Elizabeth Cobbe

Literary & Speculative Fiction Author

  • So long, bluebonnets!

    We’ve reached May, which in Central Texas means we’ve hit the end of bluebonnet season. There are still a few purple dots on the side of the road, but they’re not long for this world. Because this is the internet, I won’t list all the lessons this spring afforded me. Some had to do with… Continue reading

  • What You Do with Erosion

    There’s a utilities easement not far away from where we live. When we first moved there, it was a decent sort of meadow, full of fire ant hills and nasty burs and waist-high thorny bushes and other things that want to stab you. Still, all naturally occurring parts of the Central Texas ecosystem. Now, I… Continue reading

  • The Creative Bone

    A few people have said to me of late, “I don’t have a creative bone in my body!” So many layers to unpack. Often people say this sort of thing if I speak for longer than 1.6 seconds about my writing, which I have generally learned to avoid doing because it’s like when the physicians… Continue reading

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  • Favorite Reading of 2022

    Some favorites released in 2022: Sea of Tranquility. Multiple timelines, a sci-fi edge, well-drawn characters. A story about plagues and how much we can affect the world around us. My favorite of the year. Joan Is Okay. A touching and hilarious voice, an endearing narrator, and an engrossing story of New York in 2020, COVID… Continue reading

  • Don’t Look Too Close: 2022 at a Glance

    This year was an exercise in changing focus. Many times. I began the year by sending out queries for a novel, and then promptly putting that novel out of my mind to focus on a new book. Then, in the summer, I turned to short stories for a bit to give the other book time… Continue reading

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  • Past Cast Hast Passed at Last

    In 2022, I have read not one, not two, but three novels in which people experience some variety of trauma as young theater students, and then years later confront the effects on their lives. They’re all very well written, but I gotta say, you guys… I don’t know what kind of theater classes y’all attended,… Continue reading

  • Cover reveal for Superstition

    My horror story “Justice Turns the Balance Scales,” about a masked theater performance gone horribly, horribly wrong, is set to appear in the anthology Tales of Fear, Superstition, and Doom. I look forward to sharing more when it’s released! Continue reading

  • New Doors

    It is with delight and no small measure of astonishment that I can announce that as of a few weeks ago, I’ve signed with Eric Smith of P.S. Literary to rep my comedic novel about what might have happened if they hadn’t flipped the switch to save the grid during the Texas Snowpacalypse of 2021.… Continue reading

  • Drought and Deluge

    Dudes. Sale to Kaleidotrope, as of last night. Set to run sometime before the end of 2024. Nifty, huh? While you wait, may I recommend the following for your newsletter reading pleasure? More from me in a few days. (Things appear to be tumbling forth, don’t they?) Continue reading

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  • September Renewal

    Two weeks ago, a cool front came through, marking the first relief Central Texas has had from its second-hottest summer on record. Suddenly, we can breathe again. In quick succession, a few other developments have tumbled forth. I’ve signed the contract for my horror story “Justice Turns the Balance Scales” to appear in a forthcoming… Continue reading

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