LA Knight's Bibliography

Original Novels

EIDOLON - A trio of blue-blooded vigilantes try to prove their monarch was murdered by her successor while also attempting to catch a Ripper-like killer targeting their group in this gaslight fantasy murder mystery inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe and Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

HOUSE OF GEARS - Jules Verne meets Tim Burton in this dark historical steampunk fantasy. Juliette must rescue her little sister from a child-snatching monster, and in the process discovers that her parents have erased portions of her memories.

I HEAR THE BONES SINGING - A team of fairytale cops track Bluebeard to Arizona, where they discover he may not be the killer they're looking for. Meanwhile their leader, Bluebeard's ex, finds herself falling for a human with strange ties to the fairytale world.

THE TWILIGHT CHESSBOARD VOL. 1: GLASS - Alyssa Carde finds herself trapped at a school serving as the battleground for two notorious teenage witch queens and has to decide where she stands when the boy she's in love with ends up a target.

THE TWILIGHT CHESSBOARD VOL. 2: OBSIDIAN - Alyssa and Jack have pitted themselves against the witch queens, and Alyssa refuses to back down as the war gets nastier and other students at school start looking to her for help.

THEIR FOREVER FAMILY - A social worker desperately wishing for a job-change is forced to take the young daughter of a down-on-his-luck trucker in this contemporary retelling of Beauty and the Beast.


Short Work

"The Ride" - a sci-fi western short, published in 2008 in Combat Magazine

"The Man at the Gallows" - a poem published in 2008 in Foliate Oak Magazine, then reprinted in The Best of Foliate Oak Magazine 2007-2008
"The Man at the Gallows" (blog version)

"Always Another Girl" - a prose-poem, won 1st place in the Inkpop Challenge #18: High School Love Stories in 2010.
"Always Another Girl" (blog version)

"The Rat Prince" - a tragic fairytale punk mash-up, and my first contest piece; won 2nd place in Inkpop's Weekly Writer's Challenge #8.
"The Rat Prince" (blog version)

"Invitation in the Bag" - a dark vignette; won 1st place in Inkpop's Weekly Writer's Challenge #9: Inspired by Art in 2010.
"Invitation in the Bag" (blog version)

"Calling" - a modern myth-punk story based on part 1 of the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice; won 2nd place in Inkpop's Weekly Writer's Challenge #10: It's All Greek to Me in 2010.
"Calling" (blog version)

"Heart Gear" - a post-apocalyptic clockpunk short story; won 2nd place in Inkpop's Weekly Writer's Challenge #11: Totally Punk'd! in 2010.
"Heart Gear" (blog version)

"Comatose" - a short romantic tragedy; won honorable mention in Inkpop's Weekly Writer's Challenge #12: A Tale of the Heart in 2010.
"Comatose" (blog version)

"Freedom" - a futuristic vampire piece; won honorable mention in Inkpop's Weekly Writer's Challenge #14 in 2010.
"Freedom" (blog version)

"April Fool's" - A Girl Scout troop sleepover on the eve of April Fool's. Based on true events. Placed in the Figment April Fool's Contest in 2014.

"The Mark of Bone and Salt" - Persian steampunk story inspired by the Iranian story of Rudaba, the Persian Rapunzel. Currently in submission to Visual Adjectives for their New Legends: Science Fiction anthology.

"The Lioness of Afsana" - sword-and-sandal fantasy short set in the Middle East, drawing on Arabic folklore. Accepted for publication by Visual Adjectives for their New Legends: Fantasy anthology in 2015. Whoohoo!

"The World Ends in Neon-Yellow" - near-future science fiction short set in the world of HP Lovecraft based on the story The King in Yellow. Currently in submission to Broken Eye Books' Tomorrow's Cthulhu anthology.

"Ouroboros" - Genderbent steampunk retelling of Hades and Persephone. Written for Meerkat Press's Love Hurts anthology, but didn't quite make it.

"Broken" - Historical fantasy short detailing what happens to Juliet after Romeo massacres the Capulet family by unleashing a horde of demons and then takes control of Verona. Written for Meerkat Press's Love Hurts anthology, but didn't quite make it.

"Wendigo" - Historical fantasy Red Riding Hood the draws on Slavic and Native American folklore (specifically Tohono and Ojibwe). Currently in submission to World Weaver Press' Frozen Fairytales Anthology.

"Charity Never Faileth" -  Historical magical realism set during the Missouri Mormon War of 1838. Debating whether to submit it to Hidden Youth anthology.