Lyndsey Resnick, Author

Dear Readers, Firecracker, our fantastic rooster. A few months ago I took a break from Substack. I had stretched myself a little too thin and found it impossible to keep up with my blog there and other book projects. A couple of weeks ago I restarted my Substack, Poison Ivy House, but now I'm using it differently. When I'm not writing, one of my responsibilities is to take care of our chicken friends. I decided to share them with you. If you're curious, please visit us at...

Dear Reader, Have you noticed how much AI-generated noise there is competing for your attention? It's being used everywhere now. It's in our ads, our news stories, and, unfortunately, the books we read. I am now part of an independent publishing collective, Tiny Worlds Publishing. Tiny Worlds is a group of writers, editors and designers who believe in working together to bring curated, human-crafted stories and projects to readers like you. Individual human voices matter. Eac

Welcome! Books were my first love and I always wanted to be a storyteller. I wanted a piece of that word magic. To write a story in such a way that whoever read it would find escape or feel something so strongly they'd think about it long after. A little over a year ago I gathered up all my stories: old ones, the scribbles on notebook paper, and everything in between and started finding ways to freshen them up for new eyes. I wrote two dark short story collections, and then t