Forthcoming Short Fiction
A Thousand Golden Bodies Kaleidotrope
The Anniversary Chronos 2
The Anniversary Chronos 2
Published Short Fiction
Deep Skin Anatomy Uncharted Magazine (February, 2024)
*winner of The Aftermath Short Story Award
Even before her niece arrives, Imogen can feel her sparrows stirring...
Read the story here.
The Pieces of Her Flash Fiction Online (January, 2024)
I know as I stand in the ship’s blood-splattered control booth, that Lilith sees me...
Read the story here.
Even Here, In the Blackness Martian Magazine (August 2022)
I tell myself I am not worried when the captain passes his fingers tenderly through my cheek...
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Read the story here.
A Garden of Flesh Magic the Gathering (May 2022)
"Here, in the Machine Orthodoxy, there is perfection. Here, there is blessing..."
Read the story here.
Silphidae LampLight Magazine (December 2021)
What she remembers: waking beneath the earth to find her carapace gone, her flesh fully formed and human...
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When He, Dreaming, Wakes Dark Matter Magazine (November 2021)
When the Yokosuka finally crashes, the world ending all around him, Gabriel feels it in his bones...
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And in Rain, Blank Pages The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (September 2021)
*longlisted Ellen Datlow's Best Horror
*reprinted in PodCastle (October 2023)
It's 1981, I'm nineteen and now I know the truth...
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Every Civilization Needs Martian Magazine (August 2021)
He’s had many names, he tells me as we huddle in the cargo hold...
Read the story here.
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The Day Before the Wall Street Inferno Daily Science Fiction (May 2021)
Dragons are more dangerous than they used to be...
Read the story here.
All That Perfect Blue Aurealis (April 2021)
A flash of yellow, vivid as Technicolor Oz, and Frankie bursts through the ’porter into the Nevian desert...
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Brood Five Vastarien (December, 2020)
Every seventeen years, the magicicada septendecim emerge...
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Goodbye, Julia Distant Shore Publishing (December, 2020)
There she is, Julia, black and white and two dimensional, standing beside me...
Read the story here.
Awakening If There's Anyone Left (November 2020)
We feel the stirring now, as She once promised us...
Purchase the anthology here.
Five Candles Black Library (October 2020)
*reprinted in The Harrowed Paths (February 2021)
In Havisa’s dream, her fire was not fading...
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The Tender, Searing Wind Dream of Shadows (August 2020)
It’s an honor, they say. As if death is somehow a compliment...
Read the story here.
Matches, Tower, Sister, Stone Flash Fiction Online (June 2020)
The summer my sister Mindi turned thirteen and the Leukemia began chewing her bones to lace, she built a city of ghosts...
Read the story here.
These Hands, These Wings Anathemas (March 2020)
Follow the path. Find the old post. Chase the crows away...
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Polaroid, 1979 PseudoPod (October 2019)
Their skins never look as beautiful on her as they do on their original bones...
Read/listen to the story here.
Our Roots Devour Apparition Literary Magazine (July 2019)
*nominated for the Pushcart Prize
*reprinted in PodCastle (May 2021)
Momma always told us the Tree ain’t got a taste for our family’s blood...
Read the story here.
Listen to the full story here.
He Feasts Forever Black Library (May 2019)
*reprinted in Invocations (December 2019)
In the king's kitchens, the hearth fires roared...
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Crimson Snow Maledictions (April 2019)
The battle began with snow, heavy and rushing from a late winter sky...
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The Wallflowers Gorgon: Stories of Emergence (February 2019)
When you open your eyes, the daisies are watching you...
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The Imitation Sea Shimmer (April 2018)
*reprinted in Fusion Fragment (January 2021)
You find the dead Angel at five a.m. in the slurry of broken bottles and rotting fish on the Lake Erie shore...
Read the story here.
Necessary Threads Fell Beasts and Fair (March 2018)
The straw man is crumpled on the bank. He wears human clothes, plaid, denim, bright orange cotton...
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These Bones Aside The Dark (September 2017)
*reprinted in Moon Falling (November 2024)
The entire village ushers Bina to The Thousand Skin Tent...
Read the story here.
Water like Air Flash Fiction Online (June, 2017)
Her sister, Thalia, would have laughed if she saw her then, alone and draped in mud...
Read the story here.
Flight Norwescon 40: Over the Hills and Far Away (April, 2017)
In her head, she is flying...
Norwescon program guide exclusive.
Seven Swans a-Swimming: A Phoenix and the Moon Twelve Days (November, 2016)
They'll come. Moths to a flame. They'll want to watch me rise...
Purchase the anthology here.
Shadow Boy Shimmer (September 2016)
*reprinted in PodCastle (January 2019)
I am sixteen and sitting on the edge of an empty subway platform when Peter, forever small, reappears...
Read the story here.
Listen to the story here.
Nuclear Daughter Flash Fiction Online (July 2016)
*reissued at audible.com (January 2017)
I remember the static voices: “Bomb. Bomb. Bomb.” The great, distant flash...
Read the story here.
