Author: A. L. Munson
I am pleased to announce my creature-feature, “RRR,” will appear in the Strange Aeon 2026 anthology edited by M Keaton. “RRR” is a neurodivergent own-voices, sci-fi/horror story with a narcoleptic MC. Here’s a description:
A narcoleptic runaway desperate for money agrees to be a test subject in a hypnosis experiment. But when the other participants fall ill and grow violent, she suspects the researchers of conducting a far more dangerous experiment while the test subjects are hypnotized.
Once Upon a Moonless Night: Tales of Betrayal, Revenge, & Redemption is now out in e-book format. This anthology from The Brothers Uber features my short story, “My Grandfather’s Bow.” This is my first YA story, and it was greatly inspired by my family and my tribe. I’m so happy to see it out in the world!
**Update: March 31**
You can now buy the hardcover, paperback, and e-book formats on Amazon here.
My interview with Grace Kielstra of MetaStellar is now posted on MetaStellar’s website and on their YouTube channel. We discussed the influences on my writing and how I incorporate my lived experiences into my stories.
The link to the interview on MetaStellar’s site is here.
You can also watch it on YouTube here.
I’m pleased to announce my short story, “We Told You of the One Who Lives in the Mound,” is a nominee for the 2025 Brave New Weird Award from Tenebrous Press! This is my first award nomination, and I am very excited about it!
You can find the full list of nominees here.
Thanks to a recent short story sale, I have been bumped up from Affiliate to Active Pro member of the Horror Writers Association! I look forward to finally being able to vote on the Stoker Awards. I read plenty of excellent horror stories from my fellow HWA members each year, and now I can amplify them further than before!
I’m happy to announce MetaStellar‘s Storytime on YouTube features a reading of my narrative horror poem, “The Songstress.” Andrea Goyan is the narrator, and E. E. King hosts the feature.
You can find the video here.
The Best of MetaStellar Year Four anthology, featuring my whimsical narrative horror poem, “The Songstress,” is out now! “The Songstress” was previously published online by MetaStellar for National Poetry Day in 2024. I’m so happy that it’s now available in print!
The anthology is available in bookstores and online and in print and e-book formats. Click here to buy a copy.
Edited by Geordie Morse and Marie Ginga. Includes stories by Katie Yen, Melody Friedenthal, Ike Lang, Faith Allington, Peter Cooper Hay, William Campbell Powell, Elaine Midcoh, Laila Amado, Matt Thompson, Katie Lewis, Bryce Paradis, Mark Thomas, Nicholas Jay, Liz Levin, Darlene Eliot, Nicole Walsh, Gary Charles Wilkens, Austin Roberts, Patrick McEvoy, J. Peri, Ville Kokko, Ben Coppin, S. J. C. Schreiber, Melanie Mulrooney, Sean MacKendrick, Terra Patrick, Jordan Maison, James Rowland, Marie LeClaire, Victoria Brun, Kevin Sandefur, Gordon Grice, James Dorr, David Henrickson, Livia E. De Souza, Teodora Vamvu, A. L. Munson, Tom Brennan, Larina Warnock, Matthew D. Albertson, Larry Hodges, E. E. King, Steve Stanton, K. J. Shepherd, Thomas Mixon, Larry Richardson, Dennis Maulsby, Andrew Dunn, Warren Benedetto, Hannah Greer, Charles Cline, Gracie McKeever, and J. Millard Simpson.
I deleted my Instagram account. That platform was not at all user-friendly to me. I just created a new Facebook page, so I’ll give that a try. I’m not really a social media person. I like being outside and don’t like dealing with other people and their bullshit. So yeah, social media and I have a strained relationship. But nowadays, authors are expected to be on social media and interact with other people, even though many of us became writers because we don’t like interacting with other people. It’s not enough to just write stories anymore. *sigh* Anyways, I now have a Facebook page. The link is in the social media menu in the top right corner alongside the link to my Bluesky profile.
I’m very happy to announce my short horror story, “We Told You of the One Who Lives in the Mound,” is now available on PseudoPod as part of episode 984: “Flash on the Borderlands LXXIV: Thy Shields Between Them and the Light.” It is narrated by Samantha Loney and begins at 29:23 in the episode’s audio.
You can read or listen to the story for free by clicking here.
I’m happy to announce that my short story, “My Grandfather’s Bow,” will appear in Once Upon a Moonless Night: Tales of Betrayal, Revenge, and Redemption, an anthology published by The Brothers Uber. Here’s a description of the story:
A teenage boy steals his late grandfather’s hunting bow only for it to possess him and attack those who have wronged his family.
My family and my fellow tribe members in the Vancleave Live Oak Choctaw tribe greatly inspired this story, and I’m so glad it’s getting published. I will update this when I know the anthology’s release date.
UPDATE: E-book release on March 10, 2026. Print release on March 17, 2026.