March 2026 Dispatch
The big news for March is that Azure City is finally here! It’ll be released March 26 at Texas Furry Fiesta, where I will be around to sign copies (it’s being published by Sofawolf, but we’ll be selling it at the FurPlanet table). Been working on this book a long time (for me): serialization began on my Patreon two years ago, so the conversation that sparked the idea for this book must have been at the end of 2022. Anyway, it was delightful to return to the Dangerous Spirits world, and I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did.
In celebration, we have redone the design of the covers for the first three books. Here are the first two:
We kept the art, of course, because Rukis’s work is amazing (and the Azure City cover looks just as good). We should have some of the books with the new covers at TFF as well, in case you want to grab a whole set…
February was most notable for finishing up Azure City and getting it off to the publisher. After that, I worked on a couple conbook stories I owed (to TFF and Furlandia), worked on the extras for Weasel Under The Sun, which is targeted for Furlandia, and started final revision work on Unlawful Possession, due for release at Anthrocon. Lots of projects going on, but it feels good to have some of the books going out the door finally so you guys can see them! And of course, still working on my Patreon stories, Monster Huggers and Fast Break.
In March, I’m hoping to get that last revision on the third Wolftown book out and start writing the fourth one. And of course, I’ll be going to TFF at the end of the month. I’ll have two panels there and will be hanging out at the FurPlanet table when I’m not at panels. Hope to see y’all there!
Books
Upcoming releases:
Azure City: 2026 (March 26, 2026). A book full of blank pages might be the key to another world, but the more Athos reads, the more he disappears from this one.
Weasel Under The Sun: 2026 (Spring). The third Ellie Stone mystery (second to be published on its own)! Ellie works for a month in another family’s kitchen while hers is on vacation, but murder will follow her anywhere…
Unlawful Possesssion (Wolftown book 3): 2026 (Summer): Chasing a ghost-napper, Jae uncovers a larger, more sinister plot.
Audiobooks:
Love Match 2 is out! Find it on Audible or iTunes.
Science Friction is out! Audible and iTunes.
Squeak Thief is out! Audible and iTunes.
And Dude, Where’s My Pack? is also nearly done.
Work on the Price of Thorns audiobook is largely done with just pickups and post left; we hope to have this out this year (there have been delays because of scheduling with the people proofing it).
Out now:
Writer Ways: A Helpful Guide to Novel Writing: I wrote down about 100,000 words worth of what I’ve learned about writing novels, and I show my process while writing The Price of Thorns to give you an example to follow along with. Argyll (the publisher, buy direct!) has the print and e-book.
Dead Right: The sequel to Unfinished Business! Jae gets tangled in the life of a ghost activist who endangers his relationships and his future. Out now in print and e-book form at Argyll Productions and wherever you get books!
Squeak Thief: A rich mouse hires a fox thief to steal from his own family, but the job quickly spirals out of control. You can get it as a print book on FurPlanet or Amazon, or as an e-book on BadDogBooks or any other major retailer.
The Price of Thorns: buy at Argyll and review at Amazon or GoodReads. In a fantasy world where stories are woven into the fabric of magic and life, Nivvy the thief is hired by a mysterious woman, and this job will change his life in ways he could never have anticipated.
In progress:
Monster Huggers (Patreon) - serializing
Robin Hood fan fic (two books) — draft complete, awaiting revision
Ty the Knot — draft complete, awaiting revision
Fast Break (a gay basketball player story on Patreon) — first draft ongoing
untitled fantasy world project — outlining
Streaming:
The Brokenwood Mysteries (PBS+, AcornTV): A friend turned me on to this New Zealand mystery show that takes place in a provincial New Zealand town (that has a wine industry, a golf club, an Old Town, a museum, a skydiving club…). The characters are delightful, giving it almost a Northern Exposure vibe as many of the townspeople recur between episodes, and the main detective keeps his personal life a mystery that his colleagues keep trying to puzzle out. It includes queer representation and several Maori characters and in general the mysteries are also pretty good (save in at least one case when it was spoiled by the episode title).
Seven Dials (Netflix): I do like me some Agatha Christie, and this is an adaptation of one of her early works, a mystery with political intrigue. Unusually, it is three episodes of an hour each, but that format works very well for the story. Mia McKenna-Bruce, with whom I was not familiar, is a fantastic heroine, playing the daughter of the noble family at whose home a murder takes place. She pushes to investigate despite the weary detachment of her mother (Helena Bonham Carter) and the warnings of Scotland Yard’s Superintendent Battle (Martin Freeman). Very fun all the way through.
IT: Welcome to Derry: Chapter One (HBO): This show does well with creepy visuals, decently with kid characters, and the rest of it is mostly nonsense. It takes place in 1963, in the cycle of murders prior to the one in which the kids in IT: Chapter One grew up, so tell me, do you think these kids manage to stop IT? There’s a moment in the finale where we thought they might be doing some alt timeline stuff, but no. Also, because there’s no “adults returning years later,” in order to have an adult storyline, they’ve introduced a bunch of Army guys who are here to capture and weaponize IT. So yeah. I can’t recommend it, but on the other paw, we did watch the whole thing and some of it was enjoyable and some will stick with me, so there’s that. There’s worse ways to spend 10 hours, I guess.
We’re watching Fallout season 2 but I’ll hold off on talking about that until we’ve finished watching it. Have a good spring everyone!