Dawn Vogel

The cover of Crawl Space, a novella by Steve Toase

An inspection panel bolted to a pipe in a cellar. The panel is rusted and held with two nuts. It wouldn't take much to unfasten it. You shouldn't, should you?

Time to unseal the pneumatic tubes and discover the Crawl Space. Publication day!
So happy to see my little weird horror novella venture into the world to collect teeth and the broken of the world.
journalstone.com/bookstore/cr...
www.waterstones.com/book/crawl-s...
www.hugendubel.de/de/taschenbu...

It's me, moderating some very knowledgeable folks as they talk about games with historical content!

Darlings, a moment.

Lean in to what brings you joy -- big or small. Joy matters.

Reach out to *who* brings you joy -- near or far. Connection matters.

Stand up/speak up for what matters -- as often as you can. Your voice mattters.

Gather love close. Offer kindness whenever you can.

I, too, am fueled by spite. (Not specific to writing, but sometimes ...)

My February 2026 recap is up! historythatneverwas.com/2026/03/05/f...

For folks who love horror, check this one out!

Issue 1 cover on the left, with our Wanderer in pastel blue looking down at a spacescape from a crumbling coliseum seat. Text to the right says ISSUE 1: nine stories, five poems, one essay, original ary by queer creators - available now for subscribers! www.othersidespec.com

We've waited so long to yell this: IF YOU'RE A SUBSCRIBER OR KICKSTARTER BACKER, ISSUE 1 IS IN YOUR INBOX! 🪐🗡️

Issue 1 will be free to read online March 15th, but if you can't wait, get your hands on it RIGHT NOW!

Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/othersidespe...
Patreon Shop: www.patreon.com/othersidespe...

It's March already, and I did not authorize this.

This is one reason why you should always credit the artist and designer of your book cover when you post it. Make it easy for people to see you've hired real humans to wrap your words in something beautiful. Something worthy.

Forgot to post this on Friday, so here's the March 2026 writing prompts! historythatneverwas.com/2026/02/27/f...

Thank you, friend! I'm very proud of "Last Dam Standing"!

I loved in 2025 (for your awards consideration)

STORIES

“When You Think No One Can See You” @lettie-prell.bsky.social
“The Basilisk Painting” @anthonyeichenlaub.com
“Artful Felicitations” @darusha.ca
“So Deep, So Wide” by Michelle Muenzler
“Last Dam Standing” @historyneverwas.bsky.social

Excellently spooky, and with a beating heart. Go ahead and watch!

Today on my blog, I review @sharangbiswas.bsky.social 's The Iron Below Remembers from @neonhemlock.bsky.social ! historythatneverwas.com/2026/02/25/r...

Hey.

Tell people when they do good job.

When you like the stuff they make.

When you like the characters they’ve created.

The stories they’ve told.

Nobody hears it as often as you think bc everyone thinks everyone hears it all the time.

Trust. They don’t.

Tell. Them.

My short story "Zugunruhe" is in Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology! Thrilled to see the anthology on the final ballet for a Bram Stoker award!

Very hopeful that I'm seeing the end of this cold and hoping (knock on wood) for no more health issues for a while? That would be lovely.

The community drabble for today is, "One Giant Leap For Snailkind" by Dawn Vogel. The theme was "underdog."

Find Dawn Vogel on Bluesky: @historyneverwas

Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl

#authors #drabbles #writingprompts

The community drabble for today is, "Foxfire, Faux Friends" by Dawn Vogel. The theme was "betrayal."

Find Dawn Vogel on Bluesky: @historyneverwas

Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl

#authors #drabbles #writingprompts

Today is the Day of Remembrance for the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII. FDR signed Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942.

1/

Gorgeous cover!

a little girl is asking why not both while standing in a kitchen . Alt: a little girl is asking why not both while standing in a kitchen .

But what if both?

Short answer? hahahahahahaha no.
(Plotter with a MESSY workspace.)

The Fox’s Cartographer - Small Wonders She thought of herself as the Fox by now, and in the quiet moments when she started feeling too old for the circus, too bored, she wanted to become a fox.

Today, Devin Miller's "The Fox's Cartographer" leads us to places that smell like wind and witching. Join the journey:

Galactic Hellcats in Love by reasie Dating Sim tie-in to the novel series

In case you missed it, I posted a free game to itch.io!
https://reasie.itch.io/galactic-hellcats-in-love
Enter the world of my bestselling novel Galactic Hellcats and its sequel Andrei and the Hellcats, where you will play as one of the twin sex robots, Autumn and Andrei, seeking love.

@historyneverwas.bsky.social’s Last Dam Standing in @analogsf.bsky.social depicts an almost cosy community of #mutualaid, albeit amidst ecological collapse. Mournful, a preemptive grief.

But something about a resilient, capable female scientist enduring the apocalypse still fuels my #hope.

#sff

Do you have any interest in a small, plush, crocheted version? I have crocheted brains already, and I could add noodly arms and weights. :)

1,300-Year-Old World Chronicle Discovered in the Sinai A newly discovered Christian world chronicle from the early eighth century offers fresh insights into the political and religious upheavals from Late Antiquity to the rise of Islam. Researchers at the...

Don't want to get my hopes up, but this sounds genuinely exciting. The seventh century is one of the most important era's in Western Eurasian history, witnessing the rise of Islam, the end of Ancient Persia, and the dramatic reduction of Eastern Rome losing its status as Mediterranean Empire.

On day 7 of a gross cold that we think hubbie brought home from work. He's been sick for at least 11 days now. This sucks. We're lucky to have sick time and the ability to work from home (when our brains allow it), but I'd really prefer to not be sick at all.

sorry I keep reposting my friends' posts about the cool stuff they're doing. It will happen again.