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I write dark myth-tech fantasies where grit, emotion, and magic collide.

My writing is shaped by lived experience, years of rebuilding, reclaiming, and learning that healing isn’t a finish line but a path. Those themes thread through everything I create: survival, transformation, and the courage to choose your own fire.

I love stories that braid character, atmosphere, and myth; where tension simmers and every choice carves a new path.

My ancestry weaves together Mizrahi Jewish, Dutch Mennonite, English working-class, Welsh immigrant, and American survivor lineages, a tapestry of endurance and reinvention that shapes the worlds I build.

I’m not just writing books. I’m building a mythos: stories that linger, haunt, and, hopefully, heal.

Beyond the page, I’m a teacher, wife, and mom to a sharp, funny seventh-grader who keeps life joyful and unpredictable. When I’m not drafting or revising, you’ll find me adventuring with my family, chasing sunsets, skiing through tree-lined trails, cooking gourmet food, exploring national parks, reading by the soft glow of a midnight lamp, or indulging in a Finnish sauna.

I’m so excited to share my stories with you.

✦ Awards & Publications ✦

Earlier in my writing journey, two of my short fiction pieces received first-and second-place awards, recognition that helped shape the storyteller I am today. A third story, “Gotta Love Pups,” was later published in The Two Sisters Writing and Publishing Second Annual Anthology. (2019).

✨ My short fiction and poetry on Booksie have accumulated close to 200,000 reads!✨

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Connect with me on:

Bluesky, X, Booksie, Facebook & Instagram

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© 2026 Joy Shaw. Dark Myth-Tech Fantasy Author. All rights reserved. Stories forged in fire