Jennifer Jeanne McArdle

  The story is told from the perspective of a young mother living in a fictional island that's part of the historical "Spice Islands" in the 1600s. These islands were part of the Banda group of islands in what is now the Maluku province of Indonesia. She meets a Dutch alchemist who insists that the island where she's living has a secret ingredient for a cure-all medicine, though the locals insist that nothing unique grows there. This story is partially inspired by Amitav Ghosh's nonfiction work "The Nutmeg’s Curse Parables for a Planet in Crisis", which describes some of the Dutch history in Indoensia and the Banda massacre of 1621. You can purchase this issue of Interzone here

 My weird flash piece, "The Money Left in My Account" has been published in Slugger's first issue! Purchase here

 My story about a group of misfits struggling to escape an authoritarian government in near-future Pennsylvania is out now in Penumbic Magazine. It's free to read here

My weird potato famine fantasy/horror about a girl who is part fungus was published in Baubles from Bones issue 6.  It can be read for free online here Baubles from Bones also has some beautiful print issues with original artwork for sale on Etsy here This story owes a debt to The Great Famine: Ireland's Agony 1845-1852 by Ciarán Ó Murchadha, the EPIC, the immigration museum in Dublin, and James Joyce's short "The Dead", the final story in his collection Dubliners

  My contemporary fantasy/humor piece about a mallard who works for an incel wizard is available in this collection of stories about sidekicks and minions. Can be found here 

Hi all, I had a flash piece "How a Satyr Becomes Real" in This Exquisite Topology by Angry Gable Press. Happy to share a ToC celebrating joy in all it forms with so many cool writers. You can purchase the collection here

My historical horror story about a weak vampire who befriends a beautiful young were ape lady and moves out to Nevada during the 1930s dust bowl is now published in a collection of monster stories inspired by author John Steinbeck. Purchase here