October is going to get a little… spicier.
And not just because of the jalapeños and pumpkin spice.

This month, The Kitchen Chronicles take center stage. What started as a late-night joke about vegetables staging covert operations (The Trash Bag Operative) has somehow unraveled into a full cast of characters: Flame, Storm, Benny the Cat (Of Fried Eggs and Yoga Pants), and the ethereal Jaguar, a guardian spirit who’s smile is as sharp as his wit.
(You can learn more about everyone in The Kitchen Cast.)

Each carries their own brand of chaos, comedy, and maybe a little truth tucked between the lines.

Think of it this way: the kitchen is alive. Not just with food and mess, but with personality. The blender faints, the microwave mourns, the cat issues top-secret reports. And the humans? Well, we’re just trying to survive each other and the spice levels we create.

For those of you who know me, you know my writing never stays just silly. There’s humor, yes, but also undercurrents of power, intimacy, and the strange ways we hold each other up. And if the storytelling holds true, some healing.

If you’ve read Anne Bishop’s Black Jewels Trilogy, you might recognize echoes of those Court dynamics—the Queen, the Warlord Prince, the fierce loyalty of a chosen circle. If you haven’t, no worries. You’ll meet these characters on their own terms. They’re not shy.

Think of October as a warm-up. A test kitchen. A space where recipes go wrong, cats go rogue, and maybe (just maybe) two people learn that laughter and leaning close are as sacred as thunder and flame.

Expect the absurd, expect the heartfelt, and expect Benny to ruin everything at least once.

Stay tuned for a Jalapeño on a mission, late-night whiskey confessions, and a sacred guardian with a tail made of starlight.

Grab your whisk. Pour yourself a drink. Keep an eye on the orange cat.

And because every family has at least one disastrous group photo… we’ve got ours too.