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Short Fiction

Forthcoming Short Fiction:​​​​
  • "And I Will Read to You About Butterflies" in Heartlines Spec.
  • "What Happened That Night" in Short Édition.
  • "The Futility of Warning You" in Factor Four.
  • "Feathers" in Worlds of Possibility.
  • "From the Ice and the Darkness" in Of Dread, Decay, and Doom, an anthology from Stars and Sabers.​​
  • "A Game of Go" in Analog.​​
  • "Spells for the Afterlife" in Of Enchantment, Enigma, and the Infinite, an anthology from Stars and Sabers​.
  • "Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont" to be reprinted in The Long List Anthology 9.​
  • "A World Unto Myself" Spanish translation in La Tuerca Andante.​
  • "Worlds Apart" in Lightspeed Magazine.​​​​
  • "The Monsters We Create"  to be reprinted in Gradeside Stories​​​​​​​​​​​​

Curious about where my stories come from? What inspires them? How I interpret them?
Find out through my free newsletter where each month I delve into "The Story Behind the Story."

2025
  • "So Many Things to See" (SF) in Trollbreath, Issue 4, 2025. (Will be free-to-read on August 22)
  • "Fire & Flight" (SFF) in Plott Hound, Issue 1, 2025.
  • "Through the Machine" (SF) in Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 180, 2025. (Featured on Gizmodo)
  • "After the Rain" (SF/Solarpunk) in Escape Pod, episode 991, 2025.
  • "After the Suns Go Down" (SF/H/W) in The Growers, NewMyths anthology, 2025.
  • "Twelve Things that Will Occur Immediately Following Your Invention of Teleportation" (SF/Humor) in Factor Four (Issue 46), 2025.
  • (Reprint) "Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont" (SFF) in Nebula Awards Showcase 59, 2025
  • "The Underlying Cause of Her Insomnia" (H/DarkF) in The Horror Tree's Trembling With Fear, 2025.
  • "Hard Times at the Four Pines Motel" (SF) in Short Édition, Issue 16 and Short Circuit story dispensers worldwide, 2025.
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2024
  • (Reprint) "Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont" (SFF) in Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction, Vol. 2, 2024.
  • (Reprint) "Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont" (SFF) in The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2024, 2024.
  • (Reprint) "Decorative" Farsi translation (SF) in MetaphorSpace, 2024
  • "The Life You've Given Me, Rusty" (SF) in Lightspeed Magazine, 2024.
  • "Side Effects May Vary" winner of the Unicorn Mech Suit Short Story Contest, 2024.
  • "Chief Scavenger's Log in the Climate Apocalypse" (SF) in Interstellar Flight Magazine, 2024.
  • (Reprint) "Free" (SF) in Tall Tale TV, (ep. 712), 2024.
  • (Reprint) "Decorative" (SF) in Radon Journal (Issue 7), 2024.
  • (Reprint) "How to Impress a Top Food Critic and Put Your Restaurant on the Galactic Map" (SF/Humor) in Dragon Gems Spring 2024 anthology, 2024.
  • "Bright Horizons" (SF) in Learning to Be Human Short Stories, Flame Tree Press anthology, 2024
  • (Reprint) "The Body Remembers" Farsi translation (Dark SF) in MetaphorSpace, 2024
  • "Face the Music" (SFF) in Factor Four (Issue 31), 2024
  • "The Procedure" (SF) in Abyss & Apex (Issue 89), 2024​
2023
  • (Reprint) "One Last Payday" (shortened version) (SF) in The Binge-Watching Cure III, 2023
  • (Reprint) "Into the Frozen Wilds" (Holiday/Dark F) in Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction, Vol. 1, 2023 
  • (Reprint) "The Body Remembers" (Dark SF) in PseudoPod (ep. 892), 2023
  • "Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont" (SFF) in Fantasy Magazine (Issue 96), 2023. Listen on Apple Podcasts. Listen on Spotify.
  • "8 Laws I Wound Up Breaking While Attempting to Restore the Timeline" (SF) in Nature Futures, 2023. Read for free.
  • "The Collective Memories of Dogs and Robots" (SF) in Augur (Issue 6.1), 2023.
  • "The Bullet in My Pocket Has Your Name on It" (SF) in Cossmass Infinities, 2023.
  • "El Bordado" (SF) in Immigrant Sci-Fi Short Stories, Flame Tree Press anthology, 2023.
  • "A World Unto Myself" (SF) in Apex Magazine (Issue 138), 2023.
  • "Hard Time" (Dark SF) in Darkness Blooms, The Dread Machine anthology, 2023. Watch the trailer on YouTube. Listen to the playlist inspired by this anthology, on Spotify.
  • (Reprint) "Tabula Rasa" (SFF) in Polar Borealis (Issue #25), 2023.
  • "The Body Remembers" (Dark SF) in Monstrous Futures, Dark Matter anthology, 2023. Also available on Audible.
  • "The Smell of Sawdust" (SF) in ZNB Presents, 2023. Own the ZNB Presents: Year One anthology.
  • "Things Most Meaningful" (F) in Worlds of Possibility (February 2023 Issue), 2023. Own the Worlds of Possibility anthology or the Worlds of Possibility anthology special hardcover edition.
  • "440 Broad Street, Apartment 4C" (SF) in Frivolous Comma, 2023.​
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2022
  • "Dinosaur Clones and Other Teenage Concerns" (SF/MG) in Paradoxical Pets, Word Balloon Books, 2022.
  • "Into the Frozen Wilds" (F) in Galaxy's Edge (Issue #59), 2022.
  • "Decorative" (SF) in Compelling Science Fiction Short Stories, Flame Tree Press anthology, 2022.
  • "How to Impress a Top Food Critic and Put Your Restaurant on the Galactic Map" (SF) in The Drabblecast (Podcast Ep. 461), and The Tentaculum (Issue 1), 2022.
  • (Reprint) "Vinyl Wisdom" (SF) in Haven Speculative (Issue 5), 2022.
  • "In the Grip of Yesterday" (SF) in Cossmass Infinities (Issue 9), 2022. 
  • "A Fall Backward Through the Hourglass" (F) in Cossmass Infinities (Issue 8), 2022.
  • ​​"When the Streetlights Go Off" (H) in Mixtape: 1986, The Dread Machine anthology, 2022. Watch the trailer on YouTube. Listen to the playlist inspired by the stories in this anthology, on Spotify.
  • "Nine Lives" (F) published in If There's Anyone Left: Volume 2, 2022. Own the anthology.

