FICTION

SHORT FICTION

Catch and Release
Daikaijuzine, Issue 021: Mandra - March 2025

Jennifer crouched in a large bush in a small suburban park surrounded by busy roads, apartment buildings, and tasteful iron fences, her apprentice by her side. They were trying to determine whether the little girl sitting on the grass was playing with an imaginary friend. Or someone else.

For All the Pastime Variables
Factor Four, Issue 41 - November 2024

They have amazing toys and gadgets here. Portals and matter creators and holographic projections. They especially love playing with time…

Obsolescent
The Cozy Cosmic - October 2023

The smell of old milk filled the cupboard. Nadanti slipped in and perched on the upper shelf, gripping with his sixteen talons, and sniffed the air. No musky, salty scent of warning. Only the delicious, half-curdled milk.

Persona Non Grata
Body of Work - October 2023

“Do you feel depressed when considering your retirement? Does your life lack value or a reason to get up in the morning without your job? It doesn’t have to be this way! RetireLight can help.”

As the Gentle Rain
Etherea Magazine, Issue #15 - October 2022

Julie placed her cup on the ground to one side and stepped up to the drain. She nudged the mewega with the toe of her right beige patent flat. Despite having only four limbs to hold on with, it wobbled but stayed put. Julie crouched and clicked her tongue, hesitating.

Concerning the Upstairs Bathroom
Nightmare Magazine, Issue #120 - September 2022 (including Audio)

Congratulations on the purchase of your new home!

I’m sorry to inform you I was not very upfront with the terms of sale and would feel guilty if I didn’t leave at least this letter in forewarning.

Tastes Like Home
Andromeda Spaceways Magazine, Issue #86 - March 2022

Aurealis Award winner for YA Short Story 2022

The air was thick with pale light, silence, and the scent of sweet dreams. From Jerry’s vantage point atop her bunk she could see her brothers and sisters below, all sleeping.

Power to the People
Little Blue Marble, September 2020

“You’re late,” Melissa snapped from where she stood at the rear corner of the house with the electrical panel already open. She held her phone light as a torch in one hand; the intermittent flashes of it lit her long, pale face and made her brown eyes look black. “This house isn’t going to go rogue without you.”

Home is Where the Blue Plastic Porcupine Is
Electric Spec, February 2018

LOG DATE 4/11/2053
Newly cleared bunks always stink no matter what the autoscrub teams say.

NON-FICTION

REVIEWS

Short fiction reviews of Asimov’s Science Fiction
SFF Reviews, 2018