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Stories, Reflections & Musings
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Reflections on writing, queer fantasy, paranormal mystery, the creative life, and the moments of magic in between.
Word Gremlin Chronicles
Inside the Paranormal Neighborhood
Character Files & Story Secrets
Queer Magic & Found Family
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Inside the Paranormal Neighborhood
Why I Write About Monsters (Spoiler: I Am One)
By Justin Knepper
A tenderly weird tour of queer paranormal stories where monsters, misfits, witches, vampires, and ghosts reveal the magic of otherness and found family.
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8 min read
Word Gremlin Chronicles
Once Upon a Time, I Had a Real Job (A Writer's Origin Story)
By Justin Knepper
A recovering banker trades boardrooms for haunted worlds, rebuilding life in Portugal around queer joy, found family, and the stories they could no longer ignore.
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5 min read
Queer Magic & Found Family
What You’ll Find Here (Besides Witches and Mild Emotional Damage)
By Justin Knepper
A warm invitation into a supernatural neighborhood of queer magic, found family, haunted chaos, and behind-the-scenes glimpses of stories still becoming themselves.
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7 min read
Word Gremlin Chronicles
Why I Write: Magic, Madness, and the Queer Heart of My Stories
By Justin Knepper
A funny, heartfelt manifesto on writing queer magical stories for anyone who has ever felt like a misfit searching for a stranger, kinder place to call home.
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10 min read