Betsy Dornbusch

new anthology story

Straight Outta Deadwood

I have a new David Cook story out! “The Petrified Man” takes place in Creede, Colorado in 1892 at the height of the silver boom after Jefferson “Soapy” Smith had settled in to become town boss and run a saloon, in addition to his other cons. One of them was a “Petrified Man,” which Soapy actually owned for a bit, and there my story divulges from history…

It’s virtually certain Soapy Smith and General Cook knew of each other, if in fact they weren’t actually acquainted. I decided to make them unlikely colleagues in this story. Though they’ve had a falling out, they have solved paranormal mysteries together when it suited both them both. Soapy Smith left Colorado in 1897, so they’ll have an opportunity to work together again in future stories.

Anyway this anthology has some great writers and friends in it. Go take a looksie!

what i learned after a year off facebook

“Oh, right. You’re not on Facebook.” I don’t know things because people often only communicate on Facebook. When I hear that line it makes me think the onus is on me to keep up with everyone’s lives, especially since I don’t make it easy for them because I’m not available on one particular social platform. […]

habits

I just read this book SUPERHUMAN BY HABIT by Tynan. I found it to be a bit of a supercilious little book, but it got me to reframing how I think about some things. Most of what’s been on my mind is tummy troubles and not writing as much as I want. Yes, basically, EAT […]

MalCon

Hi. I really should post here more but this is a fairly quiet part of the internet lately. It’s summer and I’ve been summering. Spending time in the mountains, watching baseball, drinking cold beers with friends and family. I have not written much but as it’s August, school starts in a couple of weeks, I’ll […]

Denver Pop Culture Con

It’s coming! Formerly Denver Comic Con, Denver Pop Culture Con’s new name actually is a better one because it is all about different kinds of popular culture. And what’s popular these days?? Science Fiction and Fantasy!! Just so you have an idea, here’s where I’ll be at these specific times (so far; things tended to […]

the black hole of snow and writing

I’m 13K words into a new book that is coming at the speed of dried blood. I’m trying hard not to worry about speed or even how long the dang thing could be. At this rate it might be a novella because I’m not sure there is enough to be a novel. I’m cool with […]

facebook

So yeah. I have deactivated my account on the old book of faces (or tits and asses as it used to be–I’ve long thought of it as assbook, for a lot of reasons). I deactivated instead of deleted mostly because I want to hold onto my identity. Really I only waited so long (since October) […]