As heard on NoSleep Podcast | Published in McSweeney’s | Best of the Net Nominated | Award-Winning Fiction Writer
Katie Bennett, also known as K.M. Bennett, is a fiction writer living in the midwestern U.S. She has a Master of Arts in Writing (technical writing). Her work has been featured in several podcasts, including the NoSleep Podcast and the Nighty Night with Rabia Chaudry podcast. Her short stories have also been featured in multiple small-press anthologies.
She writes science fiction, fantasy, and horror for adults. Occasionally, she branches out into children’s and young adult literature. Not wanting to leave readers without hope, she likes for most of her stories have an at-least-somewhat happy ending.
During the day, she works as a technical editor. She lives with her husband, two kids, and one rescue dog.
For more, you can listen to her latest podcast interview, read her women-in-horror feature at Black Ink Fiction, or visit her Amazon Author page.
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The Writer’s Restorative Workbook
Are you a writer who feels burned out, blocked, or just plain tired? You’re not alone, and you don’t have to push through it without help. The Writer’s Restorative is a soft place to land for storytellers who need rest, reflection, and creative recovery.
Designed with emotional wellness in mind, this beautifully crafted workbook is your personal writer’s retreat space. No pressure. No productivity hacks. Just thoughtful prompts, grounding tools, and nourishing practices to help you come home to your creative self.Inside, you’ll find:
- 3 guided meditation scripts to ease overwhelm and reconnect with your writer’s heart
- 14 whimsical coloring pages (with black-backed pages to prevent color bleed)
- 24 affirmation cards to cut out and keep near your writing space
- 12 pages of monthly habit trackers, enough to gently build helpful rhythms through a year
- 10 journaling prompts for inner clarity and healing
- A 7-day reflective journaling journey to restore creative confidence
- 3 reading lists to inspire, comfort, and reawaken your craft
Whether you’re stuck in self-doubt, grieving a rejection, or simply need a break from constant output, this workbook was made with love to support your emotional and creative recovery.
It’s not a challenge.
It’s a creative companion.
And it was made just for you.
Dreadful Dozen: Twelve Tales of Horror | Free on Kindle Unlimited
- Roses that are literally to die for.
- Creepy crawlies in all the wrong places.
- The horrors of gaslighting-in deep space.
- An evil HOA that will do more than fine you for violations.
All this and more await you in this collection of twelve horror tales featuring people who face impossible situations.
Some fears are supernatural, while others feature the dark side of human nature, serving you a smorgasbord of terrors. And they’ll all make you thankful that it’s not happening to you.
With several stories reprinted from familiar horror podcasts and anthologies you know and love, and many more that have never been seen, you’ll have plenty of terrors to keep you awake in the dark.
The Haunting of Watermill Valley | Free on Royal Road!
The old farmhouse at Watermill Valley has a history. Amelia doesn’t know that yet.
She’s too busy trying to rebuild: new town, new start, new life after a devastating breakup. The house is a blank slate. Quiet. Perfect. Next to a hot neighbor who plays guitar. Then the violent dreams emerge. Then the sounds. Then the thing she sees gliding past the windows and patrolling the fields. Something in Watermill Valley has been waiting for generations. And it’s been waiting for her specifically. A ghost story about resilience, inheritance, and coming home.
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