Spring Break
Sugar, sparklers, and screaming. First day (night) of Spring Break in the books.
Sugar, sparklers, and screaming. First day (night) of Spring Break in the books.
Daniel Verastiqui is a science fiction author based in Austin, Texas. He is currently writing The Vinestead Anthology, a series of standalone novels set in a shared universe where virtual reality, synthetic humans, and one very powerful corporation keep making everything worse. His latest book, House of Nepenthe, released in June 2026.
The best writing tools are the ones that get the hell out of your way and let you write.
Things are tough all over. Prices are up, wallets are thin, and in homes across America, TBR piles are quietly migrating to Amazon's "Saved for Later" section.
That thing where you wait too long to tell your kids about monsters, and the monsters find them first.
Waldor wanted nothing more in his life than to see a beautiful flower. Where he lived, it was always cold, and flowers never had a chance to grow.