What Have We Here?
Hello, dear reader, and welcome to my Substack. My name is Katheryn, and I like to write and read fiction, particularly fantasy.
Here on Substack, you can subscribe to my work for free and receive short fiction, book reviews and more straight to your email inbox.
What to Expect
Short Fiction
Posted most Mondays
Find the full list in the Story List
Book Reviews
Posted on the third Thursday of most months
I choose a theme every year, and 2024’s reading theme is [Nonfiction]
Check out past Book Reviews here
Other categories I might pick up or post occasionally include:
News & Updates - especially about anything I publish
Serial Fiction - sometimes short fiction just isn’t enough
Behind the Scenes - research, process musings and more
And anything else that strikes my fancy that I think you, dear reader, might also enjoy.
Every post here will be free and public, though any fiction I decide to properly publish will be removed or truncated into a reading sample.
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About Me
I’m Katheryn Hazlett, a medievalist with a love of history, mythology and folklore, and pretty much anything in the fantasy genre, not just books. I especially enjoy Dungeons & Dragons and find it as inspiring for my writing as myth and history.
You can read my full, official bio on my author website here.
I used to post my fiction work and reviews on Wordpress, but for various reasons that isn’t working for me anymore. So I decided to move here to Substack. But you can still find my back catalogue of fiction and book reviews on my Wordpress blog.
My Books
I currently have 2 self-published books:
Silver Sword, a female-led fantasy about love, duty and war. My debut novel. (Sep 2020)
Grasping Fingers, a fantasy murder mystery novella. (Mar 2020)
You can find blurbs, purchase links and more on my author website.
