The following are my published books & stories for 2026

Please consider my work if you're voting for speculative fiction awards including (but not limited to):
Nebulas, Hugos, Locus, Bram Stoker, World Fantasy, Auroras, Ignyte, British Fantasy, BSFA, Dragon
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​Thank you for reading
*Feel free to email me at [email protected] if something you're interested in reading for awards consideration is not available to read for free.
Novelettes:​​
  • Shoeshine Boy & Cigarette Girl (14,792 words) - Published by Stars and Sabers, February 3. Genre: SFF. A retro-futuristic, noir, love story that takes place in an alternate Toronto. Shoeshine Boy wants to give Cigarette Girl the moon, but when a well-dressed stranger enters the picture, their love is put to the test. *Alex Brown Review *Skiffy and Fanty Review *Turn & Work Review
  • "The Soundtrack of My Afterlife" (9,196 words) - Published in Adventitious, issue 1, January 19. Genre: F. A girl and her unusual car bond over the music that marks their time together.  *Find it on the Nebula Recommended Reading List here. *Turn & Work Review *Tar Vol on Review

Collection:​
  • The Astronaut Among the Flowers and Other Stories (72,156 words) - Published by Stars and Sabers, August 18. Genre: SFF. Running the gamut from lighthearted to dark, this collection brings together twenty-one science fiction and fantasy stories that examine our connections to each other, to technology, to the world around us, and even to ourselves. *Includes an introduction by New York Times Bestselling Author, Jonathan Maberry *Alan K. Dell Review 

Short Stories:​
  • "The Astronaut Among the Flowers" (2,995 words) - Published in The Astronaut Among the Flowers and Other Stories (Stars and Sabers), August 18. Genre: SF. An original story to this collection. When the body of an astronaut is inexplicably discovered in a field on her world, a woman dedicates her life to solving the mystery of how they ended up there. 
  • "Everything That I Am" (4,960 words) - Published in The Astronaut Among the Flowers and Other Stories (Stars and Sabers), August 18. Genre: SF. An original story to this collection. A robot fights for custody of the human boy she sees as her son, in the aftermath of the deaths of his human parents.
  • "A Game of Go" (5,885 words) - Published in Adventitious, Issue 4, July 28. Genre: SF. A deteriorating SmartHome that has been the sole caretaker of a human boy tries desperately to save its young charge while there's still time. *Tar Vol on Review
  • "From the Ice and the Darkness" (4,966 words) - Published in Of Dread, Decay, and Doom (Stars and Sabers), June 16. Genre: H. There's something dark across the frozen lake at Camp Arrowhead and Ryan is determined to confront it.​
  • "Expendable Me" (1,970 words) - Published in Gavagai, May 19. Genre: SF. A woman resorts to desperate measures to save herself when the ship she's on faces imminent destruction.

Flash Fiction:​
Additional links will be added as pieces are published.
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