Kohelette: A Novel
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reflections
Lessons Learned While Narrating My First Audiobook
Honest to goodness, I considered the project several times and told myself outright, “I can’t do that.” I was aware of telling myself, “I can’t do that,” which I don’t like to do. It’s such a self-defeating thing to say. And yet, I did it anyway. I told myself I couldn’t narrate an audiobook. To…
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Practicing Impatience and “The Monk’s Knife”
“Her friends used to make fun of her for even thinking she could smell power, but she could, and she smelled it on him.” – from “The Monk’s Knife,” a Cake & Pewter story My new cozy fantasy serial is here! “The Monk’s Knife” will publish in two parts on Substack starting today. It will…
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“To Pause for the Watch” (Smith’s new Cake & Pewter cozy fantasy short story) is available in Rebellion, a Gals Guide Anthology. Click here to learn more and find your copy.
now available
“Defiance County’s Trusted Source,” Smith’s new short story (science fiction) appears in Survival, a Dragon Soul Press anthology. Click here to learn more and find your copy.
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Brown & Buttermilk (Smith’s new cozy fantasy novelette) will appear in Faerie Contract, a Dragon Soul Press anthology, forthcoming August 23, 2026. Click here to learn more and to pre-order.
praise for the Sacred Grounds novels
Callie J. Smith 