Val Muller

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Following my trend of stretching my writing wings (away from predominantly writing horror), I’ve just received a contract for a novella I wrote. This one is new for me–a time travel romance involving robots! (It’s me we’re talking about here–you wouldn’t expect me to write a “normal” romance, right?) The novella will be published as […]

Post-Apocalyptic

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I’m pleased to announce that my short story “The Girl with Sunrise in her Hair” is scheduled for publication in Timid Pirate’s Finding Home: Community in Apocalyptic Worlds anthology. It’s a story told largely through the journal of one of the youngest survivors of a global apocalypse. Part of a barren and hopeless population, she […]

On September 29, I was interviewed along with some of DWB’s other authors, on Blog Talk Radio. If you missed it, you can listen to the show using the link below. My interview came around 50 minutes in: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/rie_mcgaha/2011/09/29/dancing-with-bear-publishing It was my first-ever interview, and I was a bit nervous, but after all was said […]

I am pleased to announce that my middle-grade mystery novel, CORGI CAPERS, has been accepted for publication at Dancing With Bear Publishing. It is the story of Adam Hollinger, a fifth-grader who dreams of a normal summer: playing All-Star baseball, reading comic books, begging his parents for a dog, and avoiding his mischievous seventh-grade sister. […]

Writing Fantasy

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I’m pleased to announce that my short story, “The Fire Beneath the Sea” has been accepted into the Wicked East Press anthology Here There Be Dragons. This is the first true fantasy story I have written, and it was actually the most fun I ever had writing a story! Ever! Pirates! Dragons! How could you […]

My latest story, “A Lasting Impression,” is out now (available here: http://www.newmoon.com/magazine/samples/September-October-2011.pdf until the end of October)! New Moon Girls is a magazine targeting girls aged 8 and up and is a wholesome alternative to the pressures of typical fashion magazines. The magazine even offers girls the opportunity to work as editors, providing them a […]

On the Horizon

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Two short stories forthcoming: “Night of the Fish People” will appear in Under the Stairs anthology and “The Astrozen Composer” will appear in appear in First Contact Imminent anthology.

My horror short story, “An Essay for Ms. Krimson,” has been accepted for the Hellology anthology (table of contents). This story was inspired by the creepy closet in my classroom.  🙂

I just learned that my story, “A Lasting Impression” (working title) has been accepted for the September/October 2011 issue of New Moon Girls magazine. After taking a creative writing class as a way of kicking my writing motivation into gear, I made my first sale to this magazine back in 2008. It’s a magazine targeted to pre-teen […]