Published Work
Every now and again, to my great astonishment, someone graciously accepts my work. Links below are to the pieces themselves, or to the site of the publisher.
- "Skin" in
Inner Workings (2023)
[cover ]
( Amazon (Paperback / Kindle) ) - "The Word for Goodbye" in
Along Harrowed Trails (2023)
[cover ]
( Amazon (Paperback / Kindle) ) - "Trading Ghosts" in
Writers of the Future #36 (2020)
[cover ]
( Amazon (Paperback / Kindle) ) - "Vanni's Choice" in
Threads: A NeoVerse Anthology (September 2016)
[cover ]
( Amazon (Paperback / Kindle) ) - "A Game of Conquest" in
Chilling Horror Short Stories (2015)
[cover ]
( Flame Tree Publishing / Amazon / Barnes & Noble ) - "How Greta Came to Belong" in
The Golden Key ("Hungry Things" June 2014)
[cover ]
( Digital (EPUB/MOBI/PDF) ) [story illustration ] - "Vincent" in Every Day Fiction (March 2014)
- "Collections" in Grim Corps II Magazine (October 2013) [cover ]
- "Valley of the Bears" in The California Cantata (2013) [cover ] ( EPUB / MOBI / PDF / Story PDF )
- "Broken Green Dreams" in The Northridge Review (Fall 2011) [cover ] ( PDF p56 )
- "Overload" in The Northridge Review (Spring 2011) [cover ] ( PDF p53 )
- "Evil Twin" in
ABCtales Magazine
(Issue 20 January-November 2011) [cover ]
( paperback / b&w pocket paperback / eBook ) - "History" in ABCtales Magazine (Issue 21 August 2010) [cover ]
Flash Fiction / Micro Fiction
Published pieces small enough to absorb in a few fitful minutes.
- "Driving to Texas" in Literary Landscapes Vol. 4 No. 3 (Summer 2016) [cover ] ( PDF )
- "Jury Rig" in 100 Worlds: Lightning-Quick SF & Fantasy Tales (2013) [cover ] ( Paperback / Kindle )
- "One O'Clock and the Birds are Already Gone"
in Mouldwarp Press Presents #1: Project Mayhem (2013) [cover ] ( Paperback / Kindle ) - "Route" in Mouldwarp Press Presents #1: Project Mayhem (2013) [cover ] ( Paperback / Kindle )
- "Falling" in Crack the Spine Literary Magazine (Issue 47, December 2012) [cover ]
- "Theologicoustics" in Crack the Spine Literary Magazine (Issue 38, August 2012) [cover ]
Awards & Acknowledgments
Shyness and fidgeting, and general flustered behavior.
- Writers of the Future #36 - "Trading Ghosts" (Winner 2020)
- Writers of the Future #35 - "Trading Ghosts" (Honorable Mention)
- Writers of the Future #31 - "Skin" (Honorable Mention)
- NeoVerse Short Story Writing Competition - "Vanni's Choice" (Published Winner)
- Glimmer Train's 2013 Short Story Award for New Writers - "Collections" (Honorable Mention)
- Easy Street Magazine's Great American Sentence Contest 2016 - 4th Place
- Petrichor Audio Magazine's Petrichor Reprint Award 2018 - "Collections" (Short-Listed)