Sara Martinez has a number of published credits, including:
From the Yonder Vol. IV from War Monkey Publications features Horror tales from around the world and includes Sara’s story “Old Wives’ Tales,” a Weird West Horror story during the Colorado gold rush.
Sara has two short fiction pieces in the Summer 2022 issue of The Sirens Call eZine:
Crunch (pg. 39) – A micro fiction horror story of exactly 206 words — the number of bones in the human body.
No More Mr. Fungi (pg. 64) – A light hearted horror short and a cautionary tale of meddling about with unknown hallucinogens.
The Three Moms of the Apocalypse and Raconteur Press challenged authors to write an exactly 50 word story (no more, no less) based on an image prompt. This compilations feature 20 such stories, including one from Sara entitled “The Wizard You Are Trying to Reach is Currently Unavailable.”
Sometimes, things are a little TOO easy for a band, and you have to wonder why. When a mutilated body is found outside the Desecrated Sanctum’s hotel, some begin to suspect there may be something sinister going on with the band. Now it’s up to you to see if there is any connection and discover what’s REALLY behind the band’s sudden, meteoric rise.
“Sold My Soul for Rock and Roll” is a modern Horror one-shot adventure for the Savage Worlds system.
Deadlands: The Weird West – Hell on the High Plains
The premier Weird West Roleplaying game, Deadlands dives deep into the High Plains region in this new sourcebook. Sara contributed the Colorado and Dakota sections to provide game masters with more locations, monsters and adventures to throw at their players. One of the most successful Kickstarter campaigns in recent Pinnacle history showed the public is still eager for their Deadlands fix.
“A Cold Wind Blows” is a Pulp style adventure set in the 1920s at the famed Stanley Hotel. When other hotel guests start disappearing, the investigators must uncover the hotel’s secrets and brave the elements outside to discover the cause.
ACWB is a one-shot adventure for Chaosium’s Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition roleplaying game.
Deadlands: The Weird West – Hell on the High Plains
The premier Weird West Roleplaying game, Deadlands dives deep into the High Plains region in this new sourcebook. Sara contributed the Colorado and Dakota sections to provide game masters with more locations, monsters and adventures to throw at their players. One of the most successful Kickstarter campaigns in recent Pinnacle history showed the public is still eager for their Deadlands fix.
Sara has two short fiction pieces in the Summer 2022 issue of The Sirens Call eZine:
Crunch (pg. 39) – A micro fiction horror story of exactly 206 words — the number of bones in the human body.
No More Mr. Fungi (pg. 64) – A light hearted horror short and a cautionary tale of meddling about with unknown hallucinogens.
A Cold Wind Blows is a Pulp style adventure set in the 1920s at the famed Stanley Hotel. When other hotel guests start disappearing, the investigators must uncover the hotel’s secrets and brave the elements outside to discover the cause.
ACWB is a one-shot adventure for Chaosium’s Call of Cthulhu 7th edition roleplaying game.
Solid scenario. Laid out in easy-to-follow format, encounter is well statted and described. Great narrative hook, very easy to fit into a wide range of campaign types that have a supernatural or horror element to them….
– Customer review of “Killer Chops” on DriveThruRPG.com
Additional Writing Samples
Crunch
A micro fiction horror story of exactly 206 words -- the number of bones in the human body. Originally published in the Summer 2022 issue of The Sirens Call eZine. Crunch…crunch…crunch The creature lay dozens of feet in front of her, gnawing through a...
Unauthorized Access
A woman takes revenge on her attacker, with a cyberpunk twist as she hunts him down. *Content Warning: mention of sexual assault* Claire sat on a stool in front of the window bar at the café across the street from the VR salon. From there, she had the perfect view of...
Material Concerns
A speculative fiction vignette, showing a world without plastic. “Dring-a-ling-a-ling! Dring-a-ling-a-ling!” The tiny hammer careened between the bells on the alarm clock, indicating it was time to get up. I sleepily fumbled for the off switch, cracking my eyes open...
No More Mr. Fungi
A light hearted horror short and a cautionary tale of meddling about with unknown hallucinogens. Originally published in the Summer 2022 issue of The Sirens Call eZine I loved mushrooms. Especially on pizza. Especially when it was the sausage and extra mushroom pizza...
Earth 2.0
This excerpt comes from science fiction story about an experimental site working to replicate Earth's environment for extraterrestrial colonization. Things start to go horribly wrong and the heroine is forced to fight for her survival. Claudia tripped the last manual...