Book Sale!

You can now buy Ghostbreakers anthologies at a discounted rate from RageMachine!

To buy Ghostbreakers: New Horrors, click here.

To buy Ghostbreakers:The Vampire-Hunters, click here.

Barnes and Noble is now selling the Rhine Institute anthology, Mystery in Mind.

I also have some used books (including a few rare occult books) for sale at Half.com. These are part of the overflow from my personal library.

Happy reading!

Sarah Glenn

My Most Popular Article

My most popular article wasn't actually written under my given name. It was written under my Pagan name, Sophia X. Pharou. This was the pen name I used as the editor of Rainbow Wind Magazine, now sadly defunct.

The article? "Why Pagans Need to Come Out of the Broom-Closet".

I published this mini-manifesto in 1995 after seeing Newt Gingrich promise Ralph Reed that he would do everything he could to enact the Christian Coalition's "Contract With the American Family." I put the essay up on the web, and even made it into a flyer for free distribution at Pagan gatherings.

Years later, with the advent of Google, I tried putting that pen name in and got back three pages worth of responses. Most were citations of that essay.

Here's one citation on the Queer Pagan Punk pages.

Another link on the Pagans Knotwork pages.

Here, someone posts it on a bulletin board.

This is a page about adultery laws in Florida.

A page in Brazil has linked to it.

The most pervasive citing is in the Skeptic's Dictionary, but all press is good press, right? It's even multilingual: here is the same page in Greek. Here it is in German. Too bad they didn't translate the article into these languages as well.

The newest publication of the article is here, at the Pagan Institute.

I am really flattered, and proud to have written something that is still going around the net!

Blessed be,

Sarah G
aka Sophia X. Pharou

Update on The Ghostbreakers

It looks like The Ghostbreakers: New Horrors has finally gone to hard copy! Check it out at Lulu. The newest book in the series, The Ghostbreakers: Vampire-Hunters, is there as well.

These collections each contain one of my stories. "Spectral Evidence", featured in New Horrors, answers the question: why would a man kill his own divorce lawyer? And "Caldera of Trouble", appearing in Vampire-Hunters, explores the eerie island of Santorini and its own special species of undead.

Naturally, there are plenty of other fine tales in these anthologies, written by people like Mark Orr, H. Turnip Smith, and Orrin Grey. The series is edited by Danielle Naibert and G.W. Thomas. Don't just take my word for it: go to the Lulu pages and read the .pdf samples. I'm sure you'll find them addicting!

Sarah G

My post on the DFA blog, and an update

The Democracy For America Day of Action to save Social Security took place last Thursday. I wrote an account of our local group's effort for DFA, and it is posted on the national blog!

Check my article out at:
http://www.blogforamerica.com/archives/006208.html

Also: Gary Thomas, editor of the Ghostbreakers series, has started up his own label, RageMachine. You can check out the details at:

http://ragemachinemag.tripod.com

My stories, "Spectral Evidence" and "Caldera of Trouble" appear in the Ghostbreakers series.

Sarah Glenn

Sad News

I am sorry to announce that Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine will not be putting out a final issue. Babs Lakey contacted me yesterday to let me know that the issue, which would have carried "Murder Most Vial", would not be published. So, I have a story that needs a new home.

Lovers of the short mystery story everywhere should regret the magazine's passing; many new mystery writers got their first break through FMAM. Babs and the various editors were very good at encouraging people to submit, and, if a story was rejected, they would let you know why.

I hope that Babs, Earl Staggs, and the rest of the FMAM staff do well in their individual pursuits. They rendered a great service to the rest of us.

Sarah Glenn

Latest Update

Good news!

Silver Dagger will be publishing Derby Rotten Scoundrels, Too, the sophomore effort of the Ohio River Valley chapter of Sisters in Crime. My story, "Party to a Fall", will be appearing in this volume. Unfortunately, the date of publication has been pushed back to 2006.

I have also received my contract from Cyberpulp for "Caldera of Trouble", a story slated for Ghostbreakers: the Vampire Hunters. No publish date as of yet.

Sarah G

"Caldera of Trouble" has a home!

I was checking on some of my manuscripts when I discovered that "Caldera of Trouble" has found a home in Ghostbreakers: The Vampire-Hunters. I'm not certain of the publish date yet, but all the stories have been chosen for the anthology (Cyber-Pulp). I will update the blog when I have more information.

What a great holiday present!

Sarah E. Glenn

Writing Resume as of 12/21/04

A list of my published (and soon-to-be-published) works:

 “Guilt” – Mystery in Mind, Parapsychology Press, ISBN 0-9727494-0-3
 “Bill Buys Another Scarf” – EWG Presents: Without A Clue, March 2003
 “Baby’s Breath” –Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine, June 2003
 “Spectral Evidence” – Ghostbreakers: New Horrors, ISBN 1-897013-19-1
 “Miss Glenn Goes to Frankfort” – The Letter, April 03; GLSO News, April 04
 “My Low-Carb Canadian Wedding” - The Letter, July 04
 “Hexing Herbert” – Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine, October 2004
 “Murder Most Vial” – Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine, April 2005
 “Party to a Fall” – Derby Rotten Scoundrels Too, Fall 2005

Other writing experience:

 Acted as first round judge in Futures’ 2003 “Slesar’s Twist Contest”
 Editor and columnist for Rainbow Wind (newsletter) – 1995-97
 Editor and columnist for The Trellis (newsletter) – 1989-92

Education:

 B.S. in Journalism from the University of Kentucky
 Graduate courses in classics - University of Kentucky