About the Author

 

This is where I’m supposed to say something super impressive about myself, but instead I’ll introduce Opal Mae Scribbs, which is what my imagination calls itself. She stares at blank pages like they owe her money. She lives in an igloo in the backyard with ten bottles of wine, an inferiority complex, and a retired ASMR performer named Lydia Smores-Westerfield of the Augusta Westerfields. I hail from the land of love bugs, Pentecostal hairdos, and Maw-Maw’s belly-shaking laughter. My Paw-Paw, a pastor built like a skinny ladder to heaven, once told me only liars lived in Georgia, so naturally, my family moved there within a fortnight. Now, I know a thing or two about good trouble, Southern compliments, I mean, lies, and Writer’s Tears (the bourbon and also the actual tears) - and I’ve got the stories to prove it.

These days, I live in Atlanta with my husband, a ghost dog who thinks he’s an angry muppet bunny, and a dachshund named Sir Gizmodeous the Short Shanks who is an actual gremlin. I write southern fiction with a twist of darkness, a swipe of lipstick, and a generous pour of Opal Mae’s special recipe. When the muse strikes (or when she sulks) Opal is the one who shows up with a half-finished metaphor, a dramatic sigh, and a suspicious amount of glitter. I probably need to find religion again. Cheers, y'all!



(Closed) Fey Publishing

* Bayou L'Abeille (2012) - Currently out of print, but available for direct purchase from Blackbird House.

* Happily Never After: An Anthology from Fey Publishing (2014)

* Idol Musings: Selected Writings from an Online Writing Competition (2009)



(Out of Print) Self-Published

 * Errant Autumn (as A.D. Gaspard 2006)

​* Zhi: Stories and Poems for the Young at Heart (as A.D. Gaspard 2011)​