2021
  • ​"Lost Beyond the Lights" (SF) published in Little Blue Marble, 2021. Own Little Blue Marble 2021: Tipping Points anthology.
  • "Shiny Things" (SF) published in Things With Feathers: Stories of Hope, Third Flatiron Anthologies, 2021.
  • "Splits" (SF) published in Cossmass Infinities (Issue 6), 2021. Own Cossmass Infinities: The Second Year anthology. This story is the winner of the 2022 Short Works Prize. Read for free.
  • "Tabula Rasa" (SF) published in Departure Mirror Quarterly (Issue 2), 2021.

2020
  • ​"They Fell to Earth in a Downpour" (SF) published in Frozen Wavelets (Issue 2), 2020.
  • "Free" (SF) published in The Bronzeville Bee, 2020.
  • "Kiss it Better" (F) published in Galaxy's Edge (issue #42), 2020. - Read by the author as part of the Ephemera series HERE.​

Earlier
  • "Vinyl Wisdom" (SF) published in A Punk Rock Future, Zsenon Publishing, 2019.
  • (Reprint) "One Last Payday" (SF) in Jouth Anthology Vol. 1, Blaster Books, 2018.
  • "One Last Payday" (SF) published in Scoundrels: A TPQ Anthology, Bushmead Publishing, 2017.
  • "The Monsters We Create" (H) published in Monsters: A TPQ Anthology, Bushmead Publishing, 2016.
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