Kate Kastelberg
Bio
-cottage-core meets adventure
-revels in nature, mystery and the fantastical
-avoids baleful gaze of various eldritch terrors
-your Village Witch before it was cool
-under command of cats and owls
-let’s take a Time Machine back to the 90s
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Stories (45)
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Islands Reappear. Runner-Up in Next Great [American] Novel Challenge. Top Story - December 2025.
Journal Entry #444: Lately I have been thinking about what doc said: so stupid but maybe I’ll try it. Reminder that he said maybe I should try writing my journal entries from an outside observer perspective, maybe so I can be more kind to myself? I don’t think it will work, especially since who can actually be objective about themselves?! That seems like an exercise in futility. Honestly though, I have had the most crazy week so maybe it would be beneficial to slow things down and be as objective as possible about everything that has happened (from an outside perspective). Exclusive, this just in: news with what perhaps reveals some other things that you all don’t know about me? Stay tuned and buckle in:
By Kate Kastelberg 2 years ago in Fiction
Perceval in Boots
Perceval polished his boots for a third time. Making gentle clockwise circles while he hummed, he slowly worked the leather until there wasn’t a speck that didn’t shine. Surveying his work, he sighed with satisfaction, pulled them on each respective foot and stood with a stretch. It was time to go home now, now that his work here was done. (At least for now.) Though it had been one hell of a ride…
By Kate Kastelberg 2 years ago in Fiction
The Birth of Crow and Mourning Dove
In the first epoch of Land and Sky, Crow and Mourning Dove were quite different. They were, in fact, the same bird. This bird had grey feathers that shone silver in the sunlight and ferrous in the moonlight. With a wingspan spanning six feet or so, he was the size of a Triassic eagle. This bird’s name was Horith.
By Kate Kastelberg 2 years ago in Fiction
