About Me


Margaret S. McGraw


I am a speculative fiction author and editor. I'm co-editor of the Predators in Petticoats anthology (Black Cat White Cat Books, 2020), as well as two anthologies about the wildest West that never was: Lawless Lands: Tales from the Weird Frontier (Falstaff Books, 2017) and The Weird Wild West (eSpec Books, 2015). My story "Rainmaker" appears in Lawless Lands; and "Stasis" appears in the benefit anthology Chasing the Light (Roaring Writers Press, 2018), a #1 Amazon Best Seller in Science Fiction Anthologies. 

My imagination draws on my lifelong love of science fiction, fantasy, anthropology, and natural history, as well as my fascination with fiber crafts, photography, and travel. I live in North Carolina with too many unfinished stories and craft projects. 

You can find me on Facebook or Goodreads at “Margaret S. McGraw”, or follow me on Twitter @MargaretSMcGraw.

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Convention Appearances


2020
MarsCon, Williamsburg, VA

2019
AtomaCon, Charleston, SC
Multiverse, Atlanta, GA
RavenCon, Williamsburg, VA
Bull City Robotic Rodeo, Durham, NC
MarsCon, Williamsburg, VA

2018
Conapalooza, Bristol, TN
World Fantasy Con, Baltimore, MD
Congregate, High Point, NC
ConCarolinas, Charlotte, NC
Illogicon, Cary NC

2017
AtomaCon, Charleston, SC
DragonCon, Atlanta, GA
ConCarolinas, Charlotte, NC
Mysticon, Roanoke, VA
MarsCon, Williamsburg, VA

2016
ConGregate, High Point, NC
ConCarolinas, Charlotte, NC
RavenCon, Williamsburg, VA
AnachroCon, Atlanta, GA
MarsCon, Williamsburg, VA
IllogiCon, Cary, NC

2015
ConGregate, High Point, NC
ConCarolinas, Charlotte, NC
Mysticon, Roanoke, VA
MarsCon, Williamsburg, VA
IllogiCon, Cary, NC

2014
ConCarolinas, Charlotte, NC
MarsCon, Williamsburg, VA

IllogiCon, Cary, NC
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What's the deal on all the Namaste love talk?

We've all experienced loss. A parent, a friend, a partner, a child. Sometimes it's expected. Can you really ever prepare? Sometimes it comes as a heart-stopping shock. 


There's ugliness, pain, rage, suffering, and true evil in the world. Disaster in the news, made by man or nature. 


In a time of grieving, I had an epiphany. The answer, as beautifully simple and gloriously complex as life itself, is to Love More. In rare moments of grace, I am filled with Love, larger than myself,  shooting out of every fiber, every thought, every breath. Another word for this Love is Peace. 


It's okay if you're skeptical. Cynical. I often am, too. You can turn away. The Love is still there. You don't have to acknowledge it. You can say it's too simple, too trivial, too little, too naïve.  But perhaps you can let it rest with you for awhile. Maybe life will seem a little easier for a moment. Peace.


It's this Love that I offer you, my heart to your heart, my sorrow to your sorrow, my healing to your healing, my life to your life. 


The light of the universe that shines within me recognizes the light of the universe that shines within you. Namaste.

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