Field Notes from the Uncanny | Jennifer Oliver

[Short Story] Names Set in Stone | Folkloric Fantasy

I have a little publication announcement.

Nov 3 • 

Jennifer Oliver

October 2025

Into the Shadows: What Happens When Horror Meets ARGs

I’ve been neck-deep in a big, secret project lately—an ARG.

Oct 28 • 

Jennifer Oliver

[Short Fiction] Fang Frequency | YA horror

There’s a vampire in the attic.

Oct 14 • 

Jennifer Oliver

September 2025

Writing Through the Low Energy Months

Small Wins, Tiny Scenes, and Finding Momentum

Sep 25 • 

Jennifer Oliver

The Myth of the Perfect Writing Routine

(And Why You’re Probably Doing Fine)

Sep 12 • 

Jennifer Oliver

August 2025

Writing the In-Between: The Haunting Pull of Liminal Spaces

Liminal spaces slip between the cracks of reality, drawing us in with their eerie, almost dreamlike quality.

Aug 8 • 

Jennifer Oliver

Ethical Dilemmas: Morality & Consequence in Speculative Fiction

Science fiction has always been more than just spaceships, laser battles, and ominous AI that definitely isn’t totally self-aware (yet).

Aug 2 • 

Jennifer Oliver

July 2025

[Flash Fiction] The Bone Violin

Title: The Bone Violin

Jul 28 • 

Jennifer Oliver

The Power of Atmosphere in Horror: Why Your Setting Should Creep People Out

Atmosphere is everything in horror.

Jul 23 • 

Jennifer Oliver

[Flash Fiction] The Thread That Tied the World Together

Title: The Thread That Tied the World Together

Jul 6 • 

Jennifer Oliver

June 2025

Subverted Tropes: Deconstructing Fantasy Archetypes

Fantasy has always thrived on familiar touchstones—epic journeys, lost destinies, powerful magic woven through the bones of ancient worlds.

Jun 30 • 

Jennifer Oliver

[Flash Fiction] The Sea That Remembers

Title: The Sea That Remembers

Jun 21 • 

Jennifer Oliver