*winner of The Aftermath Short Story Award
Even before her niece arrives, Imogen can feel her sparrows stirring...
Read the story here.
The Pieces of Her Flash Fiction Online (January, 2024)
I know as I stand in the ship’s blood-splattered control booth, that Lilith sees me...
Read the story here.
Even Here, In the Blackness Martian Magazine (August 2022)
I tell myself I am not worried when the captain passes his fingers tenderly through my cheek...
Purchase the issue here.
Read the story here.
A Garden of Flesh Magic the Gathering (May 2022)
"Here, in the Machine Orthodoxy, there is perfection. Here, there is blessing..."
Read the story here.
Silphidae LampLight Magazine (December 2021)
What she remembers: waking beneath the earth to find her carapace gone, her flesh fully formed and human...
Purchase the issue here.
When He, Dreaming, Wakes Dark Matter Magazine (November 2021)
When the Yokosuka finally crashes, the world ending all around him, Gabriel feels it in his bones...
Purchase the issue here.
And in Rain, Blank Pages The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (September 2021)
*longlisted Ellen Datlow's Best Horror
*reprinted in PodCastle (October 2023)
It's 1981, I'm nineteen and now I know the truth...
Purchase the issue here.
Every Civilization Needs Martian Magazine (August 2021)
He’s had many names, he tells me as we huddle in the cargo hold...
Read the story here.
Purchase the issue here.
The Day Before the Wall Street Inferno Daily Science Fiction (May 2021)
Dragons are more dangerous than they used to be...
Read the story here.
All That Perfect Blue Aurealis (April 2021)
A flash of yellow, vivid as Technicolor Oz, and Frankie bursts through the ’porter into the Nevian desert...
Purchase the issue here.
Brood Five Vastarien (December, 2020)
Every seventeen years, the magicicada septendecim emerge...
Purchase the issue here.
Goodbye, Julia Distant Shore Publishing (December, 2020)
There she is, Julia, black and white and two dimensional, standing beside me...
Read the story here.
Awakening If There's Anyone Left (November 2020)
We feel the stirring now, as She once promised us...
Purchase the anthology here.
Five Candles Black Library (October 2020)
*reprinted in The Harrowed Paths (February 2021)
In Havisa’s dream, her fire was not fading...
Purchase the story here.
The Tender, Searing Wind Dream of Shadows (August 2020)
It’s an honor, they say. As if death is somehow a compliment...
Read the story here.
Matches, Tower, Sister, Stone Flash Fiction Online (June 2020)
The summer my sister Mindi turned thirteen and the Leukemia began chewing her bones to lace, she built a city of ghosts...
Read the story here.
These Hands, These Wings Anathemas (March 2020)
Follow the path. Find the old post. Chase the crows away...
Buy the anthology here.
Polaroid, 1979 PseudoPod (October 2019)
Their skins never look as beautiful on her as they do on their original bones...
Read/listen to the story here.
Our Roots Devour Apparition Literary Magazine (July 2019)
*nominated for the Pushcart Prize
*reprinted in PodCastle (May 2021)
Momma always told us the Tree ain’t got a taste for our family’s blood...
Read the story here.
Listen to the full story here.
He Feasts Forever Black Library (May 2019)
*reprinted in Invocations (December 2019)
In the king's kitchens, the hearth fires roared...
Purchase the story here.
Crimson Snow Maledictions (April 2019)
The battle began with snow, heavy and rushing from a late winter sky...
Purchase the anthology here.
The Wallflowers Gorgon: Stories of Emergence (February 2019)
When you open your eyes, the daisies are watching you...
Purchase the anthology here.
The Imitation Sea Shimmer (April 2018)
*reprinted in Fusion Fragment (January 2021)
You find the dead Angel at five a.m. in the slurry of broken bottles and rotting fish on the Lake Erie shore...
Read the story here.
Necessary Threads Fell Beasts and Fair (March 2018)
The straw man is crumpled on the bank. He wears human clothes, plaid, denim, bright orange cotton...
Purchase the anthology here.
These Bones Aside The Dark (September 2017)
*reprinted in Moon Falling (November 2024)
The entire village ushers Bina to The Thousand Skin Tent...
Read the story here.
Water like Air Flash Fiction Online (June, 2017)
Her sister, Thalia, would have laughed if she saw her then, alone and draped in mud...
Read the story here.
Flight Norwescon 40: Over the Hills and Far Away (April, 2017)
In her head, she is flying...
Norwescon program guide exclusive.
Seven Swans a-Swimming: A Phoenix and the Moon Twelve Days (November, 2016)
They'll come. Moths to a flame. They'll want to watch me rise...
Purchase the anthology here.
Shadow Boy Shimmer (September 2016)
*reprinted in PodCastle (January 2019)
I am sixteen and sitting on the edge of an empty subway platform when Peter, forever small, reappears...
Read the story here.
Listen to the story here.
Nuclear Daughter Flash Fiction Online (July 2016)
*reissued at audible.com (January 2017)
I remember the static voices: “Bomb. Bomb. Bomb.” The great, distant flash...
Read the story here.
