JM Landels is the author of the bestselling Allaigna's Song trilogy as well as the spy novel The Shepherdess, currently serialized in even-numbered issues of this magazine. 'The Golden Calf' and 'The Golden Bull' in Pulp Literature Issues 39 and 41 were set in a different corner of Allaigna's world of the Ilmar. 'The Golden Mare' completes this short trilogy, and finds Saoira Little at a new turning point in her life. JM herself stays away from ruminants, but does keep a small herd of horses on which she teaches mounted combat at her school, Academie Cavallo, in Langley, BC. You can find @jmlandels on most social media platforms, or at jmlandels.stiffbunnies.com.
