Annie is a novelist, blogger, nationally award-winning poet, and two-time Bram Stoker Award-nominated short story author. She’s the author of The Extra, The Other, and The Spare (The Outsiders Sequence), and You Have to Let Them Bleed.
You Have to Let Them Bleed
3/17/2026
The Other
The Outsiders Sequence #2
6/9/2026
The Spare
The Outsiders Sequence #3
3/9/2027
Category Archives: Writing
Choice
Originally posted on May 25, 2009 at 12:44 AM I often hear famous authors say things like, “If you don’t absolutely have to write to survive, don’t become a writer as a profession. It’s too hard.” Or, “Writing isn’t an … Continue reading
Approaching June
Originally posted on Thursday, June 16, 2011, 2:50:00 AM This poem was first published in the Texas Poetry Calendar 2011 by Dos Gatos Press. Approaching June in loving memory of Ron Neugebauer, April 17, 1955- June 18, 2008 Summer was … Continue reading
Missing Pieces
Originally posted on Friday, May 13, 2011, 11:10:00 AM This poem won the Popular Prize in July of 2010 through the Poetry Society of Texas. It was first published in Collections I, an anthology of the 2011 Merging Visions Exhibit. … Continue reading
To Walk Again
Originally posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:24 PM To Walk Again I remember when I died. It wasn’t romantic, horrific, or even interesting: it was the flu, untreated, left to fester and spread to my already weak lungs. I … Continue reading
Scarcely Caged
Originally posted on April 20, 2011 Scarcely Caged My mind is dreaming now about my date ahead and puzzling where I might have parked, and grateful that the store was open late, I walk without a thought into the dark. … Continue reading
