AWARDS ELIGIBILITY 2020

It's that time of year again, and, in spite of 2020 being a bit rough on all fronts, I do have a handful of short stories and poems that are eligible for awards. I've included links, info and excerpts below, (most are available to read for free online). 
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Matches, Tower, Sister, Stone 
Flash Fiction Online, June 2020 (short story, fantasy/horror)
"The summer my sister Mindi turned thirteen and the Leukemia began chewing her bones to lace, she built a city of ghosts..."
"...a gripping and intense read, heavy with shadows and a feeling that things are most definitely not going to be okay. The ending is a shattering implication, a whisper that speaks volumes, and promises its own fresh horrors to come..." -Quick Sip Reviews
Read the full story here.

The Tender, Searing Wind  
Dream of Shadows, August 2020 (short story, fantasy)
"It’s an honor, they say. As if death is somehow a compliment..."
​Read the full story here.

Awakening 
If There's Anyone Left, November 2020 (short story, science fiction)
"We feel the stirring now, as She once promised us...
Purchase the anthology here.

Goodbye, Julia
Distant Shore Publishing, December, 2020 (short story, science fiction)  
"There she is, Julia, black and white and two dimensional, standing beside me as if she’s wandered off the back of the dust jacket and into this stranger’s kitchen..." 
Read the full story here.

Brood Five
Vastarien Literary Journal, December 2020 (short story, dark fantasy/horror)
​"Every seventeen years, the magicicada septendecim emerge..."
Purchase the issue here.

As if My Flesh was Summer Soil 
Uncanny Magazine October 2020 (short poem, fantasy)
"I make my bed as my mother taught me,
smoothing sheets corner to corner, curve to curve..."
Read the full poem here.
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Moonrise 
Kaleidotrope October 2020 (long poem, fantasy)
"The doctors believe
the moon rising
in your throat
is cancer..."
Read the full poem here.

After a Year of Solitude  
Asimov's Science Fiction November 2020 (short poem, science fiction)
"The onboard medic
says not to worry.
Outworld parasites
can’t survive
a human host..."
Read the full poem here.