Kimberly Rei
When Kimberly Rei was five years old, her parents gifted her with a set of Children’s Classics that she had no hope of reading. Yet. Sitting at the Christmas tree, surrounded by dozens of beautiful hardcovers, she was giddy with the potential of one day diving into the pages. That love of words and hunger for stories has never wavered.
Kimberly has been published in more than a dozen anthologies. Her tales lean creepy and aim to leave you with an unsettling urge to look over your shoulder. She is, like most authors, working on a novel, but an addiction to micro-fiction is keeping her on her literary toes, chasing paper dragons.
Always seeking new ways to make words dance, she has taught workshops and edited novels for Authors You May Recognize.
Kimberly currently lives in Tampa Bay, Florida, with her bladesmith wife, a circle of creative friends, and an abundance of gorgeous beaches to explore. Life is good!
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At the End
/by Shawna Rowanby Kimberly Rei “At the end of the world, there is Redemption.” The priest stalked closer, whispering over and over. Acolytes circled us, trapping me in a shadowed alcove. I didn’t believe the texts. Prophecy riding the tail of a comet? Ridiculous! I had to see for myself. I travelled deep into the desert, hoping […]
Witching Hour
/by Shawna Rowanby Kimberly Rei “We are gathered here to welcome Isabella into our church and our hearts.” The small group pulled closer, sighing with joy at the bundle in the priest’s hands. He held the baby over a font, dribbling water on her forehead as he spoke. For her part, Isabella didn’t cry. She hiccuped at […]
Incognito
/by Shawna Rowanby Kimberly Rei The light, lithe figure moved through the crime scene quietly, without disturbing evidence. Her team watched her. She didn’t fit in. She looked too human. Or not human enough. She made them nervous and they hated her for it. She crouched, eyes flickering to take in the body. She reached for […]
Desperate Times
/by S. Jade Pathby Kimberly Rei War between neighbouring nations had been raging for years. No one alive remembered why it started, they only knew their armies were demolished and they were desperate. They turned to their animals for salvation. Technology would win the day, they prayed as they outfitted farm beasts for battle. “Incoming! Take cover!” […]
The Doom of Man
/by S. Jade Pathby Kimberly Rei The ancestors knew. They paid homage to moons, full or new. They left yearling calves and walked away, chins high as the beasts screamed in fear. They never dared look back. As generations shifted, manners were forgotten. Worship ceased. Great smears of blood across barn doors, always on a black moon, […]
Out of Bacon
/by S. Jade Pathby Kimberly Rei Wind ruffled across hay bales, carrying the earthy scent through open farmhouse windows. No snores drifted back, no sounds of sleeping residents. When the police inevitably arrived, they wouldn’t find bodies. They would find bloody pieces. Not enough to form a full human, though the house once held a family of […]
PUNK
/by Black Hare PressPunk—steampunk, cyberpunk, biopunk, dieselpunk—stories where technology is the main focus.
Where Angels Fear
/by Black Hare Pressby Kimberly Rei The churchyard trembled at night. Pauly said that wasn’t possible. Pauly was full of shit. Stand off the property and it was fine, but so much as one toe over the edge and there it was. The ground was afraid. The old small church was scared right down to it’s last […]
13 Drops of Blood – Launches 14th February 2021
/by Black Hare PressThis is an industry of rejection and to be successful, an author needs to be able to never throw in the towel, no matter the hard road ahead of them.
Sinlight Rising
/by Anny Saludarby Kimberly Rei Sinlight flickered around the planet below—a writhing, ancient welcome. It spiked in beautiful colours, beckoning us to visit. We’d been monitoring the activity for weeks, watching it grow. Two cycles ago, it began watching us. Now it was done watching. It was hunting. I turned and ran down the corridor and […]
Ten Lords Tumbling
/by Anny Saludarby Kimberly Rei The mall was three storeys tall, with a spacious central opening and a gathering area at the bottom. The first man to crash down landed as the relentlessly joyful Christmas carol sang “a partridge in a pear tree.” We all stared in horror as verse after verse, another body fell. All […]
Chrysalis by Kimberly Rei – Launches 28th November 2020
/by Black Hare PressPick six to eight questions to answer, they said. As if narrowing down a lifelong love of words is so easy. What if I pick the wrong ones? What if the ones I don’t pick haunt my dreams? It’s crowded enough in there!
Ever the poster child for “I’m grown! I’ll do what I want!” I chose…uhm…more.
Kimberly Rei
/by Black Hare PressWhen Kimberly Rei was five years old, her parents gifted her with a set of Children’s Classics that she had no hope of reading. Yet. Sitting at the Christmas tree, surrounded by dozens of beautiful hardcovers, she was giddy with the potential of one day diving into the pages. That love of words and hunger for stories has never wavered.
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/by Kimberly Reiby Kimberly Rei The first gift arrived by courier. The note simply read, “Your Secret Santa is eager to meet you.” The second gift was waiting at home the next day, hanging from the door knob. He stared at it for too long before dialing the police. They took the bloody offering, and told […]
Chrysalis by Kimberly Rei
/by Black Hare PressBorn under a dark moon, Iana was destined for greatness. When fate finds her, it brings prophecy and power. But when a mystery from her mother is unveiled, Iana’s world will change forever.