Unbroken: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy An anthology of SF&F stories from Brandon Sanderson & Peter Orullian, Christopher Paolini, Seanan McGuire, Matt Dinniman and many more.

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The Danzigers and Quinton's family have both kept their kids as distant as possible from Carlos, who is now off on his own adventures. But Brian does know Quinton's niece and nephew. And they *might* know Mickey from "Third Death of the Little Clay Dog".

Announcing: Unbroken edited by Peter Orullian & Shawn Speakman YouTube video by The Grim Oak Podcast

I have a brand-new Dillal and Matheson story coming out in this charity Anthology: youtu.be/e3_lJbXPhcs?...

small watercolor of 4 pink-and-dark red carnations, plus 1 blue carnation type flower. All with dusty-green foliage. by me (Kat Richardson) April 16, 2026

small watercolor of an ornamental cherry in bloom, leaning into the wind. a few individual pink blossoms float away on the prevailing breeze and off the page to the left. by me (Kat Richardson) Apr 18, 2026

Two little paintings. Left: some pink-and-dark red carnations, plus 1 blue carnation type flower. All with dusty-green foliage. Right: ornamental cherry in bloom, leaning into the wind. by me (Kat Richardson) Apr. 16 and 18 2026. #watercolor

Yup. But he is a hellion who deeply values his friends (of all shapes, kinds, colors, orientations, and oddities), and chooses them carefully.

I am also laughing. I suppose it was OK for any of the groomsmen who were still single, though.

If Brian had aged with the original publication date, he'd be 28 now, but since the books didn't take place in real-time, but in Book Time, he'd be about 17 now. Harper would be 43, but the Grey slows her aging process, so she doesn't look much older than she was at the end of Revenant.

A small watercolor painting on plain cotton paper of four bright cobalt blue cornflowers (also called bachelor's buttons) and two green buds with pink-and blue tips on slender, dusty-green stems with slim leaves. center details are in pink, purple and white. by me (kat richardson) April 16. 2026.

Bright cobalt blue cornflowers (also called bachelor's buttons) and two buds with pink-and blue tips on slender, dusty-green stems with slim leaves. Center details are in pink, purple and white. By me (kat richardson) April 16. 2026. #watercolor

Whoohoo! Congrats!

Home from SquatchCon in Port Angeles last night. Fell asleep very early; still manged to sleep until Noon. dang... It's always a fun little con and I was lucky to be on great panels with amazing people.

Alas, it's unlikely I'll write more in that series at all, since it's now 20 years old. Also: Carlos is a cranky bastard and ain't talking to me much lately. 😏

Indanthron blue wash with off-white stars created by dropping coarse kosher salt on the wet (but not pooling) painted surface.

First time I've ever gotten the salt-on-wet watercolor technique to work. Indanthron blue wash with off-white stars created by dropping coarse kosher salt on the wet (but not pooling) painted surface. #watercolor

I don't do room parties anymore, either, but I do hang out in the bar and drink soda or tea with my friends.

I'm off to @norwescon.org this weekend. Come find me!

watercolor of a single sweet violet: 5 two-toned petals in violet and white around a bright yellow cone-shaped center. A few dark purple lines radiate from the center out on 3 of the 5 petals. A green stem arches up from the top of the flower and down into a cluster of three circular green petals. Lamali handmade watercolor journal, mixed pallet. by me (Kat Richardson) March 25, 2026.

Just one watercolor sweet violet by me (Kat Richardson) March 25, 2026. #watercolor

Thank you!

thank you, fabulous human!

Lovely!!

watercolor of two large fantasy flowers—multiple layers of transparent yellow petals with red edges and centers, metallic gold stems, stamens, and seeds—floating in air.

Big floating fantasy flowers—yellow, multi-petal transparent flowers with red edges and metallic gold stems and stamens. Big and flamboyant. Because that makes me smile. #watercolor

by me (Kat Richardson) March 22, 2026.

The big publishing industry seems to be teetering on the edge at the moment, so now might be a good time for them to consider a more efficient and cleaner system than sticking with Word.

*gag* yeah, Word has legacy issues and rather than drawing a line, M$ just keeps on piling more cruft on top of the old cruft, resulting in a program that runs slower than a snail in molasses during winter, crashes, freezes, and simply breaks documents more often than it does its job.

Delighted watching this guy rocking out with his harp.

Dang, I hate that program. You have all my sympathy. A long time ago I was a contractor at M$ and swore I would never use Word again once I stopped working there (I use LibreOffice.) I turn off all the "assistance" while I'm in creating mode and run them only after I'm done. Still sucks though.

small watercolor of some fluffy little yellow chicks in both wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry techniques. the chicks are in various silly poses: standing, walking, jumping, dancing, or upside down. by me (Kat Richardson) March 20, 2026. Bee paper, Cotman cadmium yellow and Daniel Smith pyrrol orange. by me (Kat Richardson) March 20, 2026.

Some silly little yellow chicks in both wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry techniques. #watercolor

Bee paper, Cotman cadmium yellow and Daniel Smith pyrrol orange. by me (Kat Richardson) March 20, 2026.

small watercolor of sweet violets and dandelions. Very childish, not too good, to be honest. Also some tiny M birds in the blue sky. Lamali handmade paper watercolor journal, mixed pallet. By me (Kat Richardson) March 20, 2026 #watercolor

A small watercolor of sweet violets and dandelions. Not too good, to be honest. Also some tiny M birds in the blue sky. Lamali handmade paper watercolor journal, mixed pallet. I have also discovered that this paper is too soft for masking fluid. By me (Kat Richardson) March 20, 2026 #watercolor

small watercolor of what I think is a dried fennel twig, browns and blacks, on a soft green-and-brown wash. Handmade Lamali cotton paper, mixed pallet. by me (Kat Richardson) March 18, 2026.

Some dried fennel twigs with their dried flower clusters and seed heads on long brown stems in front of a green and brown wash.
This was one of the first times I've worked with very fine brushes. Not great. But it looks like I remember. #watercolor
By me (Kat Richardson) March 18, 2026.

Dandelion puffs using loose washes of yellow and green with sprinkles of salt to create random patterns of less pigment within the washes. Three stems imply three flowers with small brown lines indicating the center of each flower and the seed on the flying puffs created by the lighter sections of salt patterning. Bee paper, mixed pallet. by me (Kat Richardson) March 16, 2026.

Dandelion puffs using loose washes of yellow and green with sprinkles of salt. #watercolor
Bee paper, mixed pallet. by me (Kat Richardson) March 16, 2026.

bigger, but the same concept. put a big air bag at the other end... shoot...boingy boingy... capture with a cargo net, lower into ship. Ta-da!

Air mortar

My close-up photo, taken in March 2026, of an adorable “Little Tree Library” in downtown Des Plaines, IL.

My close-up photo, taken in March 2026, of an adorable “Little Tree Library” with sign in downtown Des Plaines, IL.

My photo, taken in March 2026, of an adorable “Little Tree Library” in downtown Des Plaines, IL. A tree stump that has been turned into a little free library with a glass door and shingled roof.

My close-up photo, taken in March 2026, of an adorable “Little Tree Library” in downtown Des Plaines, IL. Here you see a staircase leading up to a little door that would be used by forest gnome.

Here’s an adorable “Little Tree Library,” complete with its own forest gnome entrance, that I saw while walking through downtown Des Plaines today.