Holiday Greetings!

Happy Holidays 2019!   Well, the weather outside is crazy   Which is why I’m feeling lazy But we’ve Christmas cards now to write   Let words flow…clean and bright…through the night…   The year started off with snow and with rain   Keeping stuff dry was really a pain...

Guest Author appearance and new short story!

And just like that...  Summer's over. Fall flew by faster than hummingbird on the wing. And winter is spreading its blanket across the land. October was filled with Halloween, cruises, and hikes. November was birthday and Thanksgiving. And December brings the BIG news...

October Adventures!!

October proved to be a busy month! Not only did I agree to deliver a very short story (five minutes) to the participants on a Liar's Cruise, I led a tour group during Truckee's 10th Annual Historical Haunted Tour! The month wrapped up delivering a novel for the Saving...

Abby’s Peculiar Adventures continue!!

Both Abby and I are extremely excited to have a novel in Storybundle's current offering: Sorcery & Steam! This pay-what-you-want Storybundle goes away after a limited time and features four books exclusive to the bundle! Find out more at: ...

…to the web page of Louisa Swann, writer, novelist, and creator of all things fiction — well, almost all things. There are some places Louisa refuses to go.

As you will see, Louisa is the chaotic imagination behind a wide variety of writings, from Star Trek short stories to quirky fantasy, from humor-laden tales to dark, shadowy noir, the kind of imagination that resulted in nightmares when she was small, “stage plays” when she was a teeny bopper (do they even use that term anymore?), angst-filled poetry in her teens, and short stories and novels when she finally realized that same imagination could actually prove useful. Modern “country/western” comes to life under the pen name Jonesey Carlson and dark fantasy/noir under the pen name Lisa Gaines.

While the stage plays and poetry have long since dissolved into the ashes of history, the stories and novels can be found among the pages that follow with new material evolving daily. Enjoy and may the thrill of reading illuminate your darkest corners!