):
Parts 1 and 2 drafted (78,000 and 150,700 words); part 3 underway (37,400 words).
✵Experimental novel-in-progress free to read online here.
✵Various short stories and poems you’ll hopefully see soon.
Katherine Traylor 