short stories
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Reviews for “Two Condition Reports from The Museum of Mythologic Science and Paranatural History”
My short story “Two Condition Reports from The Museum of Mythologic Science and Paranatural History” published in Hexagon Issue 8 has gotten some cool reviews and discussion in the last few months. Kathleen Jennings gave a lovely analysis of the story as part of her three-mood story structure project. You can read her analysis of…
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Two Condition Reports From the Museum of Mythologic Science and Paranatural History – Must read of March 2022
My short story “Two Condition Reports From the Museum of Mythologic Science and Paranatural History” is listed on Tor.com’s Must-Read Speculative Short Fiction for March 2022! I’m incredibly delighted to have made the list, and for “Two Condition Reports”to be listed alongside such great stories. Give the story a read at Hexagon, and then check…
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What I read in March 2022
In March I checked out the first issue of Tree and Stone. The magazine is an “online, quarterly speculative/literary, and art magazine dedicated to showcasing incredible stories and art about life, the world, and experiences, tales of wonder.” The first issue definitely lives up to this pitch. I particularly liked the through-line of the power…
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Two Condition Reports from The Museum of Mythologic Science and Paranatural History
My short story “Two Condition Reports from The Museum of Mythologic Science and Paranatural History” is now available to read in Issue 8 of Hexagon magazine! A specimen runs amok in the collections, causing all sorts of museum mayhem and necessitating a ton of paperwork, replete with monster factoids, professional sniping, and complaints. This story…
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2021 Awards Eligibility Post
Its award nomination season for science fiction and fantasy. This is the first time I’ve put together one of these posts. I’d be delighted if you read some of my eligible works for 2021, and would be beyond elated if any of them were nominated. A Dragon’s Post short story, fantasy at Swords and Sorcery…
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Silverfish, Noun; Help, Verb
My new short story Silverfish, Noun; Help, Verb is available to read in Issue 27 of Mythaxis Magazine. An archivist attempts to form an alliance with the Spider Kingdom, even though inter-species communication has been banned, in order to enlist their aid against the silverfish threatening her archives. You can read the story here!
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Light Amidst the Plains
My found-footage style horror story “Light Amidst the Plains” is now available to read at Dose of Dread by Dread Stone Press.
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The Houses Lie Empty on Mulberry Street
My plant-based creature-feature horror story “The Houses Lie Empty On Mulberry Street” is now available at Theme of Absence! You can read it here. When Joannie rode her bike to school in the fall, Mulberry Street always sat empty as she passed. No cars, no adults, no other kids on bikes. The shades on the…
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2020 in Review
2020 was my first year out of graduate school, and it made such a tremendous difference on my writing output. In 2019, I had 27 story submissions – no small feat, to be sure. But in 2020, I submitted short stories 42 times, and completed four new short stories on top of the ones I…
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Coppice & Brake out now!
The anthology Coppice & Brake by Crone Girls Press is out now! In it you can read my horror story, Dog’s Blood Trail; a heartwarming story about a father, his son, and their faithful dog, as well as a razor-blade and a handful of sharks. Not only that, 22 other stories of love, horror, hope,…