The Dragon with the Girl Tattoo

My little parody of Stieg Larsson's opus has now been published on the rather excellent site, Bewildering Stories. Check it out and see if it lives up to its name.

If you hated The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, you'll enjoy this parody. Here's an excerpt from a scene when Lizbreath Salamander's evil conservator makes his first and last mistake.

She said, “That's bad touching,” and he stopped. Then she tortured him, tattooed him, gutted him and made balloon animals out of his large intestines.

Note the wishfulment coupled with the over-the-top pointless violence. That, my friends, is literature. Click here to read on.

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Acceptance: "Heatwave" is going to be in Medusa's Laugh's Book of Impractical Cats

I'm so excited. The Book of Impractical Cats is going to be a handmade, limited edition book of cat stories. Life just doesn't get any better than that. I'm going to get some contributer copies, but I'll probably by more as Chrismas Gifts. I can't wait to read the other stories.

Medusa's Laugh

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Announcement: "A Wife's Revenge" is in Flashshot!

"A Wife's Revenge" is in Flashshot today. It's a great site with lots of bite-sized 100-word stories. Check it out! Pin It Now!

Story: "Quitting the Game"

Not From Here has very kindly selected "Quitting the Game" for inclusion in their Dog Days of Summer Chapbook. I'm excited! Thank you, Michael J. Solender. I'm honored to have my little story included among the works of such talented writers. My story is on page 31 of the Chapbook. Pin It Now!

"The Good Wife" published on In Between Altered States

In Between Altered State's new online issue is available. Click here to read my creepy little story "The Good Wife."

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More acceptances

"Deathhouse Mansion Inc." will appear in DarkFire's Halloween issue.

And my punny little drabble called "Curses! Foiled Again!" will be published in a certain chapbook on September 1, 2010. I'm supposed to keep it secret until then.... Pin It Now!

Sparkle Threw Us Together

My story is now available on The Long and Short Review. Learn how cat barf can bring two lost lovers together.

Don't you think this is the cutest little graphic they made for my story? I love it! Pin It Now!

"Sparkle Threw Us Together" to be published by LASR

The Long and Short Review, which reviews romance fiction, has very kindly accepted my short story "Sparkle Threw Us Together" for their weekly short story. It will appear on Thursday, August 12. It's a sweet, corny story about two lovers who seem doomed to go their separate ways until a sick cat brings them together.

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"Dead Redemption" published on A Twist of Noir

After a night of drinking, there's nothing worse than waking up next to somebody and not being able to remember their name, how you met, or why they’re dead....if you hate it when that happens to you, you'll want to read "Dead Redemption" on A Twist of Noir. Written by Stoke Teagan, one of my multiple personalities.

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Link to "A Wife's Revenge"

Six Sentences has very kindly accepted my story "A Wife's Revenge." How exciting!

A Wife's Revenge
by Christina Hugh

She washed the grease off her feet and walked back into the woods. It had been excruciatingly difficult to get under the hunter's hood and rip out his pickup truck's horn, but she managed. It was no more difficult than it had been to track down the man who murdered her husband. And murder him. A good hunter uses all parts of the animal and lets nothing go to waste. But hers was revenge, not hunting. She took the horn to decorate her den.

And left the dead man hanging over her husband's antlers on the wall of his den.

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Acceptances! Woohoo!!!

My cat Twitch was in the book How to Take Over Teh Wurld: A LOLcat Guide 2 Winning. (New York Times bestseller list, September 2009, paperback advice.) Since my cat had been published more often than me, this month I decided it was time to start sending my stories out.

I've had some luck! Here are the publications who have kindly consented to use my work.


Danse Macabre Online will also carry "The Bride of Frankenstein Dances with Celebrity" in their issue out 6 August 2010.

My super-short horror story "The Good Wife" will appear in In Between Altered States Episode 4, due out in September.

 "The Black Orchid" will appear in Black Petals in October.

NoTreeBooks has accepted my "The Bride of Frankenstein Dances with Celebrity" for their upcoming anthology Vampires, Zombies and Ghosts, Oh My! (and Other Creatures of the Night. Pin It Now!