AWARDS ELIGIBILITY 2021

It's that time of year again! Below are my short stories and poems published in 2021 that are eligible for awards. I've included links, info and excerpts below.

And in Rain, Blank Pages The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, (short story, fantasy)
"I'm wretched as a wet kitten and drunk, trudging through Brooklyn in a pair of combat boots. My lip is split. My left eye is beginning to swell..."  
"The piece is tense, dangerous, complex, and emotional, and it makes for a resonating read!"-Quick Sips Reviews
"Great story...heartbreaking." -Trollbreath 
"A new and clever idea..." -Amazing Stories
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When He, Dreaming, Wakes Dark Matter Magazine, (short story, science fiction) 
"When the Yokosuka finally crashes, the world ending all around him, Gabriel feels it in his bones..." 
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The Day Before the Wall Street Inferno Daily Science Fiction, (short story, fantasy)
"Dragons are more dangerous than they used to be..." 
Read the full story here.

All That Perfect Blue Aurealis, (short story, science fiction) 
A flash of yellow, vivid as Technicolor Oz, and Frankie bursts through the ’porter into the Nevian desert... 
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Silphidae LampLight Magazine, (short story, horror/dark fantasy)
"What she remembers: waking beneath the earth to find her carapace gone, her flesh fully formed and human..."
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​Every Civilization Needs Martian Magazine (short story, science fiction)  
"He’s had many names, he tells me as we huddle in the cargo hold..."  
Read the full story here.
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After the Bomb: Week Two and Starving NonBinary Review (poem)
My belly is hollow
and aching
when I finally reach the library.
It's gutted, roof gone
the staircase rising
like a ladel from a broken bowl.